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Mark
05-27-2009, 01:35 PM
Has anybody been out to Spray Lakes lately? I was wondering if the ice was off or if people are still ice fishing?

uglyelk
06-02-2009, 08:32 AM
Friend was camping @ the Spray Sunday night. Ice still on the lake and tent covered with snow in the morning.:D

FishFearMe
06-02-2009, 07:52 PM
Went out to Spray Lakes weekend before last... Ice was still on the lake where there WAS a lake. The water level was way down. Coming from Canmore we drove at least a mile of the lake that was nothing more than a dried mud bottom with a small creek cut into it. Went to Upper and lower Kananaskis after and was almost as bad. Eventually settled at Barrier lake where there was not much action but at least all the ice was gone but not all the water. Boat ramp was only like 50 feet from the water line.
Hopefully some melt runoff has helped since then. On a positive note it would have been a great time to walk around Spray Lakes with a handheld GPS marking bottom structure.

fishing_flower
06-02-2009, 08:34 PM
Where is the boat ramp at Barrier and can you launch a larger boat there?

jts1
06-02-2009, 09:01 PM
There is a nice boat launch. Access is the first right past the dam accress. You will find attached a google map link to the location.

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=109989949620658513257.000460bc65a4b7b08b43a&ll=51.026497,-115.057669&spn=0.025211,0.076904&t=h&z=14

JDC
06-04-2009, 09:13 PM
spray is ice free now, water level is just touching the bottom of the boat launch. Car toppers or light boats for now unless you want to get stuck in the mud.