Oct 21 - Rideau River Musky
Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 12:06 am
Hello all,
Today I got out with Fishhawk and his buddy from Australia...David. We headed down to the Rideau River and arrived just as the sun was coming up. We prepared the boat and the rods and headed out to try our luck at several different spots that had been successful for us in the past.
Our first few spots were unsuccessful and we continued to fish all morning, looking deep, looking shallow, casting over the top of the weeds, weaving in and out of deep edges, dodging the bullets from nearby duck hunters (not really but they were pretty close to us), but still having no luck. We headed up the River further where the wind was just a howling and our drift was faster than a troll, when it all happend.
<img align="left" src="http://www.fish-hawk.net/photogallery/a ... _009-2.jpg"> A 46 inch Rideau River Musky, hook set and reeled in by our newbie musky fisherman. When I saw this fish reach the surface, I was in awe at the size of it's head, however upon netting the fish and observing the rest of the body, it was a long fish for sure, but a very sick looking fish. The phot doesn't really show just how much this fish seemed to be hurting. I don't know what this girl had been through, but she did not look good at all. No meat to her and her outer skin looked almost like it has some kind of disease. A couple of pics and a quick release sent this poor girl back into the depths. I don't know how much longer she has, but I truly hope other fish don't fall to whatever this one has. Take a look at the body vs. the head. Not proportional at all, but in any case David's first Musky.....and only took up fishing this year. Good job by our Aussie friend.
Cheers,
Today I got out with Fishhawk and his buddy from Australia...David. We headed down to the Rideau River and arrived just as the sun was coming up. We prepared the boat and the rods and headed out to try our luck at several different spots that had been successful for us in the past.
Our first few spots were unsuccessful and we continued to fish all morning, looking deep, looking shallow, casting over the top of the weeds, weaving in and out of deep edges, dodging the bullets from nearby duck hunters (not really but they were pretty close to us), but still having no luck. We headed up the River further where the wind was just a howling and our drift was faster than a troll, when it all happend.
<img align="left" src="http://www.fish-hawk.net/photogallery/a ... _009-2.jpg"> A 46 inch Rideau River Musky, hook set and reeled in by our newbie musky fisherman. When I saw this fish reach the surface, I was in awe at the size of it's head, however upon netting the fish and observing the rest of the body, it was a long fish for sure, but a very sick looking fish. The phot doesn't really show just how much this fish seemed to be hurting. I don't know what this girl had been through, but she did not look good at all. No meat to her and her outer skin looked almost like it has some kind of disease. A couple of pics and a quick release sent this poor girl back into the depths. I don't know how much longer she has, but I truly hope other fish don't fall to whatever this one has. Take a look at the body vs. the head. Not proportional at all, but in any case David's first Musky.....and only took up fishing this year. Good job by our Aussie friend.
Cheers,
Something like that is never a pleasant sight.
Not only is it really thin, but its color is sickly.
...still a nice 'lunge, even if it does look a lil' sickly. 
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