Big Water = Big Fish
Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 8:08 pm
Spent the last 4 days pounding the Ottawa River on an annual fishing trip with friends.
I found out quickly that spinnerbaits were not producing very well. Switching to twitch baits made a big difference. Five Northerns were caught in double digits and another 3 big fish were lost at the side of the boat.
Baits that produced most consistently were a Green and Yellow Sluggo and an Bass Assassin Albino Twitch Shad.
The biggest came on Saturday morning off of a huge beaver dam with deep trenches in a small bay off the Ottawa River - we needed to push over a secondary dam to access the bay.
I was relying on a Kistler 7'0" Helium LTA XHC paired with a Shimano MG 51 Reel. The total weight of the rod and reel is roughly 12 oz which is the only way I could throw the sluggo and twitch shad four days straight.
Here she is - 18lbs 10 ounces of pure Ottawa River Northern Pike.
I found out quickly that spinnerbaits were not producing very well. Switching to twitch baits made a big difference. Five Northerns were caught in double digits and another 3 big fish were lost at the side of the boat.
Baits that produced most consistently were a Green and Yellow Sluggo and an Bass Assassin Albino Twitch Shad.
The biggest came on Saturday morning off of a huge beaver dam with deep trenches in a small bay off the Ottawa River - we needed to push over a secondary dam to access the bay.
I was relying on a Kistler 7'0" Helium LTA XHC paired with a Shimano MG 51 Reel. The total weight of the rod and reel is roughly 12 oz which is the only way I could throw the sluggo and twitch shad four days straight.
Here she is - 18lbs 10 ounces of pure Ottawa River Northern Pike.
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