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Rideau Canal - Ottawa - OldTimer - 09-07-2013 07:03 AM
Of possible interest/use:
http://www.montrealgazette.com/life/Visitors+Ottawa+enjoy+urban+fishing+thanks+Rideau+Canal+Dows+Lake/8859825/story.html
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Cheers,
OldTimer
RE: Rideau Canal - Ottawa - MichaelAngelo - 09-07-2013 08:48 AM
Cool article! Although I think one would have more luck with worms than with a wacky-rigged plastic. And I don't think you should chase muskies with 8lb line... as the article implies
. Either way, it's clear Ottawa has some great urban fishing. The biggest freshwater fish I've seen in my life was a muskie on the Niagara River... at first glance I thought I was seeing a mammoth sturgeon or something. We saw 7 or 8 muskies basking in 10 FOW that day.... majestic.
RE: Rideau Canal - Ottawa - ATF - 09-08-2013 09:31 PM
Excellent! I often go to Ottawa and will be there for research next summer. I'm definitely going to hit the canal and Dows lake.
RE: Rideau Canal - Ottawa - zippyFX - 09-08-2013 10:02 PM
Thanks for the link.
I hit the canal proper for the first time ever last weekend. I was looking for carp but that was not working out for me. I managed to land a smallmouth on a worm and bobber ~1.5 lbs and a large mouth on upper water column crank that came in at about 2 pounds. This time of year the weeds are high and going deep will get you nothing but grief. I was surprised at my quick success there gien I was only there for about 90 minutes.
The kids and I also hit Dows lake last weekend and they were catching pumpkinseed/bluegill/perch on demand. Nice places to picnic and run around, with trees to climb between bites.
I have done some research and think I have a couple of areas that should have Muskies