Chain Lakes Uodate

[deepfried]

Just thought Id Give a quick update

The Wife and I headed down to Chain Lakes yesterday ( December 14 ) , got down and out onto the ice about 9am... One other group on the ice of 3 older gentlemen , had a very nice chat with them. Drilled two holes for the wife and I with the brand new Eskimo auger , worked awesome !!!!!!!! The ice was around 6-8inchs deep where we were ... We were in the middle of the lake at the far north parking lot ( last parking lot you drive down to ) ... Set the wifes rod up with a basic yellowheaded jig and a peice of velvetta cheese on it , as Im grabbing my rod she reels in the first of the season :sign0161: .... Get my line down with basically the same setup but an orange jig , before it hits bottom *WHAM* had one on. In total we caught 32 trout and took 4 home to have a wonderful fish fry last night !!!!

All in All a great day out on the ice , wish I could spend everyday out there !!!

[AlbertaAngler]

Sounds like a great day on the ice!

[Daceminnow]

fish cheese all day? any suckers around? thanks.

Dace

[Flyfisher87]

Thanks for the info. Sounds like a great day on the ice for sure.

[tara_13]

Thats awesome ... Does your wife Ice fish alot ? :)

[deepfried]

yea she loves coming out with me !

[J.B.]

what size a fish you get outta there? contemplating heading up there myself one of these days...

[richardslc]

Not positive but just wondering if this is the chain lakes in Athabasca area? I thought there was another chain lakes so just wondering if I am mistaken or not.

[Kokanee9]

Not positive but just wondering if this is the chain lakes in Athabasca area? I thought there was another chain lakes so just wondering if I am mistaken or not.


I would say Chain Lakes by Nanton and Longview, southwest of Calgary.

[imachecknician]

Made it out to chain lakes earlier today with the lady. First time ice fishing for the both of us! Turned out great, had 15-20 over a few relaxing hours on the lake, brought a couple home for a great dinner. About 8in of ice at the south end where we were, quite a bit of water on the surface walking out right now though.

[ryker]

was out last week cought are limit.

[slivers86]

what area of the lake is good? I always fished the rocks on the north end, or the channel near the spillway as a kid. Are those hot in the winter, or do you need to go deeper into the middle of the lake?

[Flyfisher87]

Made it out to chain lakes earlier today with the lady. First time ice fishing for the both of us! Turned out great, had 15-20 over a few relaxing hours on the lake, brought a couple home for a great dinner. About 8in of ice at the south end where we were, quite a bit of water on the surface walking out right now though.

I'd say that's worth driving down and drilling a few holes.

[Thundercatcher]

how do you get the velvetta cheese to stay on the hook?

[gordfishing]

seriously !!!!!!!!!!! are you kidding me
take a little piece . roll in in your hand
take that little ball and add to hook
it is not that complicated

[Thundercatcher]

I bought the block of velvetta cheese before. The cheese is soft and won't stay on the hook!

[wildcat111]

use a small sz 14 or sz 12 treble hook, then you will have no problem with the cheese sticking to the hook.

[Thundercatcher]

I think though that that cheese only works on certain lakes. Over here a Chickakoo lake I never heard of anyone catching trout with Cheese

[gordfishing]

I have rolled a big blob and put it on a larger hook , laid it on the bottom
caught the biggest fish of the day, if it doesn't stay on the hook means something is at it, try a smaller bobber and watch
I agree velveeta is not for all lakes but has worked well at chain and standard for me, I always have a larger hook with a big blob as well as a smaller hook

[Bryce]

How's the ice at Chain, south province.