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Wading the Miss

7/6/2012

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I was fishing a "secret" place on the Mississippi near Carleton Place and caught a lot of these "suckers". They are now becoming a much more common fish to catch.  They aren't bad to catch as they are growing bigger each year and unlike my concept of suckers, they will go after dry flies!  The river from Appleton to Carleton Place is very easy wading.  The rock profile is fairly flat and great for newbies and old guys.  The small bass hide in the cracks coming up for drifting goodies.  When you find a good location, it is a "fish a cast".  Use light rods in the 3 wt range and you are in for a good evening of fishing. 
I've had several comments via email concerning this post.  They are called Fallfish and are part of the Minnow Family.  Apparently, on the east coast they get up to two pounds!  I would be sorry to see them take over from the bass in our river but I think I could adapt to two pounders!
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George Hendry
7/13/2012 02:10:11 am

Hey Bob I think that's a Fall fish. Had a guy up Opeongo way try to convince me several he had like that we're spake - I didn't disabuse him as he said he was going to fry them up when he got home and I figured he deserved what he got :-).

I catch a lot of these guys in the 1 foot range on the Miramichi when salmon fishing -they hit hard enough to get the heart going for about 2 secs.

George

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Thomas
5/21/2013 02:41:22 pm

I am from Ottawa and live on the Rideau River, and these fish are extremely common and have gotten more and more common over the years. They are especially prevalent in the shallow, fast moving water or back eddies. They are like a large minnow and are quick to hit things on the top of the water. They commonly breach and jump out of the water. They are kind of a nuisance in my opinion but they are a native species and belong here at least.
























































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