Anyone else find it tough fishing today?

[alctel]

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 Falls where I hear its great fishing - after 2 more hours and no bites I left fishless!

I tried cranks, spinners, worms, jigs... anyone else get skunked? Was it the colder air?

[Chevy Champagne]

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

[Fishing 24/7]

this cold front might be killing the mbite. getting slower and slower and..

[Bass Addict]

Winds from the East ...........The fish bite the Least........

[alctel]

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! (it musta had some wear on it I didn't notice). After that I couldn't get any hits on worm, jigged crayfish or spinners


Today no bites anywhere full stop for the whole day though! :s

[Jimmy_1]

Nope!

Boated over 17 smallies today and 1 pike pre-fishing. My partner did the same...

YAY!

[slop]

Caught everything but the kitchen sink today. Walleye were the target species.....most were released....just finished a nice feed.

Thanks Carl!

YUM!

[painter]

Ya, nasty conditions. We hit the Ottawa River Friday out of Wendover. Many blow-ups on the frog(s) first thing. Those nasty pike got away with a few frogs. One more good sized smallie on top-water. And the rest of the day poundin' that river got us nothin' !!
I found the largies in the slop were biting.........but they were only chewing the claws of the jig/trailer off......many missed fish.

And then the 25 lb musky spitting my lure back at me ended an otherwise sour day.

[Sniper]

caught one small musky and had three huge muskys follow but couldnt get them to bite so maybe it was a little off.

[Big Bass 444]

The bite was better before 10am....top water was a no go here so we targeted the 6-9 FOW wich was more productive. We had many bass many 3 pounders but nothing above that.

444

[Hookup]

I fly-fished on the Rideau R (check the fly forum for report) but in short, the fishing was very good. Thursday was great, Friday was above average... However, fly fishing means loads of small fish... so it's not the same... but the fish were active on the surface... small poppers.

[OBD]

Nope, awesome day for us. A lot of 2-3lbs in the thickest of slop. Managed to get a 4.5lbs largie and another smaller 4 pounder on the dot. They missed the frogs a bunch of times as well, but we got them with jigs. Cant complain for a 2hour fish!

[Out4trout]

Made it out last night from 9pm-10:30pm - on a shallow bay with weeds on bottom. 2 small LM and 3 (also small) SM
Heddon Torpedo topwater - slo-o-o-w retrieve. A few blow-ups that didn't connect...
Bite was nothing spectacular.

[Wallyboss]

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! (it musta had some wear on it I didn't notice). After that I couldn't get any hits on worm, jigged crayfish or spinners


Today no bites anywhere full stop for the whole day though! :s

alcatel , what knot were you using with the braid. not too many fish will break 50lbs braid might have been knot slip??