Anyone Fly for Lakers?
Only way I can get lakers out of the Crow or Waterton is bait/jig. I thought perhaps late fall during th espawn might be a chance.... If a guy knew where they spawned.
I have flyfished for them a couple of times in the spring, but it was a half hearted attempt at best. just thought I'd see if anyone did any serious work on this front. |
I fly fish for them a lot in the spring from a few of the local lakes. Lots of fun.
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Or you can try Spray in the spring. If you are in Calgary early season, or fall season, I can put you on a spot on the Bow R. It might be doable during the winter, just not sure about the river conditions...ice flow etc |
My life time total for Lakers is 3 , one caught trolling hair too slow on the shushwap. The other two were caught on big streamers on the bow below the man made rapids. The one on the big lake went 10 lbs . Midget for Lakers.so I guess I could say all my Lakers were caught on the fly .:)
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Minnewanka and Spray are definitely two of my favorites. I use a sinking fly line Rio Deep 7. Usually better in the early season but I've gotten lucky with smaller Lakers through the summer. As BeeGuy said you really need a boat to flyfish properly. I'm just starting to tie up my big flies for the summer.
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Only time I've done it was once up on Great Slave Lake. Nothing like watching two 15lb lakers swarming around the front of the boat chasing your fly for 30 seconds until one hits it. That is until you hook them and they go down to 20 feet of water and refuse to come off the bottom! Big white crystal woolly bugger worked for me.
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I've had good luck fishing big white/blue goat hair streamers on a sink tip line on my 8 weight rod down south. They put up a great fight. Ive found fly fishing for them has been best in early to mid June when theyre in 10-15 feet of water. My strategy has been find where the suckers spawn/ or where the whitefish hang out (generally same spots), works for me.
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The 3 in the 20" class were all actually, 20.5". There is a 27" class as well that we have seen a few of, however, nothing between 22.5 and 27" so far. |
Have had moderate success at Spray once the ice comes off, usually a sink tip with a clouser worked well for me.
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Managed a quite a few small Lakers from Bearspaw in the old days before it became a private pond for the rich.
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Mean I can't launch my tinner there or ace hats won't let you fish on their lawn. |
Spray lakes has been good to me from shore.
You need to get there when is is coming off. First week of June is my starting date, and I go from there depending on ice. Black and white clousers with a 10 foot sink tip. If you have a Spey rod, you will get it out further. Cast as far a you can, quick strips in and wait for the tug. J |
I've done it with good success.
Small to medium lakers in Spring with suspended chironomids. Small to medium lakers in Spring with trolled wooly buggers. Medium to large lakers in spring/summer/fall with deceivers etc. Small to medium lakers in late fall with suspended/retrieved nymphs. |
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There is a boat launch that I found at Emerald Bay but the access is locked and posted posted with a No Trespassing sign. There are no parking signs and tow threats. Sign also said, "Under Video Surveillance". When I stopped there to check ti out I had a homeowner that told me to move on, which I did.
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There is the launch at the dam too but it is only for friends of Transalta.
How crooked is that? |
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Perry poke works awesome with your Spey wading in still waters. PM me in may and I'll take you to my spot. Biggyj |
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Pulled a laker out of Minni on a muddler minnow once, Stump lake, out of a boat.
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I caught a couple of smaller ones trollling a chratruesse clouser on a sinking line with my canoe but my best success was with tiny chronomids below an indicator in 2 ft of water on a small point. I caught a dozen 2 pound lakers on my 4 wght right from shore, great fun.
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I've had great luck with lakers trolling streamers on a sink tip back in NB,ASAP after ice-out and for the next month,and as mentioned in a previous post,in 10-15' of water trolling the shorelines in an "S" pattern....they often hit on the outside bend when the fly speeds up.Pretty much any traditional smelt patterns worked,3-4" bucktails and traditional landlock salmon tandems,but my faves were Renous Special and Magog Smelt.
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tip for stramers .
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We fished for lake trout with white deceivers, and the red and yellow deceivers at our new fishing camp at Aylmer lake NWT this past August. Most of the fish caught where in the 10-15 foot range trolling, doing S curves. Man they hit hard in late August in the shallow water. We drift fished the Thanakoie narrows which is between Aylmer Lake and Clinton-Colden Lake we hammered them with the white deceivers any where below the any rappids or back water bays. Love fly fishing for them lake trout.
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