musky dying like crazy,,,,,,why,,,?

Post by **Muskiemagnet** » Wed Jun 15, 2005 8:20 pm

Hmmmm..... the treatment/filtration plant in K-town by the mouth of the Cat. has been spewing excess pollution for years. Its been a real sour issue for the residents there. Maybe the bacteria can be traced to the plant there.

Post by **Spence Scout** » Wed Jun 15, 2005 8:29 pm

RJ

Not to hard to start a bees nest on here! Just ask Crazyhook!
Anyway, To me a dirty body of water could be much differnt then someone elses,, well then thats my opinion.. Where ive fished on the ottawa it to me has been dirty.. and when u got your xrap and you have to adjust your rod tip to deke out palstic bags and cans near the shore you got to think to yourself will I catch a boot?

LOL, my opinion . If you dont agree thats your opinion
I fish the ottawa and enjoy doing it but that doesnt mean i have to admit i think its clean...

Post by **Flipper** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 7:27 pm

http://www.rideau-info.com/canal/fishin ... emperature

If you read at the link above, it says "Too high a temperature and the fish will be stressed and eventually die."
The water is very warm for the spwning this year and I guess they can't go deep during spawning to get to the cool water.
Hope we get to find out for sure though.

Post by **nighttroller** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 7:51 pm

Don't mistaken clear water for unpolluted water and don't mistaken muddy water for polluted water, and don't think just because a lake is remote that it is clean. I will bring up something that I am sure people have major differences of opinion on but check out the Ontario fish eating guide and you would be surprised some of the lakes and rivers that it says not to eat fish out of!

Post by **joco** » Fri Jun 17, 2005 9:12 am

hi all

is there any new numbers on the musky founds,,,,,,,,,,,

cancatchabass,,,,,,,,,,,,have you more info on this,,,,,,,,,,

thanks,,,,

joco

Post by **Fishing Freak** » Fri Jun 17, 2005 10:02 am

ganman

I think the reason the pike and bass on the river has changed, is because the water is much clearer. I do believe that the fish are much deeper than before. I had to adjust to the change, after not fishing the river for about 10 years. The fish are there, you just gotta go a bit deeper.

Post by **ganman** » Fri Jun 17, 2005 11:41 am

FF.....last season in May I was averaging 20+ pike a day. I fish anywhere from 5' to 30' but mainly 12-15.

Post by **Cancatchbass** » Fri Jun 17, 2005 3:56 pm

Hi Joco:

There are still a few fish being found, but it looks like the worse is over.

There are reports that a 69 inch muskie was found, measured, then released (???) near Hill Island (where the 1000 Islands Bridge crosses the River). The fellow who found the fish is quite reputable, so I'm inclined to believe him.

I've been thinking all along that if there's a world record in the River that it might show up -dead- and that fish might have been it.

FF-ganman is right on regarding the lack of pike in the Gananoque area. If they're out there, I've yet to find any numbers- only averaging 1 fish per 3 hours effort. Normally its about 3 fish per hour...

CCB

Post by **Hardy Cameron** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 10:51 am

Hey everyone, I am new here, don't have much time to talk right now...but this musky post caught my eye.
Just to let you know, I have been hearing that monster musky have also been washing up more than usual up here in Northern Ontario. I was a a tournament last weekend and there was a 56 incher washed up on shore....sorry I don't have all the details, but I just thought I would throw that in!

Post by **bassmasta** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 11:38 am

Just to clarify there are many parts of the st. Lawrence that are polluted.

bmasta
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Post by **Jimmynorth** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 9:00 pm

Hey there, is there an official link for info on this event? Just a comment, but this seems like terrible news for trophy musky fishing on the St.L.

Just out of curiosity, what were the water temps during the time this die-off occured?

Post by **ganman** » Sun Jun 19, 2005 12:13 am

I would suspect the die offs started in early May at the latest. The water temp on the "River" at that time was very very cold for that time of the year. Weedgrowth was non existant.

The die off seems to have started prior to the heat wave but seemed to pick up as it started getting warmer.........CCB am I correct?

Post by **joco** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 7:55 pm

hi all

would like any new news about the dead floathing muskys..............

cancatchabass you found 2 more dead one,,,,,,,,,is that you are saying in the other ,,,,,,(musky subject,,,,)?

any numbers,,,,,,,,any more places,,,,,,,,,?

joco

Post by **ganman** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 9:44 pm

Yesterday one washed ashore at Browns Bay Park. One of my co workers was at his cottage near Brockville and saw something huge and white laying on bottom beside his water intake. The tied a rope to a rake and got it up enough to see it was a muskie before it slipped off and drifted off a drop.

Post by **big-o** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 5:01 pm

Well I for one can testify to the changes in the water clarity , on the St.Lawrence, about twenty years ago I took my open water dive test on the SS Conastoga, for My Scuba licence, this wreck is located in Cardinal on the St. lawrence, at the time the water visibilty was about 7 feet, this wreck is in a fairly strong current, now the divers are telling me that you can see from bow to stern....thats about 130 feet , when I was younger we took the cruise to see Bolt Castle, at that time while on the top deck of the cruise liner you could see the bottom from shore only about 5 feet...then just a black void, about four years ago Julia and I took the cruise again, from the top deck..I dropped a dime....I watched to flutter to the bottom...the captain told me the boat was in about 60 feet of water, now I'm not sure I can say it's all because of zebra Mussles, but along with tighter control of whats going into the water...and education , I would say the St. lawrence is on a speedy recovery from what it was

Thanks to all who are involved in getting the Larry back to where it should have been along