Night on the Mississippi River...Almonte

Post by **almontefisher** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 3:22 pm

So we made it out for a spur of the moment fish yesterday on the Miss River in Almonte @ Bay Hill if you know this area well. We started off at 6:30pm after convincing the wives to let us get out for the evening...We had a great night with many small rockbass caught and 4 walleye and some suprises...This is the biggest walleye caught last night...

And this is the suprise which I caught three of all night...

Now a question for everyone....Is this a whitefish??

Post by **beachburger** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 3:43 pm

Looks like a fallfish to me.

Post by **almontefisher** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 3:45 pm

O.k. is this some joke where I say whats a fallfish and you add in the punchline??? Well I will go for it...Whats a fallfish and what size do they get??

Post by **jsdx** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 4:09 pm

fallfish grow up to 18 inches. essentially they are big minnows.
I've seem them in the Gouin Reservoir and most recently in the Rideau River.

You can see the more here...http://www.thejump.net/id/fallfish.htm

Post by **Gord** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 4:54 pm

Cool report lad!!....It's a fallfish for sure......and if you get any more Almonte.....slip 'em in a ziplock and freeze 'em. I'll take as many as you can get. And no.....I'm not gonna sell them. I have other ideas.

Post by **troutnmuskiehunter** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 5:49 pm

AlmonteF....I'll outbid Gordo for those

...freeze them and me and Gord will have to DUKE it out...

Post by **Badger Shark** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 9:26 pm

Definitely a fall fish. Where I am going this weekend there are tonnes of them and usually I catch 20 or 30 in just a couple hours. Gord if you want some let me know.

Post by **slushpuppy** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 7:27 am

bowzog wrote:Cool report lad!!....It's a fallfish for sure......and if you get any more Almonte.....slip 'em in a ziplock and freeze 'em. I'll take as many as you can get. And no.....I'm not gonna sell them. I have other ideas.

Gord, I am NOT gonna cook those....

Post by **almontefisher** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 9:31 am

So should these little guys be in this area??? Are they in Miss. Lake as well??

Post by **beachburger** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 9:39 am

I'm not sure what their preferred habitat is but they are common to this area. I have only ever caught them in moving water that is fairly shallow (2'-3' max).

No joke.....

Post by **Bass assassin** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 3:36 pm

Man, I pull those things out all the time on the Mississippi especially around Blakeney with the flyrod. I pulled one out the other day in Almonte that must have been 2 pounds...no joke this thing was huge!
Stinky little buggers too.
BA
Nice walter there!