dantric
08-31-2014, 12:43 PM
New to the forum, been lurking for most of the summer but I need some advice/help.
The wife and I have, this summer, really gotten into fishing (she LOVES it). When I was a kid I used to fish with my dad all over the Kananaskis except it was 1980's and I was 8-11 yrs old, so the only place I really remember is Sibbald. We've spent a lot of time at Sibbald Meadows Pond this year, which was not stocked...pretty bad results this year so far.
I've spent a lot of time reading different forums (this one included) alberta fishing guide.com and a few others, trying to get some ideas of where we can go...and coming up kinda empty.
I would like to know if anyone can recommend spots:
About an hour from Calgary, my wife works every other weekend so we like to go after she gets home around 3:30 or 4, and day trips other weekends.
We don't have a boat, so shore fishing it is and we both use spin rods. Bottom fishing with a 3-way swivel and bobber fishing are the styles I am familiar with, i do have lures and rappala's tho.
We have tried Chain Lakes, caught only suckers. Lorette Ponds ....awful. Sibbald Meadows Pond (3 fish all summer), Dickson Trout Pond? (Glennifer Lake) again suckers, we didn't catch a damn thing though, people next to us did.
TL;DR version:
Shore fishing spots for spin reel/rods for relative fishing noobs about 1-1.5 hours drive from Calgary.
Tried
Chain Lakes (maybe just a bad spot)
Lorette Ponds
Dickson Trout Pond
Sibbald Meadows Pond
I realize it's pretty late in the season but, I figure there's gotta be a couple spots left out there where you can catch something.
Any advice, greatly appreciated!
The wife and I have, this summer, really gotten into fishing (she LOVES it). When I was a kid I used to fish with my dad all over the Kananaskis except it was 1980's and I was 8-11 yrs old, so the only place I really remember is Sibbald. We've spent a lot of time at Sibbald Meadows Pond this year, which was not stocked...pretty bad results this year so far.
I've spent a lot of time reading different forums (this one included) alberta fishing guide.com and a few others, trying to get some ideas of where we can go...and coming up kinda empty.
I would like to know if anyone can recommend spots:
About an hour from Calgary, my wife works every other weekend so we like to go after she gets home around 3:30 or 4, and day trips other weekends.
We don't have a boat, so shore fishing it is and we both use spin rods. Bottom fishing with a 3-way swivel and bobber fishing are the styles I am familiar with, i do have lures and rappala's tho.
We have tried Chain Lakes, caught only suckers. Lorette Ponds ....awful. Sibbald Meadows Pond (3 fish all summer), Dickson Trout Pond? (Glennifer Lake) again suckers, we didn't catch a damn thing though, people next to us did.
TL;DR version:
Shore fishing spots for spin reel/rods for relative fishing noobs about 1-1.5 hours drive from Calgary.
Tried
Chain Lakes (maybe just a bad spot)
Lorette Ponds
Dickson Trout Pond
Sibbald Meadows Pond
I realize it's pretty late in the season but, I figure there's gotta be a couple spots left out there where you can catch something.
Any advice, greatly appreciated!