Rice Lake

[diggyj]

I finally got on the road to the cottage around 3pm Saturday afternoon after not being able to get out earlier or on Friday evevning.

I got up around 4 pm and was disappointed that I missed the annual Poker Run. I have seen it every year except this year and was sad. I heard that there was this really sick boat that had a helicopter shadowing it from above the entire way up and down the lake. I am sure they were filming it, must have been a sweet ride. Hope someone will post a youtube video.

Anyways, I hit the water at 4:30 pm and wasn't sure what to expect as all my fishing has been early in the morning over the summer. I have never been out this late once this year. I fished until around 7pm and the action wasn't furious but had fun nonetheless.

I got to my first spot and came up empty. Moved to spot number two and quickly hooked into a PB largie but beside the boat the line snapped, man was it a tank. Landed a few dinks in between a few average ones. For the most part they were small, 2-3 lbs. Couple of average perch also.

Caught a decent largie but again way smaller then the one I lost.

A few more dinky bass later and the action stopped but then all of a sudden the walleye bite picked up. I managed a couple of walleye on the low end of the slot, then manged a decent one drop shoting a Fat Slammer.

All fish were caught a bit deeper in 11-14 FOW. I should have tried shallower water but again with limited time I tried deeper.

Sunday morning went out for a couple of hours and only managed one bass, a dink, very disappointing. Tried a few differnt baits but nothing was working. At least the weather was decent. Stuck to jet skiing for the rest of the day. Cheers.

Dirk

 

[RedSkullz]

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm walleye!! I find it very, very difficult to release walleye since they are so delicious.(providing they are legal size to keep of course)

 

[frank82]

so that's what the race was call poker run, i saw that helicopter too i thought it was opp lol man i wish knew you b4 maybe you could of show me a few spots to fish but i left around 4:30pm & went back to Gores landing. Are you using a fish finder to find these fish?

 

[grubman]

Wow awsome pics. Very nice catches, mine were never that size, (thumbs up) . I think I've been catching your fish's offspring........lol

 

[ScugogBassFisher2011]

That's an awesome Walleye!!!! I've been trying to get just one of any size at scugog during the summer and failed miserably... Any tips for Walleye fishing? Lures, baits, habits, habitat, etc? I went fishing just yesterday and didn't have much bites and thought that the fish stop biting in the fall, but you proved me wrong hahahah!

 

[getin]

Good size walleye! The Rice lake walleye are usualy in the small side of the slot

 

[diggyj]

so that's what the race was call poker run, i saw that helicopter too i thought it was opp lol man i wish knew you b4 maybe you could of show me a few spots to fish but i left around 4:30pm & went back to Gores landing. Are you using a fish finder to find these fish?

Yes and know I am looking for similar structure to spots that hold fish and when I find something similar I fish it hard. But then the fish finder shows that there are fish there.

That's an awesome Walleye!!!! I've been trying to get just one of any size at scugog during the summer and failed miserably... Any tips for Walleye fishing? Lures, baits, habits, habitat, etc? I went fishing just yesterday and didn't have much bites and thought that the fish stop biting in the fall, but you proved me wrong hahahah!

Fall is the best time to get out and go bass fishing. Should only get better now although the walleye will be harder to find as the colder weather comes but if you can find them, you may hit up some big ones.

Good size walleye! The Rice lake walleye are usualy in the small side of the slot

You are right, far more small ones(low slot end) then big ones but that means the walleye fishing will only get better in years to come as long as people are obeying the slot regulations.

Dirk