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

[RJ]

TMH,

Too many of these.....



Turns these...



Into these...





I do think it's cool to see them in the Ottawa though.....apparently they are great eating.....

RJ

[troutnmuskiehunter]

TMH,

..apparently they are great eating.....

RJ

Next time I catch one, I'll keep it for you to take home and have a taste

That Canadian would great for the beer batter....

[zarbat007]

Where is this Victoria you speak of?

[Maple]

Cool catch BA!

My vote goes to white bass.

They are uncommon around here, but they are here, and perhaps becoming more common.

Maple

[(Big Bass Daddy)]

I remember fishing on the Ottawa river back in 1972 when I was a young lad and I caught many of those fish in the Ottawa river. At that time I was told they were White Fish. But who knows right?

Thev'e been in the Ottawa river for years and years and years.


Good little fighters.
BBD

[joco]

i taught W.b to.

wathever its is..that tread a some views.

its now comfirm bass-addict is now............WHITE-BASS ADDICT..

joco

[GuinnessGuy]

Where is this Victoria you speak of?

scroll back to a few threads prior to this one and I gave exact directions on how to get there.

GG

[fishhit]

It's a white bass if it's from the Ottawa. Used to fish the river hard back in the early 70's and caught all kinds of fish you don't see alot of now. White bass, drum, pickerel (chain), mooneye, whitefish, american eel, bowfin, ling, garpike, waterdogs, etc. Just because they arn't caught often doesn't mean they arn't there. The fishing changes with the years, and the water and weather and the waterfront developement has an impact. Some years will see huge runs of crappie and lousy bass. The primary biomass in the river today are channel cat. Likely they are the best adapted to current (pardon thee pun) river conditions. Waterbodies are in constant flux and species ebb and flow with the conditions. Below the dam at chaudiere there are even more opportunities for strange catches than on the upper river. Sauger, sturgeon, american shad, etc. Fishings such a cool thing on a river like the Ottawa cause you never know whats on your line.
Great catch and anothe fun topic!
Fish

[Eli]

fishhit, the chain pickerel was first reported anywhere in ontario in 2008.

[Fishing 24/7]

dont only guy that dosent care about the albino bass.

is the albino himself. BASS-ADDICT!

what a rare human this guy is.

iv been raised in the outaouais region and he sure is a rare SPECIMEN!

[bucketmouth]

Regardless if it's JUST a white bass to some, it's a pretty neat incidental catch. I've seen GL guys catching them but I don't think I recall any that big. Nice catch BA!

By the way, did you catch it on a worm ball or some other catfish bait?

[Bass Addict]

By the way, did you catch it on a worm ball

Not a worm ball...but a Dew Worm...

[DropShotr]

Nice catch BA.

I would not consider them as invasive, but as an expanding species. We caught a pile of them on a January trout fishing trip to the nuke in Pickering many moons ago.

I catch them on the St. Lawrence often.

Really?

I believe you, but in all the years on the river I never caught one, or the elusive St Lawrence trout for that matter. I suppose I could blame not catching a trout on the fact that I'm fishing for bass or walleye....

DS

[bardern]

First off again I want apologize to Joco about my prior post.

DS'er we catch them up in the Ingleside side area in neck down current areas usually late in May and into early June. I remember when we kids there was a huge run up one of the local creeks and we would catch an awful slew of them. It has been many, many years since I was a kid and fished that creek so maybe the run has since petered out.

If you want to hook into the very elusive St. Lawrence trout you need to set your bearings to east of Cardinal and west of Ingleside. I have caught steelies up on the weed flats close to deep water and the trout at 50-60 ft+ deep on rigs and dropshots.