Ottawa River Report
Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2005 5:37 pm
Hit the Ottawa River today to try and catch some walleyes to register in the virtual derby and to... well just catch some walleyes through the ice. Meet Probassing, Iceman, and Iceman's friend Dave (an almost converted new Hawk Talker). Dave wasted no time pulling a small Sauger through the ice which gave us some encouragement. About half hour later as I lift my jig I feel some weight, set the hook and I am in to what I think is a decent Walleye as I the fish thumps his way up t othe hole to my surprise my first ever Sturgeon. Wow what a thrill! MEasured in at 24".
About half hour later after Dave pulled another small Sauger, lift my jig again, feel weight, set the hook. I have a good one on. This guy takes some line, goes for a couple decent runs... I am thinking good Walleye... unreal another Sturgeon. This time 36".
Things get quite for a while Iceman missing a few, I miss a few. It is now noon and Iceman packs up comes over to say bye and as we are talking, bang! Big hit!!! Well I fit this fish for about 20 minutes and we are all speculating as to what it is. I get it close to the hole and then it screams off a long run and wraps around a line 20 ft away. We cut that line, I still have the fish. Then it wraps around another line in the other direction, we cut the line, I still have the fish. After another 10 minutes we finally get the the fish to the hole. A big sturgeon. The head is twice the size as the 36"er. We tried for 5 minutes to get it through and on the third try we lost our grip and away she went. We figure it was over 4' based on the size of the head but we will never know. Here is the best pic at the hole.
All in all a great day but no walleye for me. Probassing got 2 small Sauger and Walleye.
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About half hour later after Dave pulled another small Sauger, lift my jig again, feel weight, set the hook. I have a good one on. This guy takes some line, goes for a couple decent runs... I am thinking good Walleye... unreal another Sturgeon. This time 36".
Things get quite for a while Iceman missing a few, I miss a few. It is now noon and Iceman packs up comes over to say bye and as we are talking, bang! Big hit!!! Well I fit this fish for about 20 minutes and we are all speculating as to what it is. I get it close to the hole and then it screams off a long run and wraps around a line 20 ft away. We cut that line, I still have the fish. Then it wraps around another line in the other direction, we cut the line, I still have the fish. After another 10 minutes we finally get the the fish to the hole. A big sturgeon. The head is twice the size as the 36"er. We tried for 5 minutes to get it through and on the third try we lost our grip and away she went. We figure it was over 4' based on the size of the head but we will never know. Here is the best pic at the hole.
All in all a great day but no walleye for me. Probassing got 2 small Sauger and Walleye.
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. Great job.
