adamsmith13
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a couple weeks ago we went up to kingston area (sharbot lake) to build a guest house at the brother in law's cottage and thought we might cast a few. we didn't; both the exhaustion and the convenient excuse that it was prime spawining time for bass made us reluctant to try. fast forward a few weeks and here we are: our opening casts.
for this we went out to constance lake, a small and shallow body of water located about 30 minutes west of ottawa, nestled in between the small towns of dunrobin and kanata, since we were targetting bullhead and perch, we didn't bring anything too terribly complicated: a couple worm rigs, some worms, some powerbait - that's it. you don't need to worry so much about laborious presentation at this time of the year. also, being in a shallow lake like this means that bait for the fish remains basic and purely physical. that's my opinion anyways.
we rented a small boat from the restaurant. for a total of about 3 - 3.5 hours, they charged $55. the restaurant itself is small and cozy, and reminded me of a hunting camp i went to with my father years and years ago. the owner's were nice and pretty flexible. general hours of operation are 8-3, but we had the boat until around 5 and it wasn't too big of a deal since they lived immediately beside the restaurant. there was a boat ramp as well, for which i think they charge a ramp fee. overflow parking is possible on the lot beside them for $5.
there weren't too many people out, despite the temperatures which were around 20-25 degrees - we saw about 3 or 4 more boats about 10 people in total. it was cloudy and overcast with a minor wind. near the end around 430 or 5, it started raining pretty hard. we got in just in time.
we ended up catching 2 nice-sized bullhead and got plenty of hits. at least one nice looking perch got away. we also caught some good-sized rock bass and one young male largemouth. it should be great fishing on this lake during bass season as there is abundant amounts of lily pads, weeds, and other cover. there is also extensive parts of the lake that are rocky bottomed, leading me to believe that smallies probably congregate on those spots twice a day, and probably spend other time near cover - i'm thinking it could be really easy for them to move into heavy cover easily almost from anywhere in the lake.
no pictures didn't bring the batteries - idiot.
but we're frying them up now, smell good, soon to be enjoyed.
loving fishing in canada after being in overseas for the last two years.
good start to the season, and good luck to everyone.
for this we went out to constance lake, a small and shallow body of water located about 30 minutes west of ottawa, nestled in between the small towns of dunrobin and kanata, since we were targetting bullhead and perch, we didn't bring anything too terribly complicated: a couple worm rigs, some worms, some powerbait - that's it. you don't need to worry so much about laborious presentation at this time of the year. also, being in a shallow lake like this means that bait for the fish remains basic and purely physical. that's my opinion anyways.
we rented a small boat from the restaurant. for a total of about 3 - 3.5 hours, they charged $55. the restaurant itself is small and cozy, and reminded me of a hunting camp i went to with my father years and years ago. the owner's were nice and pretty flexible. general hours of operation are 8-3, but we had the boat until around 5 and it wasn't too big of a deal since they lived immediately beside the restaurant. there was a boat ramp as well, for which i think they charge a ramp fee. overflow parking is possible on the lot beside them for $5.
there weren't too many people out, despite the temperatures which were around 20-25 degrees - we saw about 3 or 4 more boats about 10 people in total. it was cloudy and overcast with a minor wind. near the end around 430 or 5, it started raining pretty hard. we got in just in time.
we ended up catching 2 nice-sized bullhead and got plenty of hits. at least one nice looking perch got away. we also caught some good-sized rock bass and one young male largemouth. it should be great fishing on this lake during bass season as there is abundant amounts of lily pads, weeds, and other cover. there is also extensive parts of the lake that are rocky bottomed, leading me to believe that smallies probably congregate on those spots twice a day, and probably spend other time near cover - i'm thinking it could be really easy for them to move into heavy cover easily almost from anywhere in the lake.
no pictures didn't bring the batteries - idiot.
but we're frying them up now, smell good, soon to be enjoyed.
loving fishing in canada after being in overseas for the last two years.
good start to the season, and good luck to everyone.
