I launched around 6:30am and started trolling in the same area that we landed my wife's fish. I was over 100 feet trolling near a drop off that went from 50 feet of water down to around 100. I had the ball on the downrigger set for 50 feet but after 30 minutes or so I noticed that most of the fish that I were marking were in the 30 foot range. I decided I better bring my ball up some if I were to catch anything and within 10 minutes I have the first fish of the morning on. Not a bad start at a little over 5lbs.
I made it back out onto the water for a solo mission to try and beat my wife's monster that she nabbed a couple of weeks ago. I launched around 6:30am and started trolling in the same area that we landed my wife's fish. I was over 100 feet trolling near a drop off that went from 50 feet of water down to around 100. I had the ball on the downrigger set for 50 feet but after 30 minutes or so I noticed that most of the fish that I were marking were in the 30 foot range. I decided I better bring my ball up some if I were to catch anything and within 10 minutes I have the first fish of the morning on. Not a bad start at a little over 5lbs. I had caught this one, as was my wife's, on a perch coloured blue fox spoon. I continued to use it for half an hour or so but decided to try and blue and silver williams wobbler. Thankfully I did as not too far from where the first fish was caught I hooked into another, same depth, roughly 30 feet, and trolling in and around 2MPH. I continued with the blue and silver and had a massive hit, line just screaming out. I pulled the rod but by the time I could get it under control the fish was gone. I decided to change up and try and gold and silver spoon. Good thing I did because about 15 minutes after losing the last fish I crossed over the same area and had a fish on. It only took a couple of minutes to bring it in but it gave a few big runspulling out 60 feet of line out at a time. When she slid into the net I had a new PB with her weighing in over 13 lbs. A great day on the water, 3 for 4 all in a 3 hour window. Can't go wrong with that!
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I haven't been out in a while on the water due to a wedding in Boston and family things going on, but I did manage to convince my wife, 6 months pregnant, to come out for a quick laker trip on the way to my parents cottage, and am I ever glad she said yes.
I gave her two options of which spoon she could use and she chose the perch colored one, pic to follow one of these days. I got the rods in the rod holders and lines on the downriggers and we began our trolling. We were down roughly 55 feet over about 90 feet of water and coming up and onto a flat and working the edge. We trolled around for about 2 hours when she says her rod was doing something funny. I lept out of my seat and grabbed the rod to make sure the line had unclipped; it had and it was big. I handed her the rod and the battle began. I pulled up my line and cleared the riggers so she had room to move. It took a while but she finally surfaced and slid into the net. My wife was exhausted but it was landed. Needless to say, bigger than any laker I have caught and she was pretty proud. Now the only debate is whether I have a replica made, I'm thinking I might and give it to her as a "push present" for when #2 decides to come out! Enjoy the pics! Or should I say lack thereof.
Before even making it out of the laneway we noticed the boat trailer had an awesome flat tire, so at 5am we proceeded to do a quick tire change and we were off to the water. Made it out today and launched at Beckett's Landing and worked from the Catchall to where the Kemptville Creek meets the Rideau. I had a small musky follow an inline bucktail but the only fish landed was a small pike. Wicked hot out there today so after about 5 or 6 hours we called it quits. The Ottawa opens next weekend so hopefully I can make it out for a day then. I made it out again for a lunchtime shore fishign trip. I managed to land one this time but not the bigger one I saw earlier in the week. I was casting a topraider and had a small musky follow right to shore. It didn't take it at first so I let out a couple feet of line and did a from-shore figure 8 but thankfully this one hit it right away. A quick battle and a picture and off it swam. In case you are wondering where I was fishing it was where the Jock River meets the Ridea, Woodroffe and Prince of Wales.
I decided today to head out during my lunch hour to do a bit of casting for some muskies. I usually go to the Jock River Park which is at Woodroffe and Prince of Wales here in Ottawa. I only had about 30 minutes of casting time before I had to leave but it was still nice to get out. I only had a few lures with me so I sprayed my casts around and tried the different lures. I have caught a few muskies at this spot a number of times but today was not meant to be. That does not mean I didn't come close!
I was casting an inline spinner and had a musky, in the 36-38" range follow it to within 10 feet of shore where it stopped and watched my sad attempts at doing a figure 8....needless to say, trying to figure 8 while on shore in 6 inches of water is tough. I tried and it watched for about 30 seconds before slowly swimming away. So no fish today but I did see one so that put a smile on my face. Hopefully I'll make it out again in the next week or so and will be able to land it for a quick pic. Cheers Finally the musky season decided to begin. We hit the Mad around 6am and had our lines wet and trolling by 6:30am. It was a pretty wet start to the day but when it is the first day of the season who gives a crap? We trolled around for a few hours washing different lures and trying different spots but to no avail. We finally landed at a large weed flat that produced a few fish last year on the opener, with no one around!
We casted everything we had when I had a missed strike boatside on an inline spinner. A hundred yards down river we had another follow, but no strike. My brother was casting a topraider when a fish came and tried to grab it but it missed leaving nothign but a large splash! After an hour or so of casting we went back to the troll to give our bodies a break. We worked our way back to the weed flat where, while casting a glider, I had another miss. I was working the glider and giving it some erratic action when during a pause a musky tried to strike it but missed! I changed to a double cowgirl and had another follow but no strike. 5 fish on the opener with nothign to show for it! We continued casting when I finally had a strike that actually stayed connected! It struck about 15 feet from the boat and after a quick battle it was in the net. A few pics later and off she swam. A nice 42 1/2" musky to kick off the season! Hopefully more to come in the next few weeks if I can manage to get out sometime soon! For the walleye opener up at my parents cottage we decided we would troll around with worm harnesses and cranks and see what happens. I had bought my dad a new Lindy Shadling in white with the hopes of it being a good producer. First tiem getting wet and it paid off. A niced size walter to kick off the season.
Made it out a few weeks ago to chase some lakers, we were marking a lot early one but could not get anythign to bite. We were trolling Flicker Shads, and although no lakers, we did manage a nice sized walleye. After a quick pic we released it to be caught another day. We decidded to put the downriggers into action and try a little deeper. Good thing we did as not too much longer we had a niced sized laker on the silver and gold spoon, down around 25 feet over 80 FOW.
I didn't make it out on the water today as I was having a date with my daughter, but we did manage to hit a couple local fishing shops. We picked up a couple new flicker shads, some plastic worms, a live target yellow perch crank, and a couple other smaller things. Bits and Baits was a blast with 25% off for the weekend. Now I can't wait to get out there to test them all out!
Tight lines out there! It was nice to finally get the boat out and especially nice to have it out so early in the year but it was a cold couple of days on the water. I made it out twice for about 1 1/2 hours each time out. Snowed one day the the other gave us 3 1/2 foot rollers and a ton of wind.
As I did last year I started trolling flicker shads in white around 1.8-2MPH over 25 feet of water. Seemed to work fairly well as we managed one that was just under 5 lbs and one that was right around 7lbs. Beats last year where it took a couple trips to find them. I'm hoping to get out in a couple weeks again to try and find soem of the larger ones while also hoping for some warmer weather! Good luck out there! |
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