Night Fish @ PCR Anyone

[jts1]

Just thought I would see if anyone would be into a Ling fest @ PCR on Fri night have 3 guys going down. Would love to get together with people from this forum.

[brianscott]

I might be able to go, Ill have to talk to the misses and ok it with her.
Ill see if a buddy of mine wants to come out.
Should be fun

[BearnDown]

I've heard it fishes better at night, obviously theres some truth to that eh? I think we are gonna try it Saturday night.

[jts1]

Great Brian Just post if the boss will let you come out and play :)

[rocky97]

i might be able to make it out where abouts on the lake u headed

[calgarygringo]

Was out last night and fished until about 8. Brought home 9 Burbs, caught a few wallys as well as missed a bunch. Would love to come out but have to work.

[brianscott]

I talked to the misses and got the green light
What time are you guys meeting at?

Ill be in a newer white F 150 extended cab.

[whitetailhntr]

PCR?? What does this stand for?

[brianscott]

Pine Coulee Reservoir

[SuCraM]

Tight lines boys wish I could come along but have to work early Saturday.

[WalleyeDeitz]

Just as an FYI, I have night fished 3 times on this lake and by far the best spot for us seemed to be right near the bridge. Not sure if this is always the case though I thought I would mention it. Glow jigs with a stinger hook with the smallest smelt you could by was an excellent set up. By the time we got our jigs to bottom the ling would be biting within 3 seconds, leaving us laughing our buts off until we nearly froze to death......good luck out there.

[Lethalconnection]

Sounds like something i may have to take part in since i have nothin planned for friday nite. Brian want to carpool?

[Buck Krazy]

Where are you guys gonna be??

[jts1]

I normally just go a lil south of the boat launch out in 20 FOE or so. Not sure of the Ice conditions. But there is lots of ice open to any new spots. The glow jig ans smelt is what we use as well works great. What surprises me is the amount of Eyes a guy can get @ night there.

[calgarygringo]

Don't worry about ice near the boat launch. When we were there Monday it measured 23 inches on the stick so no problem to drive on. We found a little more action a few feet deeper than we have been fishing lately. We were in a bit over 20 feet instead of the 15-16 range and had some better action especially after dark.

[brianscott]

Lethal we should ride out together, save some gas.

[BearnDown]

Hope you guys don't mind me picking your brains a bit. Do you "charge" your glow jigs with a camera flash or anything?

If I can talk Mama into it, I may just swing out too, we just had a baby (#3) last Wednsday so I'm not sure if I'll get away with 2 days in a row.....yet.

What about Anchovies? Small pieces off them maybe?

Does it fish good all night or just around dusk?

How big do the Burbs get in there?

Do you "thump" the bottom constantly with your jig, or a few thumps then leave it hang, or...?

[rocky97]

if u wanna try a new spot i have a good spot just down from the parking lot on the right side of the road goin towards the lake from stavely. usually end up catching around 20 fish for one person in a couple hours

[Lethalconnection]

Yah Brian ill give you a call tomorrow and work it out.

Bearn i find the best thing to charge the glow with is a LED or halogen.

Ive found the fish there like the real whole deal ive tried those gulp alive there and havent had nearly as good of success with smelts.

Last few times i was out there i could have fished right through the nite without the bite slowing latest ive been out there fishing was 1am.

The fish arent the best quality average size of a burb is prolly 15-18" walleye bout 12-16". There is still the odd bigger one in there but nothing spectacular.

To first get the fish in the area i like to mess the bottom up but once the fish are in the area you wont have a chance to thump the bottom.

[BearnDown]

but once the fish are in the area you wont have a chance to thump the bottom.


Sweeeeeet. I'm gigglin like a little girl now. Thank you muchly for the info!

[Lethalconnection]

A lil tip for those that use tipups there. Even if your flag hasnt gone off doesnt mean u dont have a fish on. Last outing i had my flag hadnt gone off all nite went over to pull it up and there was a burbot on, ive heard of them sitting under the hole and eating it and then sitting there after eating but never had it happen, needless to say that guy came home with me for obvious reasons.

[moosehunter3-0]

ling are masters at swallowing a bait and regurgitating the hook, so when you flag goes up dont let them screw with the bait to long and I set my flag hairtrigger. Usually they just swim to bottom and sit there so your spool will make 2 revolutions and stop, then you can hammer em lol

[FisherAlex]

I think me and duckhunt might come down, if he doesn't go outta town. I'd go without, but he's got the shack.

[jts1]

Hey this is looking like a good turn out could be fun. I went to spray today with SuCraM didnt turn out so well. LOTS of snow out there. But he is going to come to PCR on Fri as well.

[Buck Krazy]

Where should we meet??

[brianscott]

Ill be in an all black Carhartt Suit In a white F-150

Sitting near a Pile O Burbs:)

[FisherAlex]

We'll be in tarp shack with a wood base, beside a black sierra with a white topper. Might be time for a little competition...

[brianscott]

Actually im all talk, never caught a burb before.
Was there once and I was keeping the eyes off of everyones hooks for them.

[Duck Hunt]

Don't worry, fisheralex has'nt caught a burb in his life, and when he catches one he may need you to come over and take the hook out, he probly won't want to touch it, he's got delicate hands and them things are darn ugly. LOL

[Jester]

Don't worry, fisheralex has'nt caught a burb in his life, and when he catches one he may need you to come over and take the hook out, he probly won't want to touch it, he's got delicate hands and them things are darn ugly. LOL

10-4 on the darn ugly...

So why do you guys even want to catch one of those things??:mad:

[brianscott]

reminds me of my girlfriend,
she was casting a little spinner bait for trout off of shore once when we were camping and caught a nice 10 inch rainbow(I was hiking at the time) she didnt want to take the hook out so once she had reeled it in, she opened the bail and gave it 10 feet of line to swim around on till I got there to unhook it.

After I stopped laughing, i pulled the lil guy in and let it go.

[FisherPotch]

Because they melt in your mouth!! Wish I had a pile of burbosity.!

[FisherAlex]

we'll see about that there duck. I think i've outfished you more often than not :tongue2: , see if you can put your money where your mouth is. Can't wait for burb and chips mmmmmmm......

[npauls]

i will be out saturday afternoon and night with the wife. we will have our homemade plywood hut with a green tarp and a black mazda b4000.

[BearnDown]

We'll be there too. Yellow F-150 and a silver Caravan.

[Mish]

I probably can't make it...but since this is such a big affair I'll try my best to get off work early. I'll be tagging along with Buck Krazy if I can make it.

[jts1]

Will be leaving Calgary @ 430-500. Will be in a silver Blazer with Ice Cube shelter. Somewhere around the boat launch. Unless we do the caravan thing. Sounds like we should have a good turn out. If someone has a spot that they think we should try I'm open to new locations.

[slingshotz]

I haven't met anybody off the boards other than BigBore but I'd like to join all of you and meet some local anglers. Hopefully work is not crazy so I can head out while there's still light. I'll be in a red Nissan Frontier.

I've had good luck off the boat launch area but open to try new places too. Is the ice good everywhere (other than under the bridge)?

[FishBrain]

SOOooooooo, what about a new guy who has never met any of you joining in?
I have my licence but no fishing gear. any one able to help out?

[slingshotz]

SOOooooooo, what about a new guy who has never met any of you joining in?
I have my licence but no fishing gear. any one able to help out?

When I started I used fishing line wrapped around a log (basically the log was the spool), not pretty but still worked :). If I'm out without the wife I'll probably have extra tipups I can lend and my hand auger if you want a little workout.

You can also use the lower part of your regular fishing rod as a semi-ice rod, had a two piece rod break at the tip so I'm glad I kept the lower half. That's what I use now and it works so well I never bothered to buy a real ice fishing rod.

[FishBrain]

OH i have a stick and fishing string!!!
just didnt want to look to technically behind. I see all these guys out there with thes little rods and thought geez if I go out there with this stick and line I wont catch a thing with all the technology on the lake.

Is it legal to fish all night? also would a car get in there or is there to much snow?

[Lethalconnection]

If anyone is short gear or doesnt have much such as you FishBrain ive got enough to gear to sustain 4 people:lol: and i usually bring it all with me. Im not sure what time ill be heading out all depends on if im workin OT or not either way ill b there.

[FishBrain]

I have to say thank you to Brianscott. this fine gentleman has offered to let me ride with him and his buddy and allow me to use his gear.
See you tomorrow brian!!

[SuCraM]

Cool this looks like its going to be a good turn out. jts and I will be there about 6pm and setup by about 630. Hope to see all of you out there to get to know each other and slay the burbs and eyes.

[Duck Hunt]

I'LL be there with the no fish catching FISHERALEX, BUT just wondering is there a way to fish the north past the bridge or is there no access or no fish that way?

[brianscott]

Anyone know if WSS has any manual augers left?
I might be short an auger for tomorrow if they dont.:cry:

[Duck Hunt]

Brianscott don't worry, someone will cover you!

I've got one one you could use, family fishin day at chain i think i burn't a whole tank of fuel drilling holes for every one and there dog, don't mind a bit, i think everone has been in your predicament before.

[brianscott]

Just talkedto Russ and he has an auger so we are all good.
Thanks for the offer.

[BearnDown]

Our plans for the weekend just changed, freeing us up for tomorrow night.

Would anybody be adverse to women and kids ( 2 boys 3 & 4) coming along?

We've got a power auger, generator and halo lights too.

[FisherAlex]

Don't see why anyone would be opposed, always good to see the young-uns out fishin.

[jts1]

Briing the family , why not. Lil guys will prob out fish us all , Glad to hear you all share time fishing.

[Lethalconnection]

Well looks like its me Brianscott and Fishbrain coming out, gunna be takin my truck which is a gold Ram we should b out there around 6.

[brianscott]

This is turning out to be quite a lil get together, I suggest nametags with our handles on them:lol:

[BearnDown]

Sounds like a blast. We'll be in a silver Caravan, me, 2 ladies, 2 kids.

Frosties cool?

[BearnDown]

Oh by the way...can somebody give me directions? lol. I know its East of Stavely, thats about it lol.

[4D7]

^ take highway 2 south until you see 527, this intersection should be just before the town of stavely. Follow the road all the way down past the bridge. Once pass the bridge follow the road down until you see a dirt road. Turn left of the dirt road follow the road down and take a left at the boat launch sign.

[brianscott]

Im pretty sure its west of stavely and a little south.
At the turnoff to Stavely from the highway, turn right instead of left.
Follow that for a bit it then turn south @ the first intersection and follow the caravan ov vehicles till you see the sign for the boatlaunch turn there and you have arrived.

[Lethalconnection]

I have no need for a name tag youll know its me since ill b the one catching all the fish;):lol:

[4D7]

Might head down from 1-8 will be in a white accord

[brianscott]

Frosties cool?[/QUOTE]

Only if you share;)

[jts1]

When I started this thread I was looking for 1 or 2 guys to come on out , lol Got a few more than that now. This is a great turn out. It will be a good to spend sometime with you all on the ice. I wish everyone the best of luck , And a safe trip. Again will be in a silver Blazer around the boat launch , leaving Calgary @ 430

[BearnDown]

We'll be leavin a tad earlier than that, we'll be in a silver Caravan with Pee on Anti-Hunter stickers and pee on PETA stickers on the side windows. We'll probably leave by about 3 or so if I can get these women moving in the same direction lol.

Is there Pike in there too?

[SuCraM]

Ya there is pike in PCR too but the odds of catching one right now at night is few and far between because of the ling spawning and good walleye bite.

[BearnDown]

Ahhhh, they're spawning right now eh? That explains why the fishin for em is so good then?

[jts1]

hate to say it guys , But the odds of you catchn anything is few and far between. Well at least compared to my catch. :lol::lol::lol::lol:

[calgarygringo]

Sorry guys but the spawn is long finished.We fish there every week and have not seen a burb with eggs or milk since January. Have been watching while cleaning the last few weeks and none to be found so my guess is it happened mid January. They were coming out fat and full of eggs and even got sprayed by some milk if you squeezed too hard back then. Good luck to you guys and would love to join but have to work until 8 so won't be able to come and play today.....

[FishBrain]

counting the hours!!!!!!
My first REAL ice fishing in Alberta!!!
cant wait to taste the burbot.

[FishBrain]

I see there is pike and burbot that we are alowed to keep.
anything else in there?

[BearnDown]

Sounds like we'll probably get there first as we're leavin around 3 or so (maybe even a touch earlier depending on what time Mama gets home from the hospital). We'll park off the end of the boat launch somewhere and drill a few holes. If any of you more seasoned PCR guys wanna adjust where we're at when you get there just say the word, its our first time on this lake so we'll follow you.

Sounds like we'll be looking for a white accord, silver blazer and a gold ram? Anything else?

[BearnDown]

hate to say it guys , But the odds of you catchn anything is few and far between. Well at least compared to my catch. :lol::lol::lol::lol:


That sounds like a challenge!

Beer for the first, beer for the biggest and beer for the most?

By the way, anybody else bringin brewskis?

[FishBrain]

That sounds like a challenge!

Beer for the first, beer for the biggest and beer for the most?

By the way, anybody else bringin brewskis?

beer is to cold, what about some good ole canadian whiskey?

[BearnDown]

I stay off the firewater lol, makes me fighty. I almost beat up my grandma once :lol::lol:

[BearnDown]

Is anybody else bringin lights? I won't have room for my generator cuz we're takin the van not the truck, renders my halos useless.

[jts1]

im looking for a Wht F150
Blk Sierra Wht Top'r
Red Nissan
Silver caravan
And my Silver Blazer

[brianscott]

white F-150 is staying at home now, we are now taking a gold dodge ram extended cab.

[jts1]

10-4 on the gold dodge

[brianscott]

Is it still like glass out there or has the surface improved for walking on?
It was deadly last time I was there.

[SuCraM]

I would guess that it should be ok with the snow we got but the last time I was there it was like glass and wicked slippery. Glad I have good boots so I don't slip and fall everywhere.

[BearnDown]

K we're outta here. Left the gen at home cuz my lights are in my toolbox at work and I'm *ahem* sick.....today lol, so I can't really go pick em up. Got a lantern anyway.See ya'll on the ice!

[slingshotz]

Looks like it's gonna be a great turn out, just hope we don't drill so many holes we all fall through the ice :lol:

Gonna duck out early and pick up my wife, probably get down there 5'ish.

[jts1]

Sounds like there is going to be an auger or two down there So I wont have to drag mine along. I am sure one of you fine lads will let a guy punch a hole or two.

[BearnDown]

....if ya got beer...ya got holes lol.

Ya I'll have mine with me:)

We'll be leavin any minute now...once Mama gets her act together!

[FishBrain]

oh man still a couple hours to wait
Cudos to Mish for the rod and reel, need line now

[jts1]

Ok Im off See ya all out there.

[bucktaker]

how late u guys staying out tonight?

[SuCraM]

jts1 and I just got back was a slow night. I hooked up 3 and one walleye on the ice and he caught 3 burbot.

[SuCraM]

Here is a pic of the walleye that I caught. Nothing special but my first eye of 2009 and through the ice to boot. No pics from jts1. I got a pic of the moon too you all might appreciate this picture. http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=1949938&l=880cb&id=608082820
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=1949937&l=135c4&id=608082820

[Hammer Handle]

Nice walleye what time did you fish till. Were you by the bridge or the boat launch.

[jts1]

had a good time last night. Want to say a big ty to SuCraM and the few guys that I got the chance to get together with. To the ones that I didnt see We will have to do a round 2. SuCraM and I will be geting hamed in our cabin on Sylvan from March 1st -3rd Fishing Gull and Pine as well , hope to see some of you out there.

[SuCraM]

Many thanks to you too Jeff you are an awesome fishing buddy and I look forward to our future excursions. And don't worry I am bringing my fillet knife and I will cut up our catch for our next shore lunch or dinner.

[SuCraM]

Nice walleye what time did you fish till. Were you by the bridge or the boat launch.
We fished till about 11:00pm and we were fishing just north of the boat launch a few hundred feet. From what we heard it was a slow noght but the guys down by the bridge on the north end had better luck but still slow for the coulee.

[jts1]

LOL you bet. Its your turn to get all nasty and do the cooking. cant wait to get out of here in the morn and start another 3 days of fishing. Going to have me a big bottle of Baileys among other liquid beverages :evilgrin::evilgrin:

[BearnDown]

That was a blast! We ended up icing 14 Burbs and 11 Walleye. Had to leave early (around 9) as the women and kids were cold and pretty much restricted to the van lol.

Nice to meet all you guys, hope to see you all out there tonight!

[SuCraM]

LOL you bet. Its your turn to get all nasty and do the cooking. cant wait to get out of here in the morn and start another 3 days of fishing. Going to have me a big bottle of Baileys among other liquid beverages :evilgrin::evilgrin:
Sounds good buddy I think I still have a half bottle of Baileys too.

[BearnDown]

Those burbs are a bitch to fillet. So fricken slimy! And that green scum that comes off them is GROSS! They're all going back down the hole tonight lol

[calgarygringo]

Make sure you fillet by the skinning method and they are very easy to do and virtually no mess, guts etc. to deal with. Good to hear you guys had a good time. I hope you guys left me enough burbs in the lake for my Monday night burbfest. If you are not filleting by the skinning method there may be a link on the board to a good video, or if not let me know and I will dig into my stuff and find it for you. Makes life easier and much cleaner to work with.
As an addition if you go back there, try just a bit south after the boat launch as we have done better there than north.

[Lethalconnection]

Yah last nite was a slow nite between me Brian and Fishbrain we iced i think 6 burbs and 1 eye, really slow for pine. Was nice to meet you jts1 we will see you guys on sunday ill shoot you guys a pm later on with more details.

As for the fellas that were by the bridge we will definitely have to have a round 2 this time make an offical meeting spot haha we thought it was by the boat launch we clued in it was you guys up there after we got all setup but thats ok next time hopefully it will b warmer and more action. By the way for the ones that were out there still at around 10 that was me honkin my horn like a crazy bastard:lol:

[BearnDown]

I'm pretty sure the boat launch was the official meeting spot. We fished there for 2 hours without even a sniff so we chased Shawn up to the bridge lol. Thanks to Dustin for showin us how to rig it up.

[Hammer Handle]

Thanks for the info SuCram. I'm going there monday night will be to the right of the boat launch in my usual spot stop by if your out there will be in either a white F-150 EXT or Green nissan ext cab. Probably have my frabill hut set up.

[SuCraM]

Thanks for the info SuCram. I'm going there monday night will be to the right of the boat launch in my usual spot stop by if your out there will be in either a white F-150 EXT or Green nissan ext cab. Probably have my frabill hut set up.
No problem but jts1 and I are headed north tomorrow on our 3 day trip to do Gull, Sylvan and Pine and possibly a 4th day depending on the bite. Have fun and tight lines.

[jts1]

You best bring lots of beer man I dont know how you are going to deal with 3 or 4 days of get outfished by ME. Just come back from yee ol fish'n hole and got all the fish killing gear anyone could ever need You ina biga trouble man :tongue2: We need to get some kind of a bet going here.

[SuCraM]

HAHAHA nice try buy all of the fishing gear in the world and I will still outfish you. We will figure out a bet between the three of us on the ride up .I got the rum 2 cases of beer plus the ones you got and a 26 of rum and half a 26 of baileys so I am good for at least the first couple days.

[FishBrain]

I had a great time, a little cold with the wind but thats winter for ya.
The burbot tasted great, and I cant wait to get a few more.
Thanks again Brian and Russ for the good time

[slingshotz]

Those burbs are a bitch to fillet. So fricken slimy! And that green scum that comes off them is GROSS! They're all going back down the hole tonight lol

If you do the skinning method you shouldn't have to deal with any scum or slime. We ended up with about 8 burbs. Took me about 15 min to skin them all, there were a few that surprisingly survived the trip very well back to Calgary so I had to spend a bit of extra time to humanely knock them out. I decided to fillet them all and once you get the rhythm it doesn't take long. Probably only took me 40mins to get the main fillets from them and an extra optional 40mins to butcher out the liver, clean up the belly meat and toss the guts/gills. Boy I can't wait to make some fish and chips and fish cakes.

Too bad you didn't come down to the bridge JTS, BearnDown was the one dialled in, I think he had three on at once at one point.

Was nice to match up faces to the names and see their setups. I definitely want to find out plans to build that foldable wooden shack, looks so warm. It would have been so nice for CV today, got skunked and was a bit too cold in the evening :(