I currently live in Calgary and was looking for somewhere to go fishing "relatively" close to the city, so I took a drive east and did a loop to CVR down to McGregor and then back around to the city.
I think CVR is the place for me and upon looking more closely at the map for areas to access the lake that did not involve the Campground I saw this location at 50.897815, -112.369072.
Guess my first question is; does anyone know if that location is easily accessible by car?
After visiting the campground I checked out the website and noticed the "lottery" they hold there for the limited reserved camp sites. I was hoping to find someone here that actually took part in the lottery and could let me know how it is held, after reading the application it seemed like a pretty serious endeavour.
I searched the forums and reading previous posts about the lake from a few years ago, I understand that the wind can be an issue, probably since its in the prairies (especially since I would be at most using a canoe, or belly boat and it did not sound like it would be fun to be caught out there when the win picks up in a canoe) so I will probably fishing from shore or at least close to shore.
Also I have learned what makes the fishing there good is that there are a lot of rocks and very shallow areas (even in the middle) of the lake so fishing with a larger boat can be hazardous.
I would appreciate any information anyone would like to share.
IE:
Lake maps / depth charts
Easiest places to fish from shore
Experiences from previous fishing seasons
Best baits / Lures
Also if anyone is interested in joining me / or having someone (me) join them for a day / trek let me know that as well.
