Coal lake

[bushnell]

So I spent part of the day fishing at Coal lake today. Fishing was slow but the weather was great. Heard a guy ranting and screaming on the other side of the lake, shows up a little later to show off his catch. Biggest pike I've seen come out of that lake in the last 10 years. Well over 20 LBS

[lromanchuk]

That's a giant pike for Coal....wow.

[FlounderPounder]

Really? That's awesome. Good to see that there are still some decent fish in Coal Too bad he didn't put it back to live another day....

[neilsledder]

What that's a huge fish for that lake! I can't catch a keeper lol.

[Swampratt]

That's great to hear! Always a fun lake with lots of action (I go mostly in the summer) but never anything that you can't just drag straight in

[Tikka Hunter]

Coal used to be a great lake to fish. Back in the 80's I pulled out a pike that was 27 pounds. Don't fish it much these days, too many people......

[crblair]

^^^^ what he said. 15-20 years ago Coal had some big pike. Last time I caught something decent was about 5yrs ago when I pulled out a 42" pike. The odd one still lurks in there but not what it use to be

[Safety D]

That lake was DEAD last few times I was there.

[neilsledder]

I fish it lots both summer and winter because I live in Leduc. In the winter on a nice day it gets busy, but summer it's not that busy.

[wind drift]

Go figure...Jackfish winter kills and Coal doesn't.

[bushnell]

It was nice to see a pig for a change, but would preferred to see him put it back. All I've been catching were too small too think about keeping

[Sooner]

Do people still fish the outfall at the dam side in the spring? Was crazy to see people shoulder to shoulder and a ton of lines all swirling around trying to catch small pike. This was a long time ago so maybe not allowed anymore in the spring. Good to hear some big breeders are still in the lake.

[Lefty-Canuck]

Do people still fish the outfall at the dam side in the spring? Was crazy to see people shoulder to shoulder and a ton of lines all swirling around trying to catch small pike. This was a long time ago so maybe not allowed anymore in the spring. Good to hear some big breeders are still in the lake.

Technically I think you have to maintain a minimum distance from the south outfall....but few adhere to that.

If I fish there its in the spring wading with the fly rod.

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[coyotekiller]

Really? That's awesome. Good to see that there are still some decent fish in Coal Too bad he didn't put it back to live another day....

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[Dirty samsquanch]

Wow!! It's nice to hear that there is still some big fish left in that lake! Last few years it has just been plenty of small ones. Last big one I caught in Coal was a 40" about 5 years ago

[RACKER]

I just saw a bunch of people on the ice at Coal today and I got the itch to get out 1 last time.I will be out tomorrow with my quad and sled and hope to get me 1 more keeper before the ice is off.Good luck to all that venture out this weekend and be carefull.And by the way Coal is not dead-Someone always has to post that every time this lake is mentioned.I caught a lot of 50-60 cm fish this year and also 5 that were over 63.

[bushnell]

I'll be out there again tomorrow. Will be walking out, probably my last time on the ice