Multiple Species- involving a Muskie
Posted: Tue May 04, 2010 2:14 pm
Highlight of my day...
I cast out a segment of worm and a small panfish jig and let it sink and I got a pretty solid fight but I knew it was a little fish, then it became a dead weight with some thrashing and the fish went under into an area I couldn't see and I pulled it up and it was a nice long juvenile muskie and as soon as I got him up to my lap to take a look, it dropped off and to my shock a perch was on the hook still alive........no bite marks. So I dipped it back in to see if there was life in it, and it was still lively so i let it go on. Hopefully it lived on.
I've seen this before but still it never gets old....
Also caught 20+ Sunfish (bluegills, pumpkinseed etc)
1 OOS smallmouth 2lbs, released instantly
Many Perch 10+ all small ones
One thing I noticed was alot of Carp Activity........many carp........doing their weird mating rituals or something.....Where they leap out of the water or just crest it.....that and blowing bubbles in huge amounts....
I want to catch a couple this year, that's something I've not done alot of in the past.
Catfish are also on my hit list.................Problem is panfish bite the worms to pieces before the catfish can come along.
I know the Rideau has a large catfish population, but they keep a low profile and are all of the bullhead variety at least from what I've read.
Take Care everyone,
==FIH==
I cast out a segment of worm and a small panfish jig and let it sink and I got a pretty solid fight but I knew it was a little fish, then it became a dead weight with some thrashing and the fish went under into an area I couldn't see and I pulled it up and it was a nice long juvenile muskie and as soon as I got him up to my lap to take a look, it dropped off and to my shock a perch was on the hook still alive........no bite marks. So I dipped it back in to see if there was life in it, and it was still lively so i let it go on. Hopefully it lived on.
I've seen this before but still it never gets old....
Also caught 20+ Sunfish (bluegills, pumpkinseed etc)
1 OOS smallmouth 2lbs, released instantly
Many Perch 10+ all small ones
One thing I noticed was alot of Carp Activity........many carp........doing their weird mating rituals or something.....Where they leap out of the water or just crest it.....that and blowing bubbles in huge amounts....
I want to catch a couple this year, that's something I've not done alot of in the past.
Catfish are also on my hit list.................Problem is panfish bite the worms to pieces before the catfish can come along.
I know the Rideau has a large catfish population, but they keep a low profile and are all of the bullhead variety at least from what I've read.
Take Care everyone,
==FIH==