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November
11 , 2008 -
I was going to put the boat away for the season today but decided
to go out for one last fish. Pike and walleye were on the bite
but couldn't find where the bass were. |
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November
9 , 2008 -
The beavers are busy in Constance Creek. No fish though.
Water level is slightly high and it's very cold. |
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October
21 , 2008 -CBC
Ottawa airs the television interview they did with me out
on the river back in September. It's part of a week long series
they have produced on the state of the Ottawa river.
Click
on this to watch the interview.
Click
on the picture to open a new window with the complete feature
from CBC's website. |
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October
19 , 2008 -
A clear and sunny but chilly fall day with a steady chop on
the water. Trees are almost bare of leaves.
Burnie Grant and myself spent the earlier part of the day casting
for muskie with no luck. We moved and tried for bass but only
caught a few pike. |
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October
13 , 2008 -
Beautiful, warm fall day with no wind. The river was glass.
Spent the morning looking for muskie to no avail. Once the day
warmed up I went up shallow for largemouth in the lily pads.
I saw two huge schools of minnows in the shallows which were
getting a lot of attention from the local predator fish. Pike
were on a frenzy and were aggressively hitting every I threw.
Made it kind of tough to get through to the bass :)
Nothing big though - largest pike was 4lbs even and largest
bass was 2.9lbs. |
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September
28 , 2008 -
See the indent in this largemouth's head? I have seen a couple
of other pictures lately from other bass fishermen in our area
that show an indent in the nose area too. I wonder what's up?
The water level has come down to more normal levels finally.
Largemouth bass were up shallow in the weeds today but the smallmouth
were schooled up a point. |
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September
23 , 2008 -
Smallmouth bass have started to school up with the cooling water
temperatures. Caught 8 off one small point. Biggest today was
this 3.4lbs smallie. Largemouth are hard to find right now.
The water is very high. |
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September
23 , 2008 -
The water is very high again. One spillway is wide open at the
dam. My dock boards are almost floating away. |
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September
16 , 2008 -
Did interviews out on the river with CBC reporters Nick Gamache
(Radio One) and Steve Fischer (News at Six). They are creating
a multi-part news story on how important the Ottawa River is
to all of us and wanted my thoughts on it from a sport fishing
point of view.
To be aired in October on TV and radio. |
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September
13 and 14, 2008 -
George's Marine held their 14th annual Fun & Fish tournament
for their Nitro and Tracker boat clients on Golden Lake. Thanks
to George, Jeff, Debbie, the rest of the
staff
and
their families who gave up their weekend to host everyone
for dinner, derby and then a BBQ at The Sands On Golden Lake
Resort. It was a fantastic time and the food was stellar.
This was my tenth year attending.
Cathy and I won first with a total weight of 18.7lbs of pike.
Our son, Wes, won the kids division with two largemouth bass. |
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August
15, 2008 -
Look at the colour of the trees! This is the middle of August
not the end of September. Hope it doesn't mean an early and
long winter. |
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August
10, 2008 -
A 4.6 along with a 3.8lbs. largemouth bass topped the day. |
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August
6, 2008 -
The pattern is still very shallow, right at the shore in some
cases. Big one of the day is this 4.9lbs. largemouth.
Some of the trees look like they are changing colour already.
Very strange for the beginning of August. |
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July
26, 2008 -
This guy was trying to catch the flies off his back. Total frustration
but he kept persevering. Kind of like my day fishing today :) |
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July
22, 2008 -
A small funnel cloud coming from the north. |
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July
22, 2008 -
Wes and I took out his buddy Carson for some slop fishing. A
5.2lbs. largemouth was the big one of the day. The high water
levels allow getting into areas normally too shallow. |
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July
20, 2008 -
The high water levels continue and the largemouth are up very
shallow. Big one today was 5.1lbs. |
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July
13, 2008 -
A decent, 7.5lb. Ottawa River northern pike. Came out of the
weeds on a plastic worm. The water is still very high and slightly
cool for this time of year. |
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July
7, 2008 -
Got my second muskie of the season. 18.8lbs. Just missed getting
a picture of her airbourne with the sunset in the background.
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July
6, 2008 -
Got my first muskie of the season. Put on a good show. 12.1lbs.
Lousy pic because I was alone. |
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July
2 to 5, 2008 -
Wes and I had the whole week off to fish. Water levels are so
high the forest is flooded. We found largemouth bass
right at the edge of the woods, tucked right into the stumps
and branches. Smallmouth were inhabiting
the lilypads. Having a lot of fun with gar too. We made a couple
of rope lures and had a blast. |
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July
1, 2008
- Water levels are extremely high and the water is cool. The
large bass are huddled up in the warm water of back bays, away
from the current. If you see gar, there will be largemouth bass
too. |
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Winter,
2007
- No Monsters but lots of walleye, pike and perch. Didn't use
any live bait this season, only plastic baits. |
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October
1 & 3, 2007
- Spent two days fishing a couple of small lakes west of the
city. Caught a ton of bass but nothing over 3 lbs. Both lakes
offered acres of stumps and logs which held multitudes of largemouth
bass. Big plastic tubes seemed to be the choice bait each day. |
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Tuesday
October 2, 2007
- First cast of the day gets the big one of the week; a 5.8
lb largemouth bass from the Ottawa River. A spinner bait got
it along with several other quality bass that day. Still lots
of weeds out there and the water is warmer than what one would
expect for this time of year. |
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September
8 & 9, 2007
- Georges Marine holds their annual Nitro / Tracker fishing
tournament on Golden Lake. Cathy and I took second place in
the pike division with a total of 21 lbs. Missed first place
by .9 of a pound.
Our son Wes placed second in the children's bass division. |
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Sunday
September 2, 2007
- A nice little Ottawa River muskie. Only 13 lbs but strong
and acrobatic. |
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Tuesday
August 28, 2007
- Another 4.7lb largemouth is big bass of the week. |
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Tuesday
August 21, 2007
- 4.7lb largemouth is the big bass for this week. |
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Sunday
July 15, 2007
- 4.9lb largemouth is this week's big bass. |
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Sunday
January 7, 2007
- Global warming? Normally I would be ice fishing at this point
of the winter but people are out water skiing today!
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