Thursday Evening Fix

Post by **Todd B.** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 9:57 am

Well we decided to get out and get our SM fix yesterday evening on one of the local Rideau River tribs that just a 5min jaunt from us. I decide that we'll hike up to one of the nice pools to start with then work our way back down as the evening winds down.

While I'm still fiddling with my tackle, Cindy yells "I've got a big one". Sure enough she lands a nice 12" SM. By the time I've got my gear straightened out I think she's already into her 5th fish, and after about 20 minutes she shouts "that's sixteen". Needless to say the bite was ON last night. I even managed a 10" in the same pool.

To finish the evening I decided that we'd work the shallow pools, runs with small panfish poppers just to have some fun. Cindy's first response was "I don't know how to fish poppers" Well I give her a quick lesson and tell here to try a spot just upstream. After three quick SM, her comment was "the SM really like these!", not that it is a surprise to any of us.

By the time we make it back down to our exit point we easily had landed four dozen fish (SM, rock bass, fallfish, walleye). I was also pretty impressed that we we able to manage at least 8 fish that were greater than 10".

Post by **northernfly** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 1:06 pm

Todd,

Sounds like you and Cindy had a great night. I had a similar experience last Saturday further up the Rideau near our place, just before the storms started. I was using a Madam X for the most part.

I'm no expert but it seems to me unsettled weather conditions lead to good fishing.

One question, what is a fallfish?

Post by **Fishboy** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 3:24 pm

Interesting, because Sandy & I had excellent success when the skies threatened earlier this week.

Fallfish is a type of minnow that looks like a slender sucker. They have relatively large, silvery-grey scales that resemble a "corn on the cob" pattern. (I hear that they taste terrible.) I've caught specimens of around 10 to 12" long in faster moving water like you find in some stretches of the Rideau. They fight rather well, too.

I'm going to hit the Champlain Rapids tomorrow - anyone interested?

Post by **Todd B.** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 8:56 pm

Fishboy,

We're going to hit Blakeney tomorrow afternoon if you're interested.

Post by **northernfly** » Sat Jul 29, 2006 7:53 pm

Fallfish - I've caught a couple on the Rideau but thought they were suckers. You're right they do put up a pretty good fight.

Sorry I missed both the fishing offers.