Two hours later - after searching through several weedbeds using spinnerbaits, spooks, and jerkbaits - my enthusiasm soon withered. We just couldn't find the fish. So, my brother decided to slow down and do some finesse fishing. He threw around a dropshot rig, caught something that initially felt like a piece of weed, but turned out to be a a nice 2-3lb walleye! She was about 8 cm over the slot limit, so we let her go to fight another day.
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After the release, I quickly casted my jerkbait, and jerked twice, and a huge splash engulfed my lure. Drag screamed, and after a few minutes, I landed a nice Rideau River pike. Again, she was a quite big, so I decided to let her go.
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Aside from these two fish (and a couple of out-of-season bass) we never got anymore hits. After asking around, I think walleye and pike fishing was generally slow today on the river. The fish seemed finicky and didn't want to chase fast moving baits. Of course, I'm not complaining - I'm pretty glad that we landed quality fish. Would've been nicer to have a few more bites though!