Well if it's Ling you're looking for I think many Hawk Talkers will tell you it's almost impossible NOT to catch them through the ice on the Ottawa. I tried one once but found them pretty muddy tasting from that water, now they just go back.
That gar fishing sounds pretty intriguing. I would like to figure them out. I've seen schools of them over 50 inches swiming beside my boat during the spring at Shirley's Bay. Couldn't get them to bite. When I'm ready for a new challenge I may give them a try.
What would it take
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Well I'm going to break the same answer scenario and go with a different answer, asking a question on top of that.
What does it mean to be a multi-species fisherman? Yes we fish more than 1 species of fish, so wouldn't that make everyone a multi-species fisherman?
In my case I have not really done a lot of Carp, Bowfin, Gar, or Salmon Fishing here in Ontario, so I would love to, but I would want to go with someone who could show me the ropes first, then I'm sure I'd be all over it.
What does it mean to be a multi-species fisherman? Yes we fish more than 1 species of fish, so wouldn't that make everyone a multi-species fisherman?
In my case I have not really done a lot of Carp, Bowfin, Gar, or Salmon Fishing here in Ontario, so I would love to, but I would want to go with someone who could show me the ropes first, then I'm sure I'd be all over it.
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It's always fun to have someone along that knows what they're doing no matter what it is your trying for the 1st time. My brother's avid and enthusiastic pursuit of muskies is what got my itch started. I got lots of tips from him (as well as other musky nuts on this site). Same with lakers, which I would like to try for this spring.
Ice fishing with Slushy, Bowzog and other friendly, helpful Hawk Talkers has helped me to at least get a rudimentary grasp on hard water fishing. Sort of like if you're in a foreign country: it helps to have a pal who can speak the language.
Most especially, I would be targeting new species if I simply had MORE TIME.
W.
Ice fishing with Slushy, Bowzog and other friendly, helpful Hawk Talkers has helped me to at least get a rudimentary grasp on hard water fishing. Sort of like if you're in a foreign country: it helps to have a pal who can speak the language.
Most especially, I would be targeting new species if I simply had MORE TIME.
W.
Good question Bobber!!Bobber wrote:Well I'm going to break the same answer scenario and go with a different answer, asking a question on top of that.
What does it mean to be a multi-species fisherman? Yes we fish more than 1 species of fish, so wouldn't that make everyone a multi-species fisherman?
In my case I have not really done a lot of Carp, Bowfin, Gar, or Salmon Fishing here in Ontario, so I would love to, but I would want to go with someone who could show me the ropes first, then I'm sure I'd be all over it.
Multi species definition to me ????
An angler who fishes for 4 or more species and ownes $400.00 worth of rods for each
You and I will have to do some Gar this year
Matt
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back to that fellow with the clap (handle)........
If there are ling where you fish, just fish for them in the dark and on bottom with just about anything, preference probably to minnows alive or dead.
If they come out of clean water, and especially in the winter, ling are very tasty indeed. I leave them on the ice for a while until they are kind of half-frozen, since cleaning a freshly caught ling is like wrestling with an eel in a bucket of snot. Once the fish is fairly stiff, fillet the front part of the fillet back of the head, like a piece of quarter-round, leaving all meat from the ribs down on the carcass. When you get back of the ribs, cut all the way down and take the whole fillet top to bottom. Skin it right now or that slime will get onto everything you own!
Ling is delicious in chowders, is excellent battered and deep-fried, and is also quite tasty boiled in salted water in bite-size pieces and dipped in garlic butter (poor man's lobster). I never did smoke ling but I think it would turn out pretty good - the challenge in smoking it would be to find a way to smoke a skinless fillet without destroying the meat when you take it off the grill! The skin as you can see is really nasty, and you want to get that hide off the meat as soon as you can.
Doug
If there are ling where you fish, just fish for them in the dark and on bottom with just about anything, preference probably to minnows alive or dead.
If they come out of clean water, and especially in the winter, ling are very tasty indeed. I leave them on the ice for a while until they are kind of half-frozen, since cleaning a freshly caught ling is like wrestling with an eel in a bucket of snot. Once the fish is fairly stiff, fillet the front part of the fillet back of the head, like a piece of quarter-round, leaving all meat from the ribs down on the carcass. When you get back of the ribs, cut all the way down and take the whole fillet top to bottom. Skin it right now or that slime will get onto everything you own!
Ling is delicious in chowders, is excellent battered and deep-fried, and is also quite tasty boiled in salted water in bite-size pieces and dipped in garlic butter (poor man's lobster). I never did smoke ling but I think it would turn out pretty good - the challenge in smoking it would be to find a way to smoke a skinless fillet without destroying the meat when you take it off the grill! The skin as you can see is really nasty, and you want to get that hide off the meat as soon as you can.
Doug
For me when I go fishing I said all catch whatever its biting from muskie all the way to pumkinseed I fish for all species of fish. I caught bass pike walleyes muskie crappy rockbass bluegills carp bullheads channel cat fish suckers fresh water drum sauger perch you name it. Every fish is fun to catch just the fun to be out and fishing thats whats its all about. Now I want to go and target lake trout and salmon soon I never catch some of those yet but one day all them.
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I have changed from just being a bass guy to whatever it takes to get out on the water. As I get older, the bass season just seems to keep getting shorter so I have recently (last two years) started to target whatever is in season and also, using whatever style I have to just to get out for a few hours or a day. Took up fly fishing, float fishing, ice fishing, crappie fishing. It has been an expensive two years but now, I can go out pretty much all year for something or other and, can use whatever tackle is required. Haven't ventured into the realm of downrigging yet, mainly because I dont have a freakin boat yet (this spring). But given the post about lead-core line, I may give it a try this summer if the boat thing pans out. Its all about gettin on the water, any water, whenever, however and by whatever means for me.
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Im a person who loves to fish (arent we all) wouldnt take much to try for a new or different species ie: a newspaper magazine article post on a website or even catching one by chance my latest or next species which I have never caught and said to be abundant is a sturgeon ??? Great post Matt!!!! muskys are great !!! Is the sturgeon fishery in our back yard something to consider ????Im told they get very large???need new equipment???bigger boat???
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I find this an interesting post because it is so indicative of how lucky we are in this part of the world that we can ask this type of a question. How many other areas have such a wide variety of fish on their doorstep as we do 
I fish for a variety of species and have managed to catch pretty much every species of fish available in Ontario. My goal now is trying to plan special fishing trips to remote areas both within or outside of the province 
I fish for a variety of species and have managed to catch pretty much every species of fish available in Ontario. My goal now is trying to plan special fishing trips to remote areas both within or outside of the province you have a pmfishboch wrote:Well if it's Ling you're looking for I think many Hawk Talkers will tell you it's almost impossible NOT to catch them through the ice on the Ottawa. I tried one once but found them pretty muddy tasting from that water, now they just go back.
That gar fishing sounds pretty intriguing. I would like to figure them out. I've seen schools of them over 50 inches swiming beside my boat during the spring at Shirley's Bay. Couldn't get them to bite. When I'm ready for a new challenge I may give them a try.
If I see a technique in a magazine/website/tv show and I have the equipment to try it, then I'll try it. But my resources are pretty limited so I can't really go for species that aren't in my area/won't break my rod/I can't catch from shore. So who cares? I just love to fish, I catch what I can, I learn what I can.
Don't know about carleton place. I've been told that there are some gar in the Rideau River, but I've never seen one. In the Ottawa, just about any calm back bay should hold them on a hot sunny afternoon. As a rule of thumb, I find that if there are carp in the area there are also gar.almontefisher wrote:Where in this area can you catch gar pike??? I have always wanted to catch one. Any spots near Carleton Place area???