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hi guys,
I went out to do some late night shore fishing on thursday near edingburgh park, fished for a couple of hours there without anything. So I decided to take a long walk and checked out the rideau falls, looked like a fantastic spot to fish if you have a boat, but sadly I couldn't find any place to access it from shore. From there I walked down to earl grey drive, and decided to stop and try it for a bit. Fished for about an hour with a suspending crankbait, still no luck. I knew there was fish in there though, caught many there before... so I figured this late in the year they would be right on bottom and I addded a couple split shots to the line... sure enough the first cast BANG!!!! about 2 feet from shore a nice 2 pound pickerel. Very next cast another one hits it just as the bait hits the bottom! In the span of about 20 min. I caught 3 pickerel, and what I think was a sturgeon that broke me off near shore! Just goes to show you, that the fish are usually in there, you just got to figure out what works

ps. I also noticed I was getting more hits by literally JIGGING my crankbait off the bottom... barely moving it at all. So if your not catching anything try to slow down... it definitely works!!!
Good luck and good fishing guys!

Great report!!

Glad to see you put a pattern together and got some fish.

An option you may want to consider is a slip bobber. Easy to cast out, adjustable to any depth & great for drifting a section of water.

Thanks for sharing,
Drop

Any chance you meant Lady Grey?
Earl Grey is in Kanata, and would be an extremely long walk!

An interested shore fisherman!

shore lunch

drop shot'r ive tried slip bobber fishing with limited success... I find when i'm fishing deep water, it takes forever for the line to go through the bobber. I've tried putting on more splitshots near the bait, but then its too much weight and the bobber sinks.. any suggestions?

Use a larger slip float!
Or you can check out the polaris line of floats. They're marketed towards carp anglers but I've successfully used them with live bait for all kinds of fish.

thanks for the tip eli i will get some bigger ones and see what happens

Great report Good job on the eyes !

Sounds like a decent outting........... I love finding eyes from shore...

Hey guys,
Keep pounding those shore eyes. Good work! This time last year, they were just heating up. I got my biggest shore eye last year in December just before ice-up. Some nights you won't be able to keep them off, or fish them fast enough. Way to get the pattern down.

Tight lines,
Yannick

id like to thank you guys for all the help that you gave me. I`ve learned so much in the last couple months its unreal. Caught more walleyes this year than any other BY FAR! The biggest tip I can give to anyone starting out for walleyes is to MAKE SURE YOUR BAIT IS ON BOTTOM AND YOU CAN FEEL IT. I shutter to think how many times in my fishing life ive been places where they were stacked like firewood and we werent catching them because the bait wasnt getting down far enough. If you can`t feel bottom, put on a heavier sinker, or 3 a way swivel rig.

tbone1088 wrote:drop shot'r ive tried slip bobber fishing with limited success... I find when i'm fishing deep water, it takes forever for the line to go through the bobber. I've tried putting on more splitshots near the bait, but then its too much weight and the bobber sinks.. any suggestions?

Eli wrote:Use a larger slip float!

There you go....I have several sizes of slip bobbers to deal with different weights required to get the bait down.
I'm sure with a bit of tweeking you'll be set.

Good luck,
Drop

Tbone, good job on finding some fish man. Now that you got the ball rolling, it will get easier.

Good job on finding the presentation. I prefer a slow and steady retrieve at night but if it works for you, right on. Options, did good with bladebaits and 4inch Lunker City Finn-S (no Gulp) on a Whistler jighead. Sinking lure that can be kept near bottom and that can call fish.

Keep us posted.

Manny