Rideau 'eyes, who caught all the pike?

Post by **The Captain** » Tue May 26, 2009 7:51 pm

Got out on the Rideau out of Kars this morning for a little fish, more so had to get the boat floating to do some work on my trailer than a real fishing trip, but always time to wet a line . . .

Managed 4 small walleye though in about an hour, and decided to scare up a few pike for some bigger fun

I couldn't even buy a hammer handle, not a hit, bump, follow, nothing

spinner-baits, Silver Minnow, plastic jerk baits, nada

Funny thing was the eye's seemed aggressive enough, so who caught all the pike?

Post by **Mr.J.** » Tue May 26, 2009 8:03 pm

It's a tough time of the year right now for pike on the Rideau

Mostly last years weeds

Wait a couple of weeks and with the new weed growth you'll be struggling to keep the little buggers off your line

Once the weeds begin to green up go into the shallows, look for tiny bait fish in the pockets and you'll be where you need to be.

Post by **nips** » Wed May 27, 2009 6:17 am

I was fishing the rideau saturday past, and could only muster up 2 hammer handles, and I mean hammer handles, under a pound

seriously. Oh well a bad day fishing is better than a good day at work

Post by **marc613** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 8:45 am

Very True nips.. If you guys are looking for Pike comme down to Rockland... Thats the only thing ive been able to land lately. The best being 8lbs.. but your right there is lots of small ones

Post by **Sportspal** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 8:53 am

Picked up 12 of them last week at Appleton.
It was nice to target pike, and actually land only pike.
Not a single bass unless you count Rockies.

Nothing of any size, mostly hammerhandles, and a few up to 3-4lbs.

Post by **stetco** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 10:47 am

Maybe I haven't looked hard enough but is a rock bass considered the same as large and small mouth when it comes to the seasons? Or is it considered a panfish since it doesn't get that big. Maybe is clear in the regulations, but I guess I'm a bit ignorant.

Thanks.

Post by **CNs** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 11:03 am

stetco wrote:Maybe I haven't looked hard enough but is a rock bass considered the same as large and small mouth when it comes to the seasons? Or is it considered a panfish since it doesn't get that big. Maybe is clear in the regulations, but I guess I'm a bit ignorant.

Thanks.

Rock bass is not in the bass genus and is considered a panfish

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Centrarchidae
Genus: Ambloplites
Species: A. rupestris
Binomial name
Ambloplites rupestris

Largemouth
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Centrarchidae
Genus: Micropterus
Species: M. salmoides
Binomial name
Micropterus salmoides
Lacepede (1802)

Smallmouth

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Centrarchidae
Genus: Micropterus
Species: M. dolomieu

Post by **Panfisher** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 11:21 am

Lots of Hammerhandles in Constance Lake. The fishing was a little tough last weekend but my buddy's white spinner bait caught their attention.

I managed to get a Crappie on a medium sized 5 of Diamonds.

Post by **nips** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 7:26 pm

I read an article the other day and I forgot where it was but they were talking about the pike population on the rideau and st.lawrence having declined significantly due to water levels being lower than normal over the past decade. When the water is low, this affects spawning in the back bays, the pike fry can't hide from prey like bluegill and so on in the shallow weeds. Just some food for thought