Stocked rainbow ponds near Edmonton?
Looking to ge my kids out but still fishing for stocked rainbows isn't hpw I usually roll.
Any suggestions on where and what to use for bait? I used to use pickerel rigs and powerbait and I remember it being mostly slow. LOL |
Cardiff pond, east pit lake is very nice but prepare to walk about half a click. Use spoons, they seem to work better than power bait or pickerel rigs plus no need to reload bait almost each cast.
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Thanks! It's been a while. I used to fish there but always used bait or maybe the odd spinner. I remember catching a lot of small perch there too sometimes. I never did fish Morinville pond. Hermitage is close but has never been that good as far as I remember
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I have always had the greatest success with a #8 J hook and 1/2 a dew worm. The real secret that I will reveal for the first time is this.......Just toss the baited hook out as far as you can and just let it sit on the bottom doing it's own thing. Slowly reel it in after 10 min or so and cast again. Very rare to catch on retrieve.
When you check stomach contents of trout you will find lots of weeds and snails. The trout get right into weeds/bottom to search for food. |
Bobber and worm, or slip sinker rig with floating power bait. You'll deep hook every fish so plan on keeping them.
Also, minimize the running around and screaming right beside the water, trout will vacate the area you can cast to fairly quickly. If the kids want to goof off take them up away from the shore (that is if you care about catching fish). Never ceases to amaze me how I get guys coming up to me asking about what bait I'm using, when their dogs/kids have pounded and splashed the shoreline for an hour. All good fun, and I'm not criticizing, but not conducive to catching. No perch left in Cardiff. Winterkilled. |
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I have never heard of or seen a perch come out of cardiff. Bet the Crayfish survived. |
I tried my luck at Hermitage around 8:30 pm yesterday for an hour and didn't even get a nibble. I was using power bait trout dough and cheese on a pickerel rig. They were jumping all around me, just didn't like what I was offering apparently.
But being the stubborn bugger that I am, I went down to Cabelas today and purchased a new trout rod and reel along with a pack of worms. I'm going to try my luck again tomorrow, weather permitting. |
Paul, I would suggest if you tie a leech (black or green) a few ft. below a float you might change your luck.......Deep.
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For the heck of it you should try the NSR. Your right there anyways. Good luck. |
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Lots of jumpers again today, I'm going to try out the fly technique MercMike mentioned next time I get out |
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Plus I'm new to trout fishing and I'm kinda digging the challenge of it. |
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As for mercury on the NSR, thats only one of many toxins that you might ingest. That said, lots of people eat the fish from the NSR and have lived to tell about it. Let's face it, there is not one waterbody in AB that does not have some sort of pollution. |
I almost exclusively troll from my Minn Kota driven jon boat. The leeches have brought over 45 trout to the boat at times. Keep trying, size variation is required as they are picky sometimes.
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