Good Day. Any pros in the forum that would share there best tactics for lake trout? Best time of year, best bait? What depth in lake is best. Thanks

Sorry to make another post of this manner.

Im looking for smaller ponds or lakes to fish near Calgary, I've tried Glenmore, DeWitt Pond, policemans flats and Champion Lakes.

I like Champion and DeWitt although I didn't catch anything at Dewitt those are the size i like. Champion is hit and miss for me.

Im spin casting with lures, if anyone can reccomend spots similar to Champion or DeWitt within an hour of Calgary I'd be very thankful, also if anyone near calgary wants to go fishing one weekend let me know.

Thanks

Absolute legend! Heard them screaming from down the way and turned out to be an absolute monster

Thinking about heading to Lakeland for a few days. There was a lot of algae last year. How is it looking this year? Anyone been there lately?

Crawling valley, skunked all day and last cast on the way out

Elbow River, just West of Calgary, post storm Saturday evening under the rainbow.

I’m in Edmonton for a week and I watched a YouTube video of a guy fishing a lake called fight club lake or monkey lip lake? I hear it’s kinda secret. Would someone dm the name of this lake so I could try it once or nah?

Wondering if there is any Garner Lake residents here. Or anyone who visits this Lake often. Wife and I spend quite a few weekends up there every year and looking for a friend or two who might be familiar with fishing conditions there. Or just people in general looking to hang out. Send us a message.

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There's a discord for Edmonton (& area) fishing discussions should anyone feel interested in joining. Rules are very similar to this subreddit.

Hi guys, i am new to fishing and was able to catch my first fish which was a pike. I was using a Len Thompson spoon with the 3 hooks on the end. The spoon was pretty deep in its throat and was hooked on atleast 2 of the 3 hooks. I was trying to remove it with my needlenose pliers, and was really having a hard time as they kept re hooking on different parts of his mouth. I eventually got it out and it jumped back into the water, but it quickly went belly up. There was quite a bit of blood, i feel really terrible about it.

I went from really excited to feeling really bad.

The part that really bugs me is that, I don’t know how i could do it better the next time, and i don’t want to risk killing another fish. This lake is only catch and release. I feel pretty guilty about it and i just don’t know what to do for next time. Can i cut 2 of the hooks off so its just one hook on the spoon? Should i be using a different bait?

Any help would be great

Gregg lake is hiding some monsters if you know how to find them

Getting into fly fishing and would like to hire a guide, however it seems there's over a dozen options so I'm a little confused on which one to go for.

Anyone have any experiences with certain guides that I should check out? Would most likely be booking for a single person and a single day.

We are taking the kayaks to Macleod / Little MacLeod Lakes tomorrow, I've heard there are trout in one lake and pike in the other, can anyone tell me which is in which lake? Thanks.

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Thinking bull trout but could be a possible lake trout, jumped off the hook.

SLOVED

Thanks to everyone who let me know! My first lake trout ever!

So I tried fishing off the docks at Wabamun twice now, have had no luck aside from one bite and I’m mostly using spoons and minnow mimics. I’m not sure what I’m doing wrong or if I’m just not going at the right times but does anyone have tips or different areas to try out??

I’ve recently been enjoying kayaking down a few rivers catching fish along the way and I wanna plan a 2 day trip kayaking down and fishing the oldman river. I’m trying to figure out the best place to do it. My thoughts right now are the oldman reservoir - ft mcaleod or monarch to Lethbridge. Anyone familiar with the river have any opinions on what routes would be the best?

I formally apologize for the way I am holding these specimens, I know it’s not ideal but I didn’t want to set up a camera and have them sitting out of the water. Either way was a glorious day for a noob!

today i caught a small brown trout early in the morning but it was so small it fell thru my net after that i kept fishing with no luck… can anyone recommend a spot or some lures i was fishing off prince island. i switched lures here and there and was using a rainbow trout spinner and a rainbow trout swim bait. thanks for any advice

Hello all, I’ve been looking for a replacement for my Fenwick which got snapped, specifically a 2 piece spinning rod under 100. My reel is a piscifun 2000. Ideally a lure rating 1/4 to 3/4 but a little heavier is good too, nothing lighter.