First Grayling Pic and Vid

[Brandonkop]

Here is the Video of my first Grayling Adventure. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrXYQHSYASI

Ice Fishing Quarry Lake for Grayling in the beautiful town of Canmore Alberta. This was my first experience fishing for Grayling as I'd never caught one before. Everything I read about catching grayling though the ice was not very reassuring. Seems like they disappear and hide out in the winter. It was my challenge to catch a grayling through the ice despite Keep Off the Ice signs posted all around the lake because of possible thin ice. I arrived around noon and slowly made my way onto the ice drilling holes as I went. The ice was 16-18 inches thick and I set up a Jaw Jacker in 10 feet of water off a sharp drop off with a red chironimid. In ten minutes it went off and the fight was on. I tried to get her up the hole but she came off before I could get a shot. Time passed slow but after a while another Jaw Jacker went off and this time I landed my first Grayling ever. A nice 12 inch in a beautiful setting. Hope you enjoy this video.

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Merry Christmas Everyone!

If anyone has any Lower Kananaskis tips I think I'll try there tomorrow.

[Brandonkop]

I expect a bunch of critics for my awful fish handling with the slimey wiggly grayling.

[Klondike]

I expect a bunch of critics for my awful fish handling with the slimey wiggly grayling.

I think some hand slapping took place around here a little while back to tone down the negativity.

[binnzer32]

Yea they are super hard to hold. Try when they are 22 inches. Congrats on a bucket list.

[Walleye99]

Neat

[WayneChristie]

nice wiggly fish, Ive tried that pond with no luck, did see a lot rising, but it was a little warmer then :bad_boys_20: still on my bucket list to catch.

[Brandonkop]

Went back tonight with my dad from 3 to 4:30 pm to quarry and we caught two grayling each and lost one hit on jaw jacker. All on small bead head flies. New personal best grayling was probably 16 or 17 inch. I'll put another video together. Some other guys were fishing in a tent and saw them but no takers.

[tight line]

Congrats!

[huntsfurfish]

well done!