Ottawa shore fishing help required

I will be traveling to Ottawa after the first Saturday in June and am looking for some help please in locating some shore fishing spots. I have checked the MNR Urban Fishing map of the area which has been helpful but I am looking for something a little more personal. My wife is up there on business so I'll have a few days all to myself!! I don't really care what I'll be catching as I am a multi-species angler and will be practicing catch and release as I won't have the ability to keep anything. I'm looking for any info, from carp and panfish to walleye, pike and muskie. Any help in locating fish would be greatly appreciated.

If you can drive, the Rideau River Lock system is great for shore fishing. Starting at Burrits Rapids down to Smith Falls. They all have docks that you can fish from and the fishing is pretty good (perch/base/sun)

Catfish in the Ottawa, walleye as well, pretty much everything in the Rideau too.

Where will you be staying? As Mike said do you have wheels?

I do have wheels and we will be downtown. I have done some research and am aware of Dows Lake, Petrie Island and the Rideau but I'm trying to get locations so that I'm not wasting time driving around...

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Originally Posted by Bubba14

so that I'm not wasting time driving around...

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So you want the GSP co-ord to my fishing hole ?

Try fishing the islands off the Champlain Bridge (Remic Rapids). Also along the shore at Westboro Beach. Try the Filtration Plant Park at Britannia (below the Deschenes Rapids).

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Originally Posted by Bubba14

I will be traveling to Ottawa after the first Saturday in June and am looking for some help please in locating some shore fishing spots. I have checked the MNR Urban Fishing map of the area which has been helpful but I am looking for something a little more personal. My wife is up there on business so I'll have a few days all to myself!! I don't really care what I'll be catching as I am a multi-species angler and will be practicing catch and release as I won't have the ability to keep anything. I'm looking for any info, from carp and panfish to walleye, pike and muskie. Any help in locating fish would be greatly appreciated.

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Head 10 minutes outside of Ottawa to Manotick and follow the signs to the Old Manotick MILL fishing is awesome off of it. You can head to Bate island and fish the remic rapids. You could head through Ottawa to Orleans and fish on Trim rd in and around the islands. Another awesome place (best i think) shore fishing go down riverside dr and take river rd too manotick. You can follow the road for 5-10 mins and get to the local bait shop for minnows etc. When heading down river rd take a right on Nicolls island rd. You can park on the left hand side. This is the dams, you can walk down the boat lock to the lower part , great pike and bass. You can cross over the road/dam and walk over to the other Lock and below it is prime muskie habitat. At the top near where you parked it mostly pan fish and the odd pike. Minnows work best.

George Saint Pierre coordinates are not required but GPS coordinates are welcomed! I'm not looking for anyone's secret honey hole, just an area that I'll get into some fish. Thanks for the responses so far!

Tryed my best to make you a map, this is your best spot :)

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That's awesome, thanks a bunch!

Victoria Island, people pull very big channel cats out of there every year. I have also been told that in the fast moving water there are walleye. There is a bit of parting there, but if you are downtown by the parliament it is just a nice little walk away.

Thanks to all who have offered assistance. I will revisit this as it gets closer...I'm excited already!! I may do a day trip to White Lake and try to find the cottage my grandparents had where I spent many a summer.

My trip is a week away, any last minute tips?

Just an update, I got out today, not an ideal time given the bluebird skies we have, from 9 till noon. Hit just south of the Billings Bridge, Hog's Back and Dow's Lake. The only hit I had was a small largie on the west side of Dow's which was quickly released. I was throwing for pike today and didn't get any. Will try later on or tomorrow.

I bike to work along the canal from Mooney's bay (Hog's Back) to the Ottawa river in downtown. I see huge carp almost everyday as i ride by, but I don't know if you want to catch them.

Anything in season is fair game, just lookin' for a little fishing fun to kill some time in Ottawa. Thanks for the info!!

When I was into whitewater kayaking, I used to see people fishing in the rapids beside Bate Island (West side of Ottawa, Ottawa river, off the Champlain Bridge/Island Park Drive). Some were flyfishing with waders on. I don't know what they were fishing for. If you have time, you could check it out. At a minimum, it's a nice area for a picnic.

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When I was into whitewater kayaking, I used to see people fishing in the rapids beside Bate Island (West side of Ottawa, Ottawa river, off the Champlain Bridge/Island Park Drive). Some were flyfishing with waders on. I don't know what they were fishing for. If you have time, you could check it out. At a minimum, it's a nice area for a picnic.

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Most likely smallmouth bass but possibly mooneye.

I would like to thank everyone for the info they provided as I had a good outing this morning. Managed two, pretty much identical 31" musky, an OOS largie that was quickly released, and a bunch of dink perch...sure beats working!!!

Musky! Where? I don't fish much, but my neighbour who is a hardcore angler and is always fishing around Ottawa told me that it took him several years before he caught his first musky.

The place Pearcey told me, Nicholls Island Rd.

You could try for cats in the evening with a simple float rig

I don't know about secret, But When the annual Muskey Tourney in Kemptville was on, This was my secret go to spot, Not joking 45+" is not un common there.

nice fish

Yes good choice, the dam at Manotic mills has a great honey hole, a big hole where walleye, pike pool. Just climb down the bank, the hole is on the west of dam. Can get busy and check the regs to ensure the season is open at that time for walleye and pike. I take my kids there, lots pan fish, nothing spectacular Next spot is up or down river, another dam can't remember which way, but you can see on google maps. Be prepared to loose a few hooks and lots trees and dam trash on bottom.. All that fails, go to Petrie Island in Orleans and try some shore fishing around the park.

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Head 10 minutes outside of Ottawa to Manotick and follow the signs to the Old Manotick MILL fishing is awesome off of it. You can head to Bate island and fish the remic rapids. You could head through Ottawa to Orleans and fish on Trim rd in and around the islands. Another awesome place (best i think) shore fishing go down riverside dr and take river rd too manotick. You can follow the road for 5-10 mins and get to the local bait shop for minnows etc. When heading down river rd take a right on Nicolls island rd. You can park on the left hand side. This is the dams, you can walk down the boat lock to the lower part , great pike and bass. You can cross over the road/dam and walk over to the other Lock and below it is prime muskie habitat. At the top near where you parked it mostly pan fish and the odd pike. Minnows work best.

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Line052 is it possible for you to point on the map where is a good spot for shore fishing just like what "pearcey" did.

Also I spotted a car parking? is it free parking for public? Sorry for asking noob question. I am new to fishing and never been to this location.

I have attached a map. Thank you :)

http://imgur.com/wneRNUi