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Kim473
05-09-2010, 06:21 AM
This is a fairly big trout pond. Why don't they stock it with more than 2 or 3000 trout? Thats not very many.
AlbertaOutdoorsmen19
05-09-2010, 07:51 PM
Has it been stocked this year?
sdimedru
05-09-2010, 11:23 PM
yes, I was out a couple days ago and caught a tiny one... lots rising...
AlbertaOutdoorsmen19
05-10-2010, 08:02 PM
Just got back from spending about an hour there. Fished from the dock and didn't hook a thing. I saw one little trout rise but that was it. :sign0176:
Mat
05-12-2010, 07:11 PM
Went out there yesterday ( may 12 ) and didnt catch anything. There were alot rising though.
Sundancefisher
05-12-2010, 08:30 PM
Went out there yesterday ( may 12 ) and didnt catch anything. There were alot rising though.

what is the limit these days at Hermitage?
AlbertaOutdoorsmen19
05-12-2010, 10:13 PM
I was out as well today, You may have seen my buddy and I ( He was fly fishing). But he managed to hook one, but lost it near the shore. Today was much better, I saw a lot more fish rising!
An Sundance, I cant remember the limit, C&R for me.
sdimedru
05-12-2010, 10:28 PM
i was out tonight again to practice some casting, managed to land 2 small bows from shore, just north of the dock... quite a few rising again,,,,
Kim473
05-13-2010, 03:54 AM
How big are these your catching? This years stocking?
sdimedru
05-13-2010, 08:09 AM
yup... little weiner sized rainbows...
Kim473
05-13-2010, 08:13 AM
What hook and bait did u use? Might try it for fun.
sdimedru
05-13-2010, 08:19 AM
I caught 1 on my spinning outfit, small #2 sized trout spinner....

also was practicing flycasting and managed to land 2 on some black fuzzy thing haha....(still lots to learn obviously)
AlbertaOutdoorsmen19
05-13-2010, 02:24 PM
Their really small rainbows, and for spinning setup I was using a little spinner and for fly fishing I was just using a beadhead prince nymph. Best to fish in the evening.
Sundancefisher
05-13-2010, 04:07 PM
Does anyone think that stocking a lake like this with 14-16 inch rainbows and allowing for catch and release until Aug 31 then putting a limit on that would effectively see all fish harvested before ice makes any sense? I was always frustrated there that the fish were fairly small or essentially fished out so quickly.

Such a nice place to take kids and surrounded by Edmonton.
Paul C
05-13-2010, 04:22 PM
Does anyone think that stocking a lake like this with 14-16 inch rainbows and allowing for catch and release until Aug 31 then putting a limit on that would effectively see all fish harvested before ice makes any sense? I was always frustrated there that the fish were fairly small or essentially fished out so quickly.

Such a nice place to take kids and surrounded by Edmonton.
They use to have only kids fishing there but found out it is very hard to enforce. The fishing there is now covered under general regs for catching trout. I just walk by the ponds and head to the river for catching bigger poissone