Big Water = Big Fish

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Matt Massey
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Big Water = Big Fish

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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.

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Nice PIKE Matt !
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Post by beachburger »

Nice gator.

Hope we can find a few of those this coming weekend for the blind angler's tourney out of Westmeath.
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Congrats - that's a huge pike!! Way to go -I bet that beast made your day!! :D
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Beauty of a fish, Matt....

Good Fishing,

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Post by Bass Addict »

Yep ......

That's a nice ( Rare ) Ottawa River Monster right there...... :shock: 8) 8)
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double post... :twisted:
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Damn.. that's a sexy fish right there...
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Huge Northern! Way to go Matt, superb trip on the Ottawa 8)
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Westmeath Fish

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Thanks

Beachburger - that is a Westmeath fish and there are more out there for sure. I missed another big hen on Sunday morning while jigging. She would have been over 12lbs but stretch the thin wire hook on the jig and got off. There are more big girls out there but I would say they will go deep soon.

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Post by RJ »

Agreed....very rare to see a pike that size in this area!

Good Fishin Matt...

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Post by brufan »

holy crap, nicely done! That's the biggest O river pike I've seen on here since I joined for sure.. congrats..
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Post by baz fish »

Nice Ottawa river pike Matt :) .
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Post by almontefisher »

Sweet pike...I am trying this year to top my PB out of the Ottawa...38". Most of my trout time will be used up for this task, but I hope it happens quick cause I can not take missing out on a good troutin trip :wink:
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Post by Mike P »

Great looking fish guys!!
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