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- Sun Jul 04, 2010 12:54 pm
- Forum: Fishing Talk
- Topic: We should count ourselves very lucky
- Replies: 3
- Views: 579
I lived there for 23 years and fished without problems - its not too bad really. In practice there are a fair amount of places to fish (course fish anyway, there is virtually no game fishing) Its more restrictive than Canadian laws but it has to be - the UK has twice as many people as Canada in a la...
- Sat Jun 26, 2010 8:06 pm
- Forum: Fishing Talk
- Topic: How was your opener?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 3392
hit up my two favourite spots, one on the rideau river, the other on the canal - no bass but caught a huge bluegill and something REALLY ugly - it was about 10 inches long, VERY wide head/mouth that tapered towards a narrow tail and had crazy barbels on its mouth. I am thinking it was a catfish?? If...
- Wed Sep 09, 2009 9:36 pm
- Forum: Fishing Talk
- Topic: Don't forget your camera! Or ruler. Or scales.
- Replies: 4
- Views: 863
- Wed Sep 09, 2009 8:59 pm
- Forum: Fishing Talk
- Topic: Don't forget your camera! Or ruler. Or scales.
- Replies: 4
- Views: 863
Don't forget your camera! Or ruler. Or scales.
I was fishing in the Rideau Canal right in downtown Ottawa this evening off the shore, just lost a fish of about 1lb (still not used to these barbless hooks!) when I hooked into a bass - I instantly realised that it was really really big - after a couple of minutes struggle I got a couple who were p...
- Thu Sep 03, 2009 6:50 pm
- Forum: Fishing Talk
- Topic: Rideau Falls Advice
- Replies: 3
- Views: 536
Rideau Falls Advice
I have been twice now to Rideau Falls, for a total of about 6-8 hours and haven't even had a nibble, so I am wondering where I am going wrong? I fish from the bit of rocky shore to the right of the falls that you get to via the tiny little road. I have tried worms, crankbait, spinners and tubes but ...
- Tue Sep 01, 2009 9:47 pm
- Forum: Fishing Talk
- Topic: what might swim in the clyde river?
- Replies: 12
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- Fri Aug 28, 2009 8:18 pm
- Forum: Fishing Talk
- Topic: Anyone else find it tough fishing today?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2497
yea we were fishing the slop today many blowouts but no conections they kept missing the baits i hate getting skunked thats why its call fishing though and not catching Yesterday I was getting hits on my surface frog, at least until one got hooked and ran off with the frog, snapping the 50lb braid!...
- Fri Aug 28, 2009 8:08 pm
- Forum: Fishing Talk
- Topic: Anyone else find it tough fishing today?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2497
Anyone else find it tough fishing today?
Had the day off work, haven't caught anything the last 3 times I have been fishing so decided to try to catch something to eat tonight (ideally a 1lb bass) so started off at all my usual spots on the Rideau River at about 2ish, 3 hours later in desperation after ZERO bites I biked down to Rideau Fal...
- Tue Aug 25, 2009 12:05 am
- Forum: Fishing Talk
- Topic: Black Donald Creek
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2558
- Sun Aug 23, 2009 6:39 pm
- Forum: Fishing Talk
- Topic: Rideau River/Canal bass
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1216
Rideau River/Canal bass
Has anyone noticed that the bass from the canal fight a lot less than the ones from the river? I caught a few today from the canal near 5th and then one from Dows lake, and they came in with barely a struggle, while the ones I get from the Rideau River fight like stink.
Is there a reason for this?
Is there a reason for this?
- Tue Aug 18, 2009 1:44 pm
- Forum: Fishing Talk
- Topic: Decent collapsible rods?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1254
Decent collapsible rods?
Well I just left my 7ft 2 piece ugly stick behind at a river, and its gone. Doh. So now I am going to get a new rod and was wondering - are there any fairly decent rods that fold down small enough to fit in a rucksack? Under about 50-60 bucks? I would mainly use it for worming and surface frogs Than...
- Fri Aug 14, 2009 5:03 pm
- Forum: Fishing Talk
- Topic: Ottawa Bass Fishing
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1648
- Tue Aug 11, 2009 9:36 pm
- Forum: Fishing Talk
- Topic: Thanks John! (Seabass81)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1137
Thanks John! (Seabass81)
John said he had a free spot in his boat today, so I jumped at the chance! Having only recently moved to Ottawa, my personal best bass was a 9inch largemouth caught off the banks of the rideau, as you can see we smashed that! After speeding into a hailstorm, then a rainstorm, we spent some time near...
- Mon Aug 10, 2009 7:58 pm
- Forum: Fishing Talk
- Topic: Carp on the rideau
- Replies: 3
- Views: 721
- Sun Aug 09, 2009 5:32 pm
- Forum: Fishing Talk
- Topic: Shore fishing spots in and around Ottawa?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3347
Update - fished the rideau a few more times, caught a few bass around 6 - 9inches and then today hooked a MONSTER, it looked around 2 foot long to me, though it was almost certainly less. Anyway I wasn't able to tell what type it was, since the line snapped when I tried to pull it closer to net it.....