Crawling Valley

[DiabeticKripple]

hey guys,

me and the old man are headin out to CVR this weekend for some walleye and pike. never have been there before.

any sections or spots on the lake to hook into some good eyes? and i know all about watching where your going there

[TROLLER]

Fish the points and try to stay in the 20-25 FOW range.

Also as you go north of the launch keep to the right as it can get real shallow on the left side.

watch all the boats there should be a lot and see where they are fishn.

[DiabeticKripple]

should we jig or troll? we are bringing minnows with us either way. maybe troll until we see a school of fish on the finder and jig there

[sanjuanworm]

Troll until you find fish. Then jig. My advice for you is to not spool up and go full bore with your big motor unless you're in the middle of the lake. There are sunken islands north and to the left of the boat launch. Every time i'm out I find a new shallow spot.

Anyway I caught some wallys trolling and jigging last thursday. 1 was 3 pounds or so. 1 pike but I wasn't targeting pike.

[DiabeticKripple]

its only a 14' with a 15hp. but i probably wont go full bore anyways since its a new lake to me.

[sanjuanworm]

You'll find walleye on any drop offs. Believe your fish finder. If you see nothing, move.

[DiabeticKripple]

at pine coulee, i trolled around saw a couple fish on the screen until we found a big school. didnt have minnows though. so we came back the next day, found them in the same spot, and thats when i hammered 40 eyes and a pike. dad had a 10+ pound pike on but it cut his line.

[TROLLER]

You should find walleye at most all points this time of year. go norh from the launch and start around the second island in about 20FOW should be good there with a jig and minnow.

Troll in close if you want to hook up with a pike. Under 10FOW if you want the big pike.

[sanjuanworm]

Here's some shallow spots. Obviously there are more. These are the ones that scared me.

http://www.flyfishcalgary.com/cvr.jpg

[OttCan]

Bathymetry maps...

This will help you out
http://www.srd.alberta.ca/MapsPhotosPublications/Maps/PrairiesAreaBathymetryMaps/documents/crawling.pdf

[DiabeticKripple]

Well after trip 1 I got 2 pike, and 1 eye. Dad got 1 pike.

All the pike had scars on them. Going back out tonight on the east side of the lake.

All were caught trolling

[camshaft]

Camping as we speak out at cvr. 26 fish landed from last evening and today. Lots of eyes today on the east side. Actually caught 2 big burbs anchored in the spillway last night.

Nothing big and most fish caught trolling. Cudnt find any holes producing today.

[DiabeticKripple]

Which boat are you?

It's me and the old man in a tinner with an evinrude.

Just had a nibble jigging. Bastard stole my minnow!

[DiabeticKripple]

I've now caught 4 pike, 3 walleye

Edit: had a walleye as I was typing haha

[camshaft]

We're in site 73. Slide by and say hi.
Fishing in a seamax inflatable again in the am

[DiabeticKripple]

I'm in site 13.

Ended up hammering the walleye. Had 11 today. Lost probably just as many. All but one jigging in 30 FOW. Going back tomorrow in the AM/afternoon as well.

We will be on the west side.

Also I bought a brodin ghost net, and man that thing is slick. It's to small for the pike in here, but perfect for the walleye. I used a regular net on a pike and he twisted it up so bad, I spent at least 5 mins untangling both my trebles from it.

[camshaft]

Ended up doing well on the eyes today. Found a back bay and due to the wind it was blowing perfectly all morning to drift us over a sand bar a few houndred yards long and about 9-12 feet deep. Every pass we were catching fish it seemed.

Nothing more than dragging a jig/minnow on the bottom. It cudnt have been any better as there were absolutly no rocks or weeds. Good times

[DiabeticKripple]

were you right behind an island?

we passed an inflatable behind one with 2 guys on it.

[WayneChristie]

Camping as we speak out at cvr. 26 fish landed from last evening and today. Lots of eyes today on the east side. Actually caught 2 big burbs anchored in the spillway last night.

Nothing big and most fish caught trolling. Cudnt find any holes producing today.

just wondering if you took a copy of the regs along with you? :bad_boys_20:

[calgarygringo]

I hope you were not night fishing at Cvr. If so you and your fish all illegal??????

[burbotman]

Whoa there, last night more likely means after supper.......

[BeeGuy]

Camping as we speak out at cvr. 26 fish landed from last evening and today. Lots of eyes today on the east side. Actually caught 2 big burbs anchored in the spillway last night.

Nothing big and most fish caught trolling. Cudnt find any holes producing today.

Bzzzzzzzzzzz

Internet warden here, you didn't happen to have lights on your boat did you?

Say it aint so (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzSI78H1pTc)

[DiabeticKripple]

we stayed out until 10. oops haha sunset is at 9:46

here are some pics

christening the new trout net
http://i1204.photobucket.com/albums/bb410/DiabeticKripple/IMG00089-20120616-1306.jpg

another eye
http://i1204.photobucket.com/albums/bb410/DiabeticKripple/IMG00095-20120616-2142.jpg

the biggest eye we caught
http://i1204.photobucket.com/albums/bb410/DiabeticKripple/photo8.jpg

http://i1204.photobucket.com/albums/bb410/DiabeticKripple/photo10-1.jpg

2nd biggest pike. I caught a fat one about the same length.
http://i1204.photobucket.com/albums/bb410/DiabeticKripple/photo9-1.jpg

the fish in the lake are healthy, nice and fat. some pike had cuts and stuff on them though.

can you tell which were taken with an iphone? haha his blackberry camera is garbage.

[BeeGuy]

Wow

Looks like a good weekend!

Nice net btw.

[DiabeticKripple]

thanks! it works great on the walleye. but the pike we were catching were too big for it, so we used the ****ty old net my dad bought 30 years ago for $8

[camshaft]

Good grief folks! Nothing to suggest I was fishing at night here!!
And yes I had a copy of the regs, and have had for almost the past 20 years fishing cvr.

Aside from that, fishing was very good this weekend. CVR seems to be hit or miss as of late. Mostly miss in my case :)

[chubbdarter]

Camping as we speak out at cvr. 26 fish landed from last evening and today. Lots of eyes today on the east side. Actually caught 2 big burbs anchored in the spillway last night.

Nothing big and most fish caught trolling. Cudnt find any holes producing today.

Good grief folks! Nothing to suggest I was fishing at night here!!And yes I had a copy of the regs, and have had for almost the past 20 years fishing cvr.

Aside from that, fishing was very good this weekend. CVR seems to be hit or miss as of late. Mostly miss in my case :)


yup i agree, everyone is at fault...... what you posted is very clear. Night was never mentioned your honour im innocent

[camshaft]

whoops guess the symantics should have read "yesterday evening, but still clearly between sunrise and sunset"

Ill make sure my future posts are more clear as to not upset the masses.

[burbotman]

Good CVR update thanks for sharing.

You should begin all future posts with a disclaimer.

"The pictures and information that follow were taken after a close inspection of the current fishing regulations and comply with all aspects of the law"

Would save you some headaches

[BeeGuy]

Good CVR update thanks for sharing.

You should begin all future posts with a disclaimer.

"The pictures and information that follow were taken after a close inspection of the current fishing regulations and comply with all aspects of the law"

Would save you some headaches

Hahahaha man this place is never short on entertainment.

I might steal your disclaimer.