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jts1
01-08-2015, 08:36 PM
http://www.wildmanoutdoors.com/Saskatchewan-freshwater-fishing-trips-1-41-rainbow-lodge-on-piprell-lake.html

Anyone been to Rainbow Lodge or have information on Piprell Lake? Planing a trip up that way. Of course Tobin will be on the destination as well.

Pike
Perch
Eyes
Rainbows
Browns
Lakers
AND TIGERS!! All in one Lake?

Sounds too good to be true.

RavYak
01-08-2015, 08:38 PM
Been wanting to do a Narrow Hills trip for a while now. Don't know a whole lot about the lakes but there are a bunch in that area and almost every species you can think of.

Wood1
01-08-2015, 09:01 PM
No pike, perch, walleye or lakers in Piprell. It has browns, splake, tiger and rainbow trout. The area does have a wide variety of other species though including Kokanee salmon. Piprell would make a good home base for that area.

Tomcatchesallthefish
01-08-2015, 09:02 PM
Sounds very cool, please let us know if you go there

flyguyd
01-09-2015, 05:31 AM
Its a very pretty little lake, have heard its better just after iceout. Didnt catch much when i was there , one 16" browntrout.

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Teamprotz
01-09-2015, 06:43 AM
All those species are available within a half hour drive. Kokanee stocking in Zeden lake was discontinued many years ago. Haven't been to Piprell in many many years but it was one of my fathers favorite lakes for big rainbows.

yetiseeker
01-09-2015, 07:50 AM
I have been to Piprell quite a number of times 5 to 10 years back. Recently, the main lake has been fishing harder as they stocked so many types of trout that it seemed to negatively impact the main lake - size and numbers down in recent years from what I heard.

The good part of Piprell (IMO) is the many other lakes in the near by region. The area has quite a number of good walleye lakes. Richard (son of Rick) is now running the cabins. I believe his dad Rick is running the campground. You can find out a great deal form either of these guys as they have been there for a lot of years now. Kit lake was good for rainbows. Lawrence good for walleye.

Don't go there expecting solitude as the camp is a little disappoiting if you expect a wilderness retreat. Many older shacks and ad-hoc cabins set up at the entrance. Quite a busy place. It is a good base camp for venturing out. They will sell gas, groceries, ice, a small amount of fishing supplies, bait, etc.

Also, a lot of the lakes are better accesses with a small boat, canoe, float tube, etc. When I travelled there, I would take my larger boat as well as a canoe which was great for the smaller lakes such as the Narrow hils area.

Good luck and let us know how the fishing was.

YeeHaw
01-09-2015, 09:31 AM
I have not fished it in about 15 years, but I use to spend a good portion of my summers up there doing maitence around the campground and guiding on the lake for Lee and Gwen Hoodle. Back then it was just rainbow and splake with one brown trout heard of ( was provincial record at that time) Potters hole right by the lodge ( first bay) is a good producer, and by the old sawmill if the best area. Be careful near the narrows and keep between the markers, as it is very shallow. Great fishing in the area and if you like stream fishing, McDougall creek is good, ranger and Zeden lake for trout, whiteswan for Lakers. And wicked pike fishing on Echo lake if you follow the inlet creek ( to the left of the launch) up about a mile and a half to a large pond about three acres in size. Also great moose hunting on that creek.