N.s.r thread, pics and info.

[BGSH]

What a great night on the N.s.r caught lots of walleye, lots of bites, fished with fishinggeek tonight, was a fun night, caught a nice sized N.s.r pike along with a HUGE N.s.r butbot and lots of burbot, water is still low and very dirty, goodluck :) hands down fishing geeks cannot wait to fish with you more, many more trips to come, cheers.

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[BeeGuy]

beauty pick

youre a machine

[fishinggeek]

Yeah. nice night out. had some good laughs, i ended up getting a small eye when you guys left. Im gonna have to up my game next time fishing with you. lol. Had fun also. :sHa_shakeshout:
And hear is the All Tackle World Record Quillback. Guess your kicking yourself now. lmao.
2.94 kg (6 lb 8 oz) Lake Michigan, Indiana , USA 1/15/1993 Mike Berg

[trapshooter]

Can hardly wait to cast a line, nice catches!

[BGSH]

Yeah. nice night out. had some good laughs, i ended up getting a small eye when you guys left. Im gonna have to up my game next time fishing with you. lol. Had fun also. :sHa_shakeshout:
And hear is the All Tackle World Record Quillback. Guess your kicking yourself now. lmao.
2.94 kg (6 lb 8 oz) Lake Michigan, Indiana , USA 1/15/1993 Mike Berg

lmao, that is a baby :thinking-006:

[Alberta Bigbore]

good job BGSH! Looks like another good day fishing.

[Xiph0id]

Stop squishing those fish with your thumb.
Can't wait to to go back to the cardinal.

[SonnyJ]

Nice pics as always...:)

Haircut.......well that's another story...lol

[BGSH]

Stop squishing those fish with your thumb.
Can't wait to to go back to the cardinal.

It is waiting for us on June 16th @ the spot ;)

Thanks everyone

[1bluZebec]

great pics as usual. I've been down at hermitagequite a bit and was hoping to meet you one of those times but seem to miss you everytime. I just talk to alot of others and a few that know and talk to you regularly. Anyway I thought tonight I would head there for some full moon wallye but wife went to see the hunger games so I'm heading there tomorrow morning. I too have a black ranger, so if you see it I'm there come say hi.

[horsetrader]

Looks like a nice day Shaun and great pics as usual

[Darren N]

Nice pics Sean - do you think the water is too murky for wet flies now? What did you use last week on your fly rod?

[NSRfishing]

ever catch a quillback in the nsr?


ive caught just about everything but a quillback

[BGSH]

ever catch a quillback in the nsr?


ive caught just about everything but a quillback

This is the only 1 i have ever caught in the river and it was huge.
http://i1056.photobucket.com/albums/t371/shawnsami8/200578_4482365457_501185457_43544_1654_n.jpg
http://i1056.photobucket.com/albums/t371/shawnsami8/190068_4482370457_501185457_43545_1994_n.jpg
fattest fish ever.

[dodger]

Nice pics as always...:)

Haircut.......well that's another story...lol


AGREE :)
Dodger

[Geezle]

This is the only 1 i have ever caught in the river and it was huge.
http://i1056.photobucket.com/albums/t371/shawnsami8/200578_4482365457_501185457_43544_1654_n.jpg
http://i1056.photobucket.com/albums/t371/shawnsami8/190068_4482370457_501185457_43545_1994_n.jpg
fattest fish ever.

That looks like a big red horse?

Here's the only quillback I've seen in person...a guy foul hooked it in the back with a big rap.

http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii181/GeezleHerps/Phone%20pics/041611_145900.jpg
http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii181/GeezleHerps/Phone%20pics/041611_145901.jpg

[BGSH]

That looks like a big red horse?

Here's the only quillback I've seen in person...a guy foul hooked it in the back with a big rap.

http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii181/GeezleHerps/Phone%20pics/041611_145900.jpg
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lol i thought it was a quillback lots of people said it was but i have never even checked what it looks like in the fish book, it was the only gold looking sucker i have ever caught so i just thought it was haha, that thing looks like a football, i dont know why they are so hard to catch though?

[NSRfishing]

i have read that carp tactics work best for quillback they like sweetbait and plants

that looks like a big silver redhorse or shorthead redhorse i dont know the difference did it fight good? I hooked a few fight always good i like catching suckers

[sureshot]

Nice pics Shaun. I got this one yesterday. Was a great day with good friends.

http://i865.photobucket.com/albums/ab217/sureshot242/008.jpg
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Andy

[Geezle]

Nice pics Shaun. I got this one yesterday. Was a great day with good friends.

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Andy

I heard that one of the guys down there is a crook and is not to be trusted :sHa_sarcasticlol:

[BGSH]

Nice pics Shaun. I got this one yesterday. Was a great day with good friends.

http://i865.photobucket.com/albums/ab217/sureshot242/008.jpg
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Andy

Cool, they are biting down there now, the walleye are back :D

The big sucker was the best fight of them all.

[sureshot]

Actually I heard 2 of them were. lol.

Andy

[Geezle]

lol i thought it was a quillback lots of people said it was but i have never even checked what it looks like in the fish book, it was the only gold looking sucker i have ever caught so i just thought it was haha, that thing looks like a football, i dont know why they are so hard to catch though?

The big giveaway on knowing if it's a quillback is of course the quill on the back ;) Unfortunately my crappy pics don't really show the quill. Trust me though, if you ever manage to catch one you'll know it right away. I know they weighed it, and I'm pretty sure it was over 8lbs.

I bet that big redhorse put up a heck of a fight!

[Jasonp]

Shawn, are you fishing today? Fbook me

[TyreeUM]

This is the only 1 i have ever caught in the river and it was huge.
http://i1056.photobucket.com/albums/t371/shawnsami8/200578_4482365457_501185457_43544_1654_n.jpg
http://i1056.photobucket.com/albums/t371/shawnsami8/190068_4482370457_501185457_43545_1994_n.jpg
fattest fish ever.

Silver Redhorse!

[Xiph0id]

It is waiting for us on June 16th @ the spot ;)

Thanks everyone

Hopefully we can beat the spring melt.

[bb356]

Cool pics !!!

[BGSH]

may as well make an official N.s.r thread, why not right, makes it easier to find and share information :)

This was tonight;s catch, water is way lower then yesterday, what a difference a day makes ;)

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[ReconWilly]

Very nice pics, that sucker is a frikin tank lol, i landed one maybe 2/3's the size of that thing last year in the Bow and thought it was big...

[biggamehunter]

I'll be there tomorrow ! Hopefully they are biting!

[Fishtech1986]

Got down for an hour and a half before Easter dinner and got this one walleye on a white jig.

http://i1258.photobucket.com/albums/ii523/Drew_Art/P4080010.jpg
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Gonna be hitting the river hard next week so maybe ill see some of you guys out there.

[NSRfishing]

i will be there all day friday with my bicycle and 70 liter backpack

[BGSH]

N.s.r was slow but expected slow, caught two pike landed one walleye and had some more walleye bites, lots of burbot still being caught , water is LOW.

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[Fishtech1986]

Was down at the usual spot from 1:00 - 5:30 today, very slow. There were a lot of folks down there and I didn't see any fish landed. Around 4:45 just before I was about to leave the walleye bite turned on. Got two to shore and had a couple more bites in my last 45 min.
Walleye #1
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Walleye #2
http://i1258.photobucket.com/albums/ii523/Drew_Art/P4090028.jpg

[coyotezh]

Really? looks like you got those just after my leave, didn't you? I thought we wouldn't have any chance today. I didn't get any bite in about 2 hours.....I should have stayed for a little bit longer.....:)

Congrat to your nice job:sHa_shakeshout:

[Vigsy]

Got out today for three hours caught one small burb on a pickeral rig, then caught a few nice eyes on a orange and yellow jig! beautiful day here are some pics.

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[#1younggun]

Any body ever fly fish the N.s.r before? Just wondering what works good for flys?

Is this spot in Edmonton or on the outskirts? I'm hoping to take my little cousins that live in Edmonton out to get on some fish in the N.s.r... I have never fished it before and don't really know were to start.

[Alberta_bassman]

how do you guys get to the herm park .. river spot i goin there tommorow .. i like fox drive or gold bar ... but where is the little canal/spillway you guys r at .. thanks for the info .....:thinking-006:

[Fishtech1986]

Really? looks like you got those just after my leave, didn't you? I thought we wouldn't have any chance today. I didn't get any bite in about 2 hours.....I should have stayed for a little bit longer.....:)

Congrat to your nice job:sHa_shakeshout:

Yeah about 10 minutes after the last guy left (John, he's and AO member) I got my first fish of the day. The next was about 10 min after that. Patience paid off today.

[Geezle]

A handful of walleye and a couple burbs where we were :)

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[JordanHanratty]

Anyone catching at NSR and Whitemud creek? Going to go try there tomorrow, or maybe this afternoon.

[BGSH]

Nice fish, was wondering if n.s.r @ whitemud creek was open or if it is still frozen?

[troutmountain]

the river at the mouth is open the creek was frozen yesterday--low water levels lots of snags--branches and construction debris

[Darren N]

Any body ever fly fish the N.s.r before? Just wondering what works good for flys?

Is this spot in Edmonton or on the outskirts? I'm hoping to take my little cousins that live in Edmonton out to get on some fish in the N.s.r... I have never fished it before and don't really know were to start.

I'm on a quest to search new spots as well, but for pike, walleye, even goldeye will go for a bow river bugger, wooley bugger... Sink tip it down and scrape the bottom.

[Albertafisher]

I was out yesterday and on Saturday and caught nothing. I was swinging my spey rod, and didn't expect to get much/anything, but it was nice to get out! I'm sure if I was using bait my life would be filled with more fish, but I like to stay away from rigs and go for aggressive and feeding strikes. Anyone fly fish the river yet this year?

[Fishtech1986]

I'm sure if I was using bait my life would be filled with more fish ...

All but one of the fish i caught was without bait. Just SLOW presentation, bouncing my jig on the bottom.

Keep at 'er!

Heres another from yesterday, my biggest eye from the NSR this year. 21"
http://i1258.photobucket.com/albums/ii523/Drew_Art/P4100061.jpg

[BGSH]

Here are some water boatmen breeding along the N.s.r, millions and millions probably billions.
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[Jasonp]

All but one of the fish i caught was without bait. Just SLOW presentation, bouncing my jig on the bottom.

Keep at 'er!

Heres another from yesterday, my biggest eye from the NSR this year. 21"
http://i1258.photobucket.com/albums/ii523/Drew_Art/P4100061.jpg

Kinda looks like a sauger, could be wrong though

[peakseeker]

sure does! is there much for sauger in the nsr?

[Fishtech1986]

Kinda looks like a sauger, could be wrong though

I was thinking that.. right after I released it. Didnt get a pic of the dorsal though..

[Lefty-Canuck]

sure does! is there much for sauger in the nsr?

I would say sauger too.....or a saug-eye. Yes there are sauger in the NSR, more walleye in there than sauger though.

LC

[Fishtech1986]

Heres a closeup of its tail. Tough to say still has white spot but striped like sauger. Im goin with Saug-eye.

http://i1258.photobucket.com/albums/ii523/Drew_Art/P4100065.jpg

Walleye/Sauger ID:
http://mdc.mo.gov/fishing/fish-catch/fish-id/walleye-identification

[BGSH]

I would say sauger too.....or a saug-eye. Yes there are sauger in the NSR, more walleye in there than sauger though.

LC

Saugeye

[troutmountain]

this is an nsr saugers

[TyreeUM]

All but one of the fish i caught was without bait. Just SLOW presentation, bouncing my jig on the bottom.

Keep at 'er!

Heres another from yesterday, my biggest eye from the NSR this year. 21"
http://i1258.photobucket.com/albums/ii523/Drew_Art/P4100061.jpg

I am fairly sure this is mostly sauger as well.

[troutmountain]

that fish has elements of sauger with the faint black blotches on its side, and a lack of a prominent white tip on its tail. What is it missing to be a 100% sauger like the ones in my pics:

deep black markings on it's side

only the under belly when viewed from its side is white, the blackness of its side carries all the way around it's body, unlike a walleye its white underbelly comes up its side.

prominent black spots on ALL of it's fins

NO WHITENESS on it's tail

Eyes that look almost out of proportion to it's body

hints of orange on it's pectoral fins

A sauger looks like it has been hand painted especially on it's under belly where the blackness meets the white belly.

to me that is much more like a walleye than a sauger. maybe 15% sauger elements.

[BGSH]

Very slow still on the N.s.r, many small pike, lots of burbot, only a couple walleye being caught right now and still tons of ice, still waiting for the runoff.
http://i1056.photobucket.com/albums/t371/shawnsami8/020.jpg
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[BGSH]

that fish has elements of sauger with the faint black blotches on its side, and a lack of a prominent white tip on its tail. What is it missing to be a 100% sauger like the ones in my pics:

deep black markings on it's side

only the under belly when viewed from its side is white, the blackness of its side carries all the way around it's body, unlike a walleye its white underbelly comes up its side.

prominent black spots on ALL of it's fins

NO WHITENESS on it's tail

Eyes that look almost out of proportion to it's body

hints of orange on it's pectoral fins

A sauger looks like it has been hand painted especially on it's under belly where the blackness meets the white belly.

to me that is much more like a walleye than a sauger. maybe 15% sauger elements.

Here is a true N.s.r sauger
http://i1056.photobucket.com/albums/t371/shawnsami8/004-3.jpg
http://i1056.photobucket.com/albums/t371/shawnsami8/005-3.jpg
http://i1056.photobucket.com/albums/t371/shawnsami8/010-2.jpg

[Alberta Bigbore]

nice fish pics again BGSH!