Ottawa River - Rockland

Post by **crouffer** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 9:41 pm

Hi Folks,

Went out for about 1.5 hours this evening. I wanted to check out the back bay directly across from the Rockland launch. I could see fish stirring the water near the weed, and was fishing top water frogs to no avail. I switched to a white spinner with a red twister tail, and got a good hit on one of my first casts (about 2.5 feet of water). After a really good fight, I pulled in this:

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After reading a post the other day about the difference between pike and muskie, I realized that this was my first muskie ever! I counted nine holes on the top of his snout, whereas pike only have six...

All in all it was a memorable trip.

Cheers,

Chris

Post by **katch moore** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 9:50 pm

nice pike!!! it aint a muskie but nice pike for sure.

and the holes you should be looking for are on the bottom of the mouth. flip it's head upside and then you'll see them.

nice pike though

here's a little info for you on pike vs muskie identification problems!

you'll find the hole problem you were having in the bottom left corner of the picture.

Post by **farmerkid** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 9:50 pm

nice fish!!!

But thats a pike, musky's dont have that coloration. Did u count 9 holes all together or 9 holes on each side?

Post by **katch moore** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 9:53 pm

just click on picture, those pores or "holes" are not on the top, you should be looking of the bottom of the jaw.

and yeah just by the colors.

Post by **Leechman** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 9:55 pm

It's a pike for sure...... Great job Crouffer

Thanks for sharing
FF

Post by **Wallyboss** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 9:56 pm

Nice pike crouffer.

Post by **OBD** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 10:39 pm

Nice pike

Post by **FishingIsHealing** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 11:07 pm

Very nice..........

Post by **Chevy Champagne** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 5:58 am

defanitly not a ski but a good pike in that case

Post by **crouffer** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 6:09 am

I stand corrected (multiple times)

I guess I misunderstood the "more than 6 holes" thing.

It sure was a fun fish to fight though. Thanks for the clarification

Chris

Post by **joco** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 6:43 am

yep nice pike.

by the way there some nice musky to in that section.

joco

Post by **bm_attar** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 11:31 am

One more thing, just in case. The pores are at the OUTSIDE of the lower jaw. Don't look for them inside the fish's mouth. We don't want anyone to get bitten by those teeth

Maybe stating the obvious, but just in case as I said.

Post by **Lowe Rider** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 8:38 pm

I've never had success in this end of the woods. I will usually catch a couple of pike or bass, but nothing real big or in real n umbers. I am planning on heading out towards Rockland or even Wendover tomorrow morning to see if I have any more luck. I will report back.

The thing that I hate about the Ottawa River is thatit is so dirty and cloudy, that you can't see structure, or even any fish despite using polarized sunglasses. I much prefer fishing smaller alkes with clear waters that enable more sight fishing despite having a sonar.

Post by **Wallyboss** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 8:43 pm

As soon as that rain stops for a couple of days the Ottawa will clear up. If you don't like cloudy water just stay west of Wendover after a big rain, cause that Nation river is a muddy one.

Post by **baz fish** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 8:47 pm

Nice pike man

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