Rybren Posted June 1, 2008 Report Share Posted June 1, 2008 After 4 years of living in a far-away land with no fishing, I managed to tie up with a couple of my buddies for a rather wet weekend of fun on the Ottawa River near Pembroke. We fished the river pretty hard on Friday afternoon & evening and for most of Saturday (in between thunderstorms) and did okay, all things considered. We had gone hunting for eyes and managed to pick up 15 - 20, all under the 40cm size limit. Unfortunately, we never did manage to find any worth bragging about. There were a lot of hammer handle pike to be had as well. In addition, we hooked into a couple of 10+ and 14+ pounders. There were also a few smaller (2-5lb) channel cats, a few OOS smallies, some pan fish, and a bunch of some kind of silvery fish that none of us could identify. My first thought was that they might be whitefish, but I haven't seen one in 30+ years and they didn't match my mental picture of what I remember them looking like. I think that our guy with the camera took a picture of one and once he sends it to me, I'll post it to see if anyone can ID the beast. Boy, I have to tell you that it sure felt good to be back on the water with a rod in hand, drag screaming and the lads yelling "look at the size of that thing!" Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holdfast Posted June 2, 2008 Report Share Posted June 2, 2008 Love fishing the Ottawa and Petawawa. You never know what and how big you may catch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishindevil Posted June 2, 2008 Report Share Posted June 2, 2008 Well that fish was probly a mooneye,they are very scrappy,and fight hard for being a small shad like fish,their scales come off by the millions and they smell real bad,. they are spawning at this time of year ,and they will be around for a few weeks and then dissapear. some of the locals say they are good to eat,but i have never tried one....cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike the Pike Posted June 2, 2008 Report Share Posted June 2, 2008 yup lots of moonie on the Ottawa be sure to show us some pics next time sounds like agood time despite the poopy weather Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rybren Posted June 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2008 I have to agree, the Ottawa is a very interesting river to fish. After doing some research on the net and looking at the photo, I think that you guys are right - they were mooneyes. Here's a shot of one.... This pike came in at a tad over 14 lbs... and this one at 10 1/2 ilbs... As I mentioned in my original post. It was a blast to get back on the water and start fishing again. My poor wife, I'm afraid that she'll soon be a fishing widow once again. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodro Posted June 2, 2008 Report Share Posted June 2, 2008 Nice fish, my cousin lives on the Base in Petawawa and he said he'd have a great fishing season so far this year too. That fish looks like a shiner to me. Not postive on it though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rybren Posted June 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2008 The fish was about 12-14" long. Don't know that I've ever seen a shiner that big. Could be, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike the Pike Posted June 3, 2008 Report Share Posted June 3, 2008 Mooneye for sure nice chuncky pike thanks for the pics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazyhook Posted June 3, 2008 Report Share Posted June 3, 2008 you 14 pound pike looks like a musky, any other pics of it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinker Posted June 3, 2008 Report Share Posted June 3, 2008 you 14 pound pike looks like a musky, any other pics of it? Thats what I was thinking too.....sure looks like a lunge to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markus Posted June 3, 2008 Report Share Posted June 3, 2008 That looks like a muskie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rybren Posted June 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2008 I've caught many muskies before and I'm sure this isn't one. Here's another pic. It's not very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victor Posted June 3, 2008 Report Share Posted June 3, 2008 Thanks for the report and nice fish! You can take your wife fishing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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