View Full Version : Bow river ice fish
Ryanf
02-16-2013, 03:16 PM
Well my cousin and myself are just getting set up drilling holes has anyone else I've fished the bow?
Ryanf
02-16-2013, 03:55 PM
Well two hits so far thinking gold eye
TROLLER
02-16-2013, 04:09 PM
QUESTION:
Are you allowed to drill into a river?
Ryanf
02-16-2013, 04:13 PM
Regulations state in the eastern slopes it is unlawful to ice fish into flowing waters. Nothing in prairie parkland
Ryanf
02-16-2013, 05:00 PM
Well lots more bites a few hooked momentarily none up to the hole though. Still loving the change up to the river fishing.
Chisholm77
02-16-2013, 05:32 PM
Where are you fishing?? I've never seen ice on the bow that I'd risk walking on.
Ryanf
02-17-2013, 09:13 PM
South west if brooks
Ryanf
02-17-2013, 09:14 PM
Lots of ice
BeeGuy
02-17-2013, 09:26 PM
how'd it go?
Ryanf
02-18-2013, 12:25 PM
Never landed one but had a few hits and a few that were on for short periods. Lots of bites were when we downsized the minnows
outandabout
02-18-2013, 12:41 PM
I don't believe you are allowed to drill in ANY rivers with ice in Alberta...but could be wrong...
outandabout
02-18-2013, 12:52 PM
Sorry, just checked, you are right...no holes permitted in ES 1 for flowing waters, rest of Alberta is open.
Stay safe out there and have fun
Ryanf
02-19-2013, 09:27 PM
Thanks yeah we were definitely cautious drilled lots of test holes haha
Just a question but are there Goldeye in The Bow during the winter? I remember reading that they often migrate further than salmon to overwintering water. The same goldeye that one catches in Devon may have spent xmas in Sascatchewan. I know the number of goldeye I catch out of the Lesser Slave River are deffinatly greater mid summer than early or late in the season, I remember the Goldeye fishing around Edmonton following a similar pattern.
Ryanf
02-21-2013, 12:51 PM
Well I can't guarantee they were goldeye as I didn't ice any just the way the bites were seemed that way. Except a few hits bent the rod right down
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