stafford

[jordan]

anybody ice fish at stafford was there in the summer and fished off the dam for a bit whit no luck. what kind of fish are in it and whats working, would love to catch some burbs. looking for a place close to lethbridge that I can go for an hour or 2.

thanks for your help

[Piker]

I think the prevalent fish is small whitefish as I have seen acres of surface dimpling in the summer. There is also large perch, not plentiful, walleyes and pike also ling. I personnally have not had good luck there at all. I fish chin just to the east for slow but kinda steady pike as small as 20 in. up to a 42 in. a week ago. I use big smelts on bottom for pike amd salted minnows on a pickeral rig for walleyes and whites. Nothing great but the best eating pike in south alta. My .25 worths

Staffords fish are few and far between in the winter unless you can locate the pockets. The whitefish are by no means small, i have caught many over 5 lbs and 1 that was pushing 10 (28'' i seem to remember). I've fished off the dam in the winter for pike, never that many bites. I'd be hitting up the small weedy reservoirs for pike this time of winter, i always did good at all of them at the end of the season. Good summer lake but the draw down hurts it a bit. Park Lake by the provincial parks a good bet, chins better than stafford (more stable) if you're out that way.

[Versatile]

Try off the entrance of the spill way.

[jordan]

Is there any perch in park lake

[lenardobc]

i have seen some big pike come out of stafford. never had much luck there myself. i used to pike fish on the bow, near scandia.... got some awfully large ones out of there .

[geezer55]

Is there any perch in park lake

Park Lake
May 8 to Mar. 15 – Pike limit 3 over 63 cm; Perch limit 15.
Mar. 16 to May 7 – CLOSED