Cisco run

Post by **Out4trout** » Sat Nov 20, 2010 8:37 pm

Anyone know if the Cisco have been running the rivers/creeks yet? I would think they could be a bit delayed this year... hope to give em a try later this week.

Post by **Fishing 24/7** » Sun Nov 21, 2010 2:45 pm

hey out 4 trout if you catch alot i wanna buy some !

Post by **Out4trout** » Sun Nov 21, 2010 7:14 pm

Yeah - they're cheaper than Golden Shiners in the long run...

Fishing 24/7 wrote:hey out 4 trout if you catch alot i wanna buy some !

Post by **Eli** » Sun Nov 21, 2010 11:56 pm

Peak run was this time last year. I think they should be there now.

Post by **tbone1088** » Mon Nov 22, 2010 1:45 am

is that one of the main forages in the ottawa and rideau rivers?

Post by **Chefman** » Mon Nov 22, 2010 2:00 pm

I've never fished for cisco! What is it like and how do you fish for them?

Post by **Yannick Loranger** » Mon Nov 22, 2010 2:25 pm

tbone1088 wrote:is that one of the main forages in the ottawa and rideau rivers?

No but pike love them (or smelts) under the ice and golden shiners will cost you an arm and a leg.

Yannick

Post by **Out4trout** » Mon Nov 22, 2010 9:45 pm

In the summer they are deep, much like whitefish, but smaller and they have a terminal mouth. Nov-Dec they migrate up the creeks to spawn.
They are easiest to catch in the fall when they run. You can use small spinners in the fall, in the spring/summer they eat small worms and minnows etc. Some people also pull them through the ice, but I haven't figured them out in the wintertime. Here's a pic from this past April... note the adipose fin, forked tail and the terminal mouth. The plate is approx 12".

Chefman wrote:I've never fished for cisco! What is it like and how do you fish for them?

Post by **Yannick Loranger** » Mon Nov 22, 2010 11:25 pm

do you smoke them or use them as pike bait? Are you even allowed using them as pike bait?

Post by **Out4trout** » Mon Nov 22, 2010 11:36 pm

We cut out the guts and smoke them whole. I don't know if they are legal or not as bait.

fisherguy33 wrote:do you smoke them or use them as pike bait? Are you even allowed using them as pike bait?

Post by **Trophy Hunter** » Tue Nov 23, 2010 8:15 am

Are you using a pipe or papers when you smoke them , I find them extreamly oily to eat LMAO

Post by **Out4trout** » Tue Nov 23, 2010 8:38 pm

A buddy has a Bradley... they are oily but so are most fish we smoke...

Post by **Fishing 24/7** » Tue Nov 23, 2010 10:34 pm

they must be legal they sell them everywere . for lakers up here.

i need some huge ones for pike

Post by **TheEllement** » Wed Nov 24, 2010 10:32 am

They were declared endangered on Lake Simcoe and the season for cathing them has been closed indefinetly.

With that said they appear to be making a come back and reports of incidental catches of them have been increasing dramatically in the last few ice fishing seasons.

I caught one last year on a small spoon in 50ft of water at the base of a dropoff (promptly realeased).

Post by **Gord** » Thu Nov 25, 2010 12:29 pm

For the past 3 or 4 years I've been selling frozen saltwater herring to the lake trout guys. Never had a complaint.....as they always come back for more. In my opinion they work just as well as ciscoes.......I don't think the trout or pike care....they just want to eat.