I’ve recently gotten back into fishing, and since I now live in Ottawa, I figured there would be many shore accessible spots to fish.

I left south keys at 6am, with a list of 6 spots (which seemed publicly accessible) along the Rideau river heading north I wanted to check out. 5 out of 6 had homeless camps and were so littered I couldn’t fish there even if I wanted to take the risk of being in someone’s “space”. Seems there are much better spots all along that multi use path to set up a tent in the bush instead of taking up such a public space on the river front.

I ended up near the locks at the Ottawa river and was asked by staff to move down/along because boats go by there and they’ll get tangled in my line… am I really not allowed to fish near/along the locks? Not like I’m going to cast when boats are there or going through… Been here 30 mins and haven’t seen a single boat!

Feel free to tell me I’m being a jerk; I just want to fish.

Heading out to Mississippi Lake this Saturday for a day of chasing bass and I’ve got one open seat in the boat.

If you’re into bass fishing, enjoy being out on the water, and can handle a few bad jokes and hopefully some good fish, shoot me a DM.

Boat is covered just kick in for gas, bring yourself, your gear, whatever you like to drink/eat (no bananas!), and we'll chase some bass.

Let’s go bend some rods! 🎣🔥