2008 Full Report - Outaouais

[Leecher]

Guys terribly sorry for the last post but here is my full report on fishing of the season 2008. There lots of fish porn in that one.... hope you enjoy

Will start off with hard water:

 

From one of our local lake... SMB

 

 

 

Then we move on to the Ottawa River, pike, crappie and perch in good old McLaurin Bay

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Now we move on to Lac St-Marie

 

 

 

 

Back to the good old Mc Bay

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fewwww..... This does it for the 2008 hard water season.... now lets move on to the soft water season

 

First off the Rideau Falls in Downtown Ottawa

 

 

 

 

Then from Victoria Island from shore

 

 

 

 

 

 

and now from the Rideau Falls on a boat and a good mix bag

 

 

 

 

 

 

We move to Lac St-Marie for some bassin

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And finally a pike from the Ottawa

 

 

Hope you enjoy this report

Going for musky tomorrow afternoon...... wish me luck

Jacques aka Leechman

Edited December 6, 2008 by Leechman

[Roy]

Lotsa fish for you this past season Jacques! Thanks for taking the time to post that for us. I've fished the big O on many occasions and it really IS one heck of a river. Gotta try Lac Ste-Marie a time or two. Looks like a pretty nice piece of water.

 

Thanks again and let's see the monster you're going to get this afternoon.

 

Be well.

[Handlebarz]

lotsa nice pics there getting me excited for ice up now

[medmart]

Great pictures Leechman you had some great success this year

hope you get the big one this afternoon

 

Rob

[Spiel]

....Good Lord there's a lot of fine eating in dem pictures.

[Radnine]

Congrats on what looked to be a fun and productive year.

Thanks for the post.

Jim

[b2kptbo]

Looks like you did OK, good stuff, thanks for the report...

[TroutnMuskieHunter]

Great report Jacques ...some of those places look familiar ....I was hoping to get out for some Muskie action this morning but was greeting with a surprise of ICE in front of the house!! ....my season may be finished ...

[Greencoachdog]

Yup! A very productive season for you Jacques!!!

 

Do you eat the Catfish or let them go?

 

Congratulations on some great catches!!!

[Moosebunk]

Fine year Jacques. I especially like seeing those O-river cats and nice crappie too.

 

Good luck on the ice in 09.... it's almost time now.

[Leecher]

Thanks everyone for the kind words

It sure was a fun year and looking forward to hard water

Good luck to all of you and play it safe on hard water

 

I've fished the big O on many occasions and it really IS one heck of a river. Gotta try Lac Ste-Marie a time or two. Looks like a pretty nice piece of water.

 

The big O has lots to offer and is the only zone that we can fish with live minnows as bait

If you ever want to try Lac St-Marie, I'd be more then happy to show you some of my hot spots

Now if I can only catch a musky.... it be a great way to end the softwater season

 

Do you eat the Catfish or let them go?

 

I let them go simply because I tried one once and find them too oily.... lots of fat on them. I prefer the lake cats.... a lot smaller and very tasty

[limeyangler]

Hey Leechman....great stuff, like someone else said...thanks for taking the time to post that.

 

Just wondering....you got any tips for catching those smallmouths throughthe ice.?

 

 

 

There is a small lake next to the highway here that nobody really fishes...and it is full of BIG smallmouth....wanted to try last year but got into the whitefish to much...any advice welcome.

 

 

TY

 

 

simon

[misfish]

WOW what a collection of pics of your successful year.

 

 

magnifique Jacques

[Leecher]

Hey Leechman....great stuff, like someone else said...thanks for taking the time to post that.

Just wondering....you got any tips for catching those smallmouths throughthe ice.?

There is a small lake next to the highway here that nobody really fishes...and it is full of BIG smallmouth....wanted to try last year but got into the whitefish to much...any advice welcome.

TY

simon

 

Thanks Simon,

 

All those bass were caught on a tip-up rigged with hook and minnow...... On the Ottawa river, we are allowed live minnows but anywhere else, only allowed dead frozen minnows.

 

Some of my buddies use jiggin rods rigged with a spoon and were catching bass.

Not sure when bass season closes in Ontario, if I were you, I'd check the Ont. MNR regs for your region. Out here in Quebec, it closes March 31st, 2009.

 

Jacques

[Leecher]

WOW what a collection of pics of your successful year.

magnifique Jacques

 

Merci Brian

[Fishing 24/7]

Congrats jaques!

 

yeah we had a great ice fishing year

 

wait till you see this year ! the gang is back together and going to do some MAD ice fishing!

 

did jaques mentioned he was a professinal tip-up maker??

 

he made the ones i have and man ARE THEY EVER light and balanced! WHAO!

 

great fish pron !

 

keep them commin !

[Leecher]

Congrats jaques!

yeah we had a great ice fishing year

wait till you see this year ! the gang is back together and going to do some MAD ice fishing!

did jaques mentioned he was a professinal tip-up maker??

he made the ones i have and man ARE THEY EVER light and balanced! WHAO!

great fish pron !

keep them commin !

 

Thanks Kevin,

 

Will hit the bay at first safe ice

[Whitespinnerbait]

Congrats Jacques.....

 

A fine year indeed , Those ice pics bring back some memories of the pike frenzies we had last winter.

 

Listen I know we cancelled today , because of the weather But tomorrow its back on if you still want to get a Muskie

[Leecher]

Congrats Jacques.....

A fine year indeed , Those ice pics bring back some memories of the pike frenzies we had last winter.

Listen I know we cancelled today , because of the weather But tomorrow its back on if you still want to get a Muskie

 

Memories indeed If it's not to cold may be give it one last chance...... Will talk tomorrow

[trapshooter]

Congrats on a fine season. Some great looking fish there. Good luck with your muskie hunt.

[Leecher]

Congrats on a fine season. Some great looking fish there. Good luck with your muskie hunt.

 

Thanks Ben If we go tomorrow.... will give it our best shot

[fishindevil]

Well it sure looks like you had a stellar harwater/softwater year of fishing !!!. ..some very nice eyes & cats,and man do those cats ever fight hard in the ottawa river,i think because of fighting the current all the time,they are just sooooo,strong !!!! ive been fishing the river for almost 20yrs and its awesome cause you truely never know what you are going to catch as there is just about everything that swims in the mighty ottawa !!!!....thanks for sharing cheers

[mepps]

nicely done, thats gonna be hard to top in 09!

[Leecher]

Well it sure looks like you had a stellar harwater/softwater year of fishing !!!. ..some very nice eyes & cats,and man do those cats ever fight hard in the ottawa river,i think because of fighting the current all the time,they are just sooooo,strong !!!! ive been fishing the river for almost 20yrs and its awesome cause you truely never know what you are going to catch as there is just about everything that swims in the mighty ottawa !!!!....thanks for sharing cheers

 

Thanks fishindevil What you said is so true.... never know what you can catch on the Ottawa and that's what makes it real exciting Them cats sure put up a good tussle.... the bigger ones keep bottom and use the current to it's advantage

Thanks again and will be keeping an eye out for your hard water report

 

 

nicely done, thats gonna be hard to top in 09!

 

Thanks mepps... sure is going to be hard but will give it me best.... just can't wait for some safe ice to build and then is rock on

[limeyangler]

Thanks Simon,

 

All those bass were caught on a tip-up rigged with hook and minnow...... On the Ottawa river, we are allowed live minnows but anywhere else, only allowed dead frozen minnows.

 

Some of my buddies use jiggin rods rigged with a spoon and were catching bass.

Not sure when bass season closes in Ontario, if I were you, I'd check the Ont. MNR regs for your region. Out here in Quebec, it closes March 31st, 2009.

 

Jacques

 

 

 

Thanks Jacques.

 

 

Its ok....bass season in area 5 is open all year...some size limits from November to July...but thats about it. I got some folks upset , thinking i was breaking the regs, responding to posts early in the season.....lol...i think they were even more upset when they realised i COULD fish for them...just kidding folks.