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Moe 08-17-2018 06:19 PM

Lake Wabamun
 
Hello.....I haven't been on Wabamun since the water was hard. Heading out Sunday morning and taking my neighbours 8 yr old boy out. He's pumped! How has the fishing been for walleye? Jig and a minnow still do the trick?
Thanks

-JR- 08-17-2018 07:01 PM

Was out there three weeks ago and minnows worked great

EZM 08-17-2018 07:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Moe (Post 3828061)
Hello.....I haven't been on Wabamun since the water was hard. Heading out Sunday morning and taking my neighbours 8 yr old boy out. He's pumped! How has the fishing been for walleye? Jig and a minnow still do the trick?
Thanks

That will get the job done ........... the kid will have a blast

Moe 08-18-2018 07:48 AM

Excellent. This kid is so excited that he chose this over a birthday party at Galaxyland. Hahahahahahah. Smart kid

Moe 08-19-2018 02:17 PM

Wow, we caught over 70 Walleye in 3 hours. The kid with me did about 25 on his own. What a smile on his face. We also caught a few pike and they were pretty slim. I know there is concern while this fishery adjusts to another apex predator that is doing so well. But for a kid learning to fish within an hour of Edmonton????? Pretty damn good in that kids eyes. Now if we can only eat a couple of them :)

-JR- 08-19-2018 03:12 PM

Thats good you found a good spot.
I ran out of minnows by 9:30 am .
I was hooking up before the hook even got to the bottom.
Hopefully in a few years they will be much bigger .
I almost thing there are more walleye in this lake than Pigeon.

Willowtrail 08-19-2018 06:00 PM

I fished it 2 Friday’s ago. 2 of us went through 2 tubs of minnows in a few hours. Maybe 50 fish. Most were under 16” which was good to see. Once the whitefish population can claw back from the oil spill there will be more baitfish in be lake. Time can only tell when the lake will be healthy for all the species again. Great Lake, close to Edmonton.

Glad you guys had a great day, always good to see kids smiling while fishing

trigger7mm 08-19-2018 08:52 PM

Lake Wabamun
 
Got to love it when the kids are hauling them in. I’d much rather watch the kids doing it. I’d be happy to just try to control the chaos.

Hartly 08-19-2018 09:52 PM

That’s awesome when the kids have fun like that. I’m heading to Wab on Saturday with my two grand children. What General area do I need to be in to run into large numbers ? This will be the first time the boys will fish from the boat. Hopefully we have good luck

Moe 08-21-2018 06:41 AM

I went straight out from the Village of Wabamun boat launch. There is a bend in the shore from East to West and I parked there in 12 ft of water jut off the reeds. Just left jigs tipped with minnows off the bottom. Very finicky though and the little ones will miss a lot of strikes likely. So bring lots of minnows.


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