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Anyone else find it tough fishing today?
Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2009 8:08 pm
by alctel
Had the day off work, haven't caught anything the last 3 times I have been fishing so decided to try to catch something to eat tonight (ideally a 1lb bass) so started off at all my usual spots on the Rideau River at about 2ish, 3 hours later in desperation after ZERO bites I biked down to Rideau Falls where I hear its great fishing - after 2 more hours and no bites I left fishless!
I tried cranks, spinners, worms, jigs... anyone else get skunked? Was it the colder air?
Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2009 8:12 pm
by Chevy Champagne
yea we were fishing the slop today many blowouts but no conections
they kept missing the baits
i hate getting skunked
thats why its call fishing though and not catching
Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2009 8:14 pm
by Fishing 24/7
this cold front might be killing the mbite. getting slower and slower and..
Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2009 8:15 pm
by Bass Addict
Winds from the East ...........The fish bite the Least........
Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2009 8:18 pm
by alctel
walleye man wrote:yea we were fishing the slop today many blowouts but no conections
they kept missing the baits
i hate getting skunked
thats why its call fishing though and not catching
Yesterday I was getting hits on my surface frog, at least until one got hooked and ran off with the frog, snapping the 50lb braid! (it musta had some wear on it I didn't notice). After that I couldn't get any hits on worm, jigged crayfish or spinners
Today no bites anywhere full stop for the whole day though! :s
Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2009 8:19 pm
by Jimmy_1
Nope!
Boated over 17 smallies today and 1 pike pre-fishing. My partner did the same...
YAY!
Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2009 8:36 pm
by slop
Caught everything but the kitchen sink today. Walleye were the target species.....most were released....just finished a nice feed.
Thanks Carl!
YUM!
Stupid East Wind.
Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2009 5:44 am
by painter
Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2009 5:57 am
by Sniper
caught one small musky and had three huge muskys follow but couldnt get them to bite so maybe it was a little off.
Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2009 6:41 am
by Big Bass 444
The bite was better before 10am....top water was a no go here so we targeted the 6-9 FOW wich was more productive. We had many bass many 3 pounders but nothing above that.
444
Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2009 8:50 am
by Hookup
I fly-fished on the Rideau R (check the fly forum for report) but in short, the fishing was very good. Thursday was great, Friday was above average... However, fly fishing means loads of small fish... so it's not the same... but the fish were active on the surface... small poppers.
Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2009 9:04 am
by OBD
Nope, awesome day for us. A lot of 2-3lbs in the thickest of slop. Managed to get a 4.5lbs largie and another smaller 4 pounder on the dot. They missed the frogs a bunch of times as well, but we got them with jigs. Cant complain for a 2hour fish!
Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2009 11:13 am
by Out4trout
Made it out last night from 9pm-10:30pm - on a shallow bay with weeds on bottom. 2 small LM and 3 (also small) SM
Heddon Torpedo topwater - slo-o-o-w retrieve. A few blow-ups that didn't connect...
Bite was nothing spectacular.
Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2009 1:16 pm
by Wallyboss
alctel wrote:
Yesterday I was getting hits on my surface frog, at least until one got hooked and ran off with the frog, snapping the 50lb braid! (it musta had some wear on it I didn't notice). After that I couldn't get any hits on worm, jigged crayfish or spinners
Today no bites anywhere full stop for the whole day though! :s
alcatel , what knot were you using with the braid. not too many fish will break 50lbs braid might have been knot slip??