2d victoria report call.WHAT THIS SPECIES...?

Post by **Mudpout** » Mon Apr 19, 2010 9:00 pm

http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/species-espece ... nt-eng.htm

Post by **joco** » Mon Apr 19, 2010 9:08 pm

one thing that is nice B.A.

its a bass BUT its not OOS FISH...NO BASS LIKE THOSE IN ARE REG..HAHAHAH FOR ARE REGION.

JOCO

Post by **Bass Addict** » Tue Apr 20, 2010 4:05 am

It was a great night out again at the Island....The '' White '' Bass was a Bonus...But the Highlight of the night was turning on the radio and hearing the words............. Washington 4 Montreal 0

Music to my ears right there...

Post by **fishin mission** » Tue Apr 20, 2010 5:23 am

look like fun was had by all!!
oh and BA no Canadian team will be in the stanley cup final

Post by **Hookup** » Tue Apr 20, 2010 7:56 am

Very cool outting and wonderful fish...

I know some people on here have emailed MNR and may have contacts where the fish photo could be sent for proper ID.

If it is an invasive fish, this could be the first documented report of it and getting that kind of info on the books as early as possible helps with conservation efforts, or I would think it would.

Post by **Todd B.** » Tue Apr 20, 2010 7:59 am

Definitely a white bass (or sometimes call a silver bass). They're common in the Great Lakes, though I'm not sure if they're naturally occuring in the Larry. They would definitely be considered an invasive species for this area.

Post by **Mudpout** » Tue Apr 20, 2010 8:54 am

not sure what it is in English, but in french it's called a Bar Raye, google it, there is a picture on top that is that fishes excact clone. They are an endangered species and i beleive release is mandatory. We are the invasive species, not them.

Post by **joco** » Tue Apr 20, 2010 9:01 am

mudpout..tru they been talkin a lot on the qc side about that bar raye.

but wen you look at the fish its more strait bar then little spots likie the one we caught.http://www.radio-canada.ca/actualite/se ... raye.shtml

i will contact again today the qc biologiste

joco

Post by **fiiish** » Tue Apr 20, 2010 9:07 am

Mudpout wrote:not sure what it is in English, but in french it's called a Bar Raye...

That would make it a striped bass in english.
Here is some interesting info on the reintroduction of this species into the St. Lawrence...

STRIPED BASS

French version...
BAR RAYE

Post by **troutnmuskiehunter** » Tue Apr 20, 2010 9:10 am

I've been accidentally catching these bass in the Ottawa R for many years now...nothing new..

Post by **Mudpout** » Tue Apr 20, 2010 9:17 am

yeah, we seem to see about one a year while ice fishing. When you google Bar Raye the middle picture up top is excactly the same fish. Which led me to the link from oceans and fisheries.

Post by **Todd B.** » Tue Apr 20, 2010 9:58 am

Given that the Corillon dam blocks the spawing run of Atlantic Shad on the Ottawa, it is highly unlikely that the fish in question was a migrating stripper. My money is still on a white bass. In any case, the MNR may be interested, if this is something new that they have not seen in the past.

Post by **joco** » Tue Apr 20, 2010 10:54 am

the question as been ask this morning to the qc mnr waiting for the response.

joco

Post by **Mudpout** » Tue Apr 20, 2010 11:26 am

I don't think it's a migrating stipper, they live up to 30 years and grow huge, so i really doubt that is of spawning age. Carillon is defiantly a barrier, but not an impassable one through the locks. I have a few buddies who work and who have worked at those locks, When they lower the water they have seen everyfish imaginable. One guy told me he saw an Anglerfish ( the ones who live in salt water, miles deep), not sure i buy that one though. Now that i think of it, everyone through the ice has been below carillon, around Baie Carillon and Rigaud. You gotta love this river we have here. Check out the pics on top of this page.

http://www.excursionspeche.com/pages/ra ... l_2008.htm

that one on the right is the fish in questions clone. Look at the horiz bars, identical. Look at muskies for example, look at all the variation in colors( striped, spots, gold), smallmouths range from olive to brinze, largies from green to gold.

Post by **Yannick Loranger** » Tue Apr 20, 2010 11:47 am

bar raye is a stripped bass, we're way too far from salt water for that, and as mentioned the dams are certainly a barrier. White Bass exist in the Lake Nippissing watershed, no reason we can't get them here, although it is strange that this seems to be a first time sight for most here. Hooray for the Ottawa River, great diversity.