Ruffe in Canada — catches, stats & how to catch

Bite calendar for Ruffe

The best days and hours to fish — a bite forecast factoring in pressure, wind, temperature, and the moon phase.

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Where to find Ruffe through the year

Spring
On the bottom over sand and stones.
Summer
Deep on the bottom where it is cooler, often in holes.
Autumn
Gathers into schools at depth.
Winter
Active all season on the bottom at depth — a common ice-fishing catch.

A guide to the species' habits on typical lowland waters; on any particular water the depths and spots are its own.

Where else Ruffe lives — species ranges

Ice fishing — what bites under the ice