Father's Day came early this year and brought me a new fishing reel (a nice Pflueger spin-cast reel). Both reels that I have are damaged and always seem to jam up when the fish is just about to bite!
So on Sunday, I headed out to try the reel on the Ottawa River. My favourite boat for fishing on the Ottawa River is my 15ft Mississippi Yawl Skiff (MYS), but since the MYS ended up in PEI last year, I had to go with my canoe. I had decided to launch at the Bonnechere ramp and paddle across the Ottawa River to try my luck around some rocky islands on the Quebec side. But by the time I got there, the river was already a bit choppy, and stronger winds were forecast for the day. So I continued to the Acres Road access/ramp on Lac du Roche Fendu. It's a longer drive, but pike fishing is usually pretty good in Killoran Bay.
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Killoran Bay is easy and safe to access from the boat ramp at the end of Acres Road. You can paddle downstream from the ramp following the shoreline (ON) and get to Killoran Bay (only about 1.5km). Killoran Bay is not that deep (10-15ft), and lots of small islands and rocks. It's a lovely bay, but there's some agricultural land right up to the shoreline at the bottom of the bay.
On Sunday, I did catch one pike on my way to Killoran Bay, and then two more in the bay. The pikes were not that big, probably in the 15-18 in. range. I decided to bring a couple of pikes home to try in foil on the bbq. I like pike, but way too many bones to spit out. I need to learn to fillet pike, including removing those small bones (the so called Y-bones).
I had a nice lunch onshore and then paddled back to the ramp. There was a bit of wind going up-river, so I used my spare/emergency paddle (a long kayak paddle). When conditions get tough (wind or/and currents), I find a kayak paddle to be a great help in solo paddling a canoe -- both for power and control.
I did not have my camera on this trip, so Killoran Bay's photos are from other trips.
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| PHC in Killoran Bay (2017) |
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