Lake Ontario Report

[ehg]

Went out this night with buddy (Majorlifts) to try and find a few walleye like recently reported.

He ended up catching a pile of these..

and another one

another

white bass

more

at least he caught something different

an ugly sheepshead. oh well

 

Finally he caught what we were looking for

 

Personally, i caught nothing despite using same lures, equipment etc..

Dave had a good night. All the white bass were 17 - 19 inches and fat.

He caught all fish on silver rattlin rap.

 

Don't see the white bass too often.

 

cheers,

 

ehg

Edited November 27, 2006 by ehg

[BabyHerc]

Those are some nice white bass!

[Bob]

One of the true basses in Ontario waters. They're related to the sea basses, unlike the largemouth and smallmouth which are sunfish. They're tasty too!

[jediangler]

Nice walleye to finish the day off. How do those white bass fight? I've never caught one but they look stocky enough to give you a battle tougher than the walleye probably did.

[setomonkey]

Sounds like a fun night, thanks for posting the report...

 

Mike

[Carp]

Those are some chuncky white bass.

Congrats on the walleye too.

[woodro]

sweet white bass man, ive never caught one of those before. can you find them in any fresh water lake?

[Spiel]

....Different, I'll say. I know a bunch of guys myself included that would love to get onto some big silvers like those. Nice catch indeed.

[mattyk]

Those white bass are a lot of fun. I catch a ton of them in the Ohio River in Kentucky. Thanks for sharing the pics.

[BabyHerc]

Woodro, white bass are found in all Great Lakes, except Superior, and in Lake Nippising.

[Bly]

Great looking bass! Always nice to have success!!

 

bly

[Clampet]

I think they're also called Silver Bass

 

http://www.ohiodnr.com/wildlife/Fishing/aq...id/whtebass.htm

[Mike the Pike]

Nice warm up with the white bass and drum.Rewarding when you finally get the Walleye.MH

[PERCHER]

Nice eye.Looks like you had a successful night.

[007]

Great looking fish. Congrats. Have never seen a White Bass before - thanks for sharing.

 

Do they live in deep water in Lake O. or can you catch them from shore?

 

007

[Rattletrap2]

Those fish are fantastic! A rare catch for sure for most of us. A nice mixed bag with the Walleye and Drum added in.

I have heard of them (White Bass) being caught in the summer around the moored yachts and stuff along the Lake front. Probably the closest thing to Striped Bass we will get.

[ehg]

The white bass fight much like largemouth except they don't jump. Very scrappy.

They don't get much bigger in Canada than these ones. Very rare to run into them anyways.

Probably my favourite fish next to musky and steelhead.

 

Oddly, i fished same lures, same spots, and caught nada. Strange.

 

ehg

[MuskyBill]

Great mixed bag, Erik.

 

I was at your spot today (I think) & all I got were Sheepshead. I saw big schools of the Bass, but they were much smaller than the ones majorlifts caught.

 

Say what you will though, Sheepies put up an awesome fight....

[snag]

Nice report!

 

I love the night shots. Bet you didn't have too much company.

[ccmtcanada]

Wow! Great job guys! I've never seen those bass before. Nice to cap it all off with that walleye too!

[b2kptbo]

Good size white bass and the others aren't too shabby either...

[fishindevil]

very nice catch guys ,i havnt seen any white bass since we were allowed to fish the pickering nuke plant ,they used to school around the nuke plant all winter long and were always fun to catch,but nice report & pics guys

[woodro]

thanks herc

[BabyHerc]

No Problem Woodro.

 

007, white bass are an open-water schooling fish. They don't relate to structure too often; they mostly relate to schools of pelagic baitfish (shad, emerald shiners). They are catchable from shore in May and June, though, during the spawning run. They run up larger rivers like walleye and steelhead.

[Puckhead]

Fantastic! You learn something new everyday... Never knew we had white bass around...