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They might be worth something to a collector but probably not as much as the joy it would bring to catch a monster and think of your Grandpa's grin as he watches you catch the fish.... wherever he might be. You might want to try them on some fall Quinte Walleye East of the Ferry.

Ice conditions amazing on or near the Ottawa river on the Quebec side. I hit Baie Clement and Baie de la Pentecoste near Papineauville on Sunday. Both spots were easily two feet thick. Lots of trucks and cars on the virtual ice citys out there. 5$ access at Baie Clement good plowed access overall shallow water $8 dozen minnows... be sure to ask for small if you are looking for anything but Pike. I did not see any other spots selling minnows past this spot going East from Gatineau although the Action Sport spot in Buckingham at the split where you turn for the Cumberland ferry might have some. Pentecoste Baie between Plaisance and Papineauville is a sight to behold. Lots of huts with access in three spots along Hwy. 148. Free access to fair ice road out with branches of roads heading in all directions at the end of Henri Bourassa. This spot offers up at least a two mile long well fished deep channel with a lot of tapered points for a variety of fishing. I elected to work a tapered point near the launch and worked my way out deeper looking for quick drop off hoping to find some afternoon fish but I quickly relised that the majority of shacks were sitting just off of this spot so I did not push right to the edge of them out of respect but that is the depth I will start next time out. Despite the fact that the fishing was slow and I saw only one medium sized pike hit the ice with the amount of shacks and people out this place must produce fish. I am thinking with the Full Moon on Saturday night the fish pigged out and were just taking Sunday off. Not many fish caught but a great day out there. I will return to Pentecoste Bay for sure but this time with my snowmachine and clam in tow.

Hi everyone My appologies for not coming over to say hi while up at the West Arm this year. I had a bunch of calamity events that took a lot of my time while up there this year and dodging the foul weather... well between those things there was little time for much socializing. I totalled my trailer trying to launch the Nitro at the Sucker Creek launch when I backed it off the concrete pad and decided that my truck would pull it out real well if I slapped it in four wheel low and hammered the gas... wrong... bent the center rib and knoced off all the bunks what a bonehead move ... thanks to a few of the lads we managed to get my trailer fixed and the welding shop in Vernor is amazing and I would recommend them to anyone... thirty bucks to weld up some new welds that busted loose on the center rib. I did see lots of boats on the water when I did get out a few times but... well I was fishing... and not too successfully until Thursday when you could not keep the pike off the hook... amazing that the bite could turn on like that. I hope you all had a good week and someday I will make it over to say hello and get to put some faces to a lot of folk on this discussion board. Tight lines and enjoy the rest of the summer.

Roy I am arriving on Saturday August 4 and leaving on Thursday August 9. I am up there on the week with the holiday Monday every year for the past 7 years anyway. It only took me three years to find the fish. Tough water sometimes... BTW we will be under a fairly good full moon... hang on to the rods everyone.

Wow I will finally be able to meet some of you. I will be up on the West Arm at the same time... I will be staying on the other side of the inlet from you all but I will try to stop by and say hi either on the water or on land. Watch for a Green Nitro.... Seaweed's Swampthing No use trying for muskie with Lou around though... is there a full moon there this year? That place goes crazy under the full moon I find... at least doubles the action. See you there

Wow Roy you rule buddy... thanks that is exactly what I needed. :clapping: :clapping:

Hi Lovin the new province and the grand surroundings of this area. One small problem is I can not find info on boat launches Looking for info on launchs on the following lakes Cedres Cayamant Heney Blue Sea Roddick 31 mile Poisson blanc Cerf Dudley Lac des Iles Ecorces any others on the map chip would be greatly appreciated... the lakes chip from Navionics. I tried Google and no great info although I did find a lot of info on species in what lakes. Thanks Looking forward to hooking up sometime soon with the Quebec lads. :mrgreen:

Hi March is big fish time around Ottawa. Try Petrie Island just on the eastern edge of town. It offers some nice sheltered bays that hold the safe ice longest in the area. There is a baitshop there also. Enjoy. Dara the only fish in the Rideau canal are not worth fishing for... but some do in areas of Dows Lake.

I had some great success up there with bottom bouncing a Gulp worm rigged on a Slow Death hook... non stop action in the current sections below the bridge. For back bays.... Mepps Cyclops in a Silver-Blue... I shook my head at this one because I had never caught much on them before... but the pike love em. Enjoy

The wife and I are off to Charlotte North Carolina to see the Nascar All Star race this Saturday... then I will be fishing Lake Norman during the week and will return to the track the next weekend to take in the 600 miler... should be a great week.

Here is a basic starter package setup that I had four years ago for Bass Tournament fishing. You would not believe how much it has grown since then... and yeah I still have days when I can't get them in the boat.

I will be there I am attending JeffC's Ice Fishing Seminar Hey I love new techniques and that guy can haul em up like no one I have ever seen... so I will be paying close attention It might break my love - hate relationship that I have with that body of water. I have no idea where we will be fishing... so... good luck everyone and watch that ice especially around current and if you don't know the bay and you don't see any anglers there... then you probably would be wise to avoid that patch of real estate. Stick with the crowd. Tight lines

Hi I haven't seen any news yet on the OFC Nascar Group yet. I enjoyed being in both the OFC group last year and the Fish-Hawk.net group. Anyone interested in joining the Fish-Hawk.net group here is the info. http://www.fish-hawk.net/hawktalk/viewtopic.php?t=37860

If it was the Ottawa River near Orleans you could have caught a number of species with the grey black coloring. I suspect you caught a Mooneye... there are massive schools of these and the muskie love them. Mooneye It could also have been a small sturgeon... Petrie is a sturgeon nursery... we hook a bunch through the ice every year... they are out of season though and must go back immediately. Sturgeon It could have been a catfish Catfish Or a Carp Carp Ling are also in the area Ling Just a couple of possibilities.

Groups Declare Asian Carp Emergency, Call on Federal and Provincial governments to insist that Michigan Close all connections to Lake Michigan copied from Georgian Bay Forever website http://www.georgianbayforever.ca/ (Toronto) – News today that Asian carp may be about to enter the Great Lakes requires immediate action by Ottawa and the governments of Ontario and Quebec to call on their U.S. counterparts to declare a state of emergency. New testing results shows the presence of Asian carp DNA above the final electric barrier in the Chicago Sanitary and Shipping canal in Illinois and adjacent to the O’Brien Lock just 6 miles south of Lake Michigan in the Calumet River – nearly 20 miles closer than previous tests had shown. The group is strongly urging that Federal and Provincial governments demand that the U.S. Government declare an emergency to allow the Army Corps of Engineers, the US Coast Guard and the State of Illinois close the O'Brien, Chicago River and Wilmette locks and use all measures to ensure the fish are stopped. Monitoring results show that the waterways contain both bighead and silver carp and that the electric barrier built to keep them out of Lake Michigan and the other Great Lakes has been breached. Asian carp are voracious filter feeders that can grow to more than 4 feet long and weigh up to 100 pounds. Their size and voracious feeding habits will muscle out the native fishery. Asian carp currently constitute 95% of the biomass in the Illinois River south of the electric barrier. If not prevented from entering Lake Michigan, they will quickly dominate and then take over the entire Great Lakes fishery. “This is an emergency situation. This is news we've been dreading since the day the carp escaped into the Mississippi River just over 10 years ago,” said David Sweetnam, Executive Director of Georgian Bay Forever. “Failing to stop these invaders will destroy our Great Lakes fishery. Canada's Department of Fisheries and Oceans has performed a Risk Assessment, and it shows that these fish constitute a high risk for establishing and proliferating throughout all our lakes and rivers. They like our cold water. It’s time to act – the time for study is over. We must save the Great Lakes -- the world’s largest surface freshwater system – now and not let this be another Sea Lamprey type of failure.” Mary Muter, Georgian Baykeeper for Georgian Bay Forever said: “The stakes are too high -- we have to act now. Getting this wrong will be catastrophic for the Great Lakes. Georgian Bay Forever and other groups have warned of the potential need for drastic action for a number of years now.” Just last week the U.S.Army Corps of Engineers announced plans to close the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal for four to five days beginning Dec. 2 to perform routine maintenance on an electric barrier built to keep the carp at bay. While the barrier is out of service, the Illinois Department of Natural Resources plans to treat 6 miles of the canal between the barrier and the Lockport Lock and Dam with rotenone, a fish-killing poison. However, this new finding of Asian Carp DNA places the fish well above there, closer to lake Michigan. DFO and other Canadian Agencies have teams on standby to assist. "If we don't close the locks linking this area with Lake Michigan, we are waving the white flag and allowing one of the greatest ecological tragedies to occur,” said Muter. "It is time for all emergency measures possible. It is too late to “study” this issue. Get out the fine nets, floats and weights and put them across every pathway. If the Asian carp make it to Lake Michigan, the damage to fisheries in the Lakes and tributaries will be profound and irreversible." If the carp make their way into the Great Lakes, they could devastate the region's $4.5 billion fishing industry and permanently alter how recreational boaters, anglers and tourists use and enjoy the lakes and their many tributaries. Link to map of the area: http://www.lrc.usace.army.mil/projects/fis...rier/index.html What You Can Do: Email or call Canadian political leaders and ask that they insist that all emergency measures possible be put in place, including closing the locks and all hydrological connections to Lake Michigan until it is known that the Asian carp cannot get into the lake: The Honourable Gail Shea Minister of Fisheries and Oceans 613-992-3474 [email=">[email protected] The Honourable Jim Prentice Minister of the Environment Telephone : 613-992-4275 Fax : 613-947-9475