uglyfish Posted May 21, 2008 Report Share Posted May 21, 2008 (edited) well, another report! went fishing just outside of dunnville on the welland river/chippewa creek. made 3 trips out here, should have taken more pictures... but i didn;t, next time i will! lol. anyways, went out to take a look as my buddy said it was a nice spot to get into some fish. so we went out, and boy was he right. we slammed the crappies all day long!! didn;t take any pics, as they were all fairly small, a few bigger ones in the mix though, but we had the numbers game goin that day! the first time we were there was May 8th, but still had a handful of ppl fishing above the falls for walleye, with a few being caught, and under my watchful eye, they were promptly released. now, a surprise for myself, fishing below the rapids, i hooked into a decent pike, only my second ever and a new PB! lol, don;t get too excited, it was nuthin special. but a nice treat and my first of the year. mixed in the bag was a ton of crappie, some pumpkinseeds, the pike, and a few catfish. made for a fun day for the girlfriend and myself. gorgeous day out, couldn;t ask for anythin better. up where the guys were fishing for the walleye, a couple bass were caught as well, with one being a real hawg! this largie was easily pushing 5lbs!! it was a beauty, but, OSS so it was also quickly released. went back a few days later to try for some now, in season walleye and some more crappies! well, weather was a bit cooler and windier then the last time, and this time, the BUGS came out to play!! fishing was a little tougher. figured out the crappie after a few minutes of playin around and started gettin some. so, Ashley, my lovely girlfriend, was fishing them, as i went above the rapids to try for some eyes! well, no luck with the eyes, did get a couple small largemouth for my efforts on a small jig with a berkley gulp minnow on it. Ashley also got a small bass too. so, back down the the crappies, then, i got adventurous and headed along the river bank to get to a couple fish holding spots, put a dead minnow on as we had a couple, and tried for some channel cats, and sure enough, my spots payed off as i landed a few small ones, then.. and keep in mind i;m on a bank, 6 feet above the water that goes straight down into the river, i drop my line down, and as soon as it hit the water, bam, float goes under! so, as i proceed to set the hook and what i expect is a channel cat from the undercut bank, the fish doesn;t move, so i;m thinkin, ok, i got a big one here... and off she runs, straight out to the middle of the river. so i yell to ashley to get me the net as i fight it, now garnering some attention from a few fellow anglers around us. after a 10 minute fight, and me climbing around some trees and playin monkey man tryin not to lose this fish in a brush pile it ran around, i finally get down to where i can land it. so, i get the net, scoop the fish, and see... scales... ok, its a big carp... or is it? muahaha. sorry... so, i pull it up and my buddy asks, what is it... and my response... i have no idea! i;ve never seen this fish before in my life. so, we get it on the bank where i can look at it, and an older gentleman comes over and without missing a beat... thats a "Big Mouth Buffalo" well, i have heard of them, never seen or caught one before, so this was kinda exciting now! get a weight of him and a couple pics, and back to the water! 9.87 Lbs on the scale and one more for the road. he said it was only the second one hes ever seen around here, only other was years before down in the niagara river. later learned they are not native to our waters, but are quite common in the U.S. went back again a couple days ago, and again, was not a fun day to be out, windy, cold, some rain. fish were not cooperating at all, couldn;t buy a strike, so i let Ashley keep tryin for crappie and i wondered off to find fish hiding in cover. managed to get a small bluegill then moved to the upper part of the river to try for some eyes again, well, after gettin a few bites in the same area, i finally for a big hit and a hookup! was i finally goin to get my first ever walleye?!? lol, no, i was not... rite after gettin a solid hookset, i was bitten off by a rather large pike. was using 8lb mono, it hit on a tube jig rigged texas style to avoid all the snags there. tied on a new jig head 1/8oz and a gulp minnow, landed a 1lb largie and that was it. lots of birds flying around, was kinda creepy. lol. i'll be back there soon for some more fishing, and be sure to have more pictures. Edited May 21, 2008 by uglyfish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbayboy Posted May 21, 2008 Report Share Posted May 21, 2008 Wow, what a cool fish. Apparently a species of concern too: Ontario's Biodiversity: Species at Risk Congrats on a neat mixed bag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victor Posted May 21, 2008 Report Share Posted May 21, 2008 (edited) whoah! that is a bigmouth buffalo indeed... haven't heard it being caught here in ontario neither real nice fish! congrats! Edited May 21, 2008 by Victor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Pike Posted May 21, 2008 Report Share Posted May 21, 2008 Wow, cool fish! Only seen artist's drawings of it in various publications but I've never seen an actual photo of one before. Thanks for that! I'll be willing to bet that's the first post on this board with a pic of a Big Mouth Buffalo as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evster Posted May 21, 2008 Report Share Posted May 21, 2008 Very nice! I like that river alot, always a mixed bag. I was fishing it on Monday a little farther down out of a boat. Only fished for 2 hours but got a nice big crappie, but no pics, I always forget the camera. Congrats on the new species!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccmtcanada Posted May 22, 2008 Report Share Posted May 22, 2008 Wow....great report and pics....and a buffalo to boot! Keep the reports coming! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattyk Posted May 22, 2008 Report Share Posted May 22, 2008 some nice fish. We have a lot of them buffalo's here in the ohio river. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehg Posted May 22, 2008 Report Share Posted May 22, 2008 (edited) Wow, what a great multitude of species! Pike, crappie, channel cats and Buffalo what a mixed bag. Bigmouth Buffalo in an Ontario fishing report, thats uncommon. Edited May 22, 2008 by ehg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinker Posted May 22, 2008 Report Share Posted May 22, 2008 (edited) Wow.....I've never seen one of them before. They are a rare species in Ontario.....you can report it here: http://nhic.mnr.gov.on.ca/MNR/nhic/species...cies_report.cfm Apparently, there are only 7 reported.......your one lucky fella to get that fish!! Sinker Edited May 22, 2008 by Sinker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snag Posted May 22, 2008 Report Share Posted May 22, 2008 looks futuristic, yet, prehistoric. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uglyfish Posted May 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2008 Wow.....I've never seen one of them before. They are a rare species in Ontario.....you can report it here: http://nhic.mnr.gov.on.ca/MNR/nhic/species...cies_report.cfm Apparently, there are only 7 reported.......your one lucky fella to get that fish!! Sinker well, that is somethin of interest to know! i'll be sure to fil that in tomorrow after some sleep!! i feel kinda special now! lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehg Posted May 22, 2008 Report Share Posted May 22, 2008 Bump! For the one in a billion odd fish caught here. Congrats again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Johnny Bass Posted May 22, 2008 Report Share Posted May 22, 2008 Thats a interesting looking fish. Thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishindevil Posted May 22, 2008 Report Share Posted May 22, 2008 Congrats man !!!!!!!...thats a very rare catch for sure,you should be proud,thanks for sharing & make sure you report all the info,they may be able to better track that species,and maybe theres more in the area...cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillM Posted May 23, 2008 Report Share Posted May 23, 2008 What the hell is that thing? lol It looks like those fish that have invaded the southern US waters.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limeyangler Posted May 23, 2008 Report Share Posted May 23, 2008 Great report! nice fish too. My wife laughed cuz i said out loud"what the hell is that" when i saw the Buffalo thingamajig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purekgw Posted May 23, 2008 Report Share Posted May 23, 2008 (edited) scared me for a sec there when i seen pic at first thought it was asian carp lol nice fish tho Edited May 23, 2008 by Pure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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