Crowsnest River

[dkmountainman]

Has anyone fished the crowsnest recently?
... Never been down there at this time of year and was thinking of heading down there for a few days of flyfishing but not sure if its frozen?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.



Cheerz

[howlin]

the river is closed for fishing till june ,usually closes around nov,these are general dates cheak this link for more http://albertaregulations.ca/fishingregs .but when its open ,in places there are bigguns. just before the cowley bridge is open all year.

[lannie]

Originally Posted by dkmountainman

Has anyone fished the crowsnest recently?
... Never been down there at this time of year and was thinking of heading down there for a few days of flyfishing but not sure if its frozen?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.



Cheerz

The river is open all year between East hillcrest bridge and Lundbreck falls. With the snow and cold temps we have had the fishing pressure this winter has been close to nil. If you are going to fish i would bring snow shoes too.Water is very clear and low. The pictures were taken 40 minutes ago.
1st pic is downstream of east hillcrest bridge.
2nd is water clarity- straight under bridge.
3rd is upstream of bridge. -closed for fishing until june 15.
Wind is currently under 5km. Sunny and should get to 6 C this afternoon.

[Daceminnow]

Originally Posted by lannie

The river is open all year between East hillcrest bridge and Lundbreck falls. With the snow and cold temps we have had the fishing pressure this winter has been close to nil. If you are going to fish i would bring snow shoes too.Water is very clear and low. The pictures were taken 40 minutes ago.
1st pic is downstream of east hillcrest bridge.
2nd is water clarity- straight under bridge.
3rd is upstream of bridge. -closed for fishing until june 15.
Wind is currently under 5km. Sunny and should get to 6 C this afternoon.

nice work lannie. anyone else spot the big trout hanging out under the shadows of the overhanging ice?

[npauls]

Thanks for the pics lannie.

I will be out that way with the fly gear early tomorrow morning for the day. Hopefully we can find a stretch of river that we can have to ourselves and find some bows and whites.

[Guitarplayingfish]

shhh. hahaha. Just kidding. Im pumped to get out tomorrow, hopefully its as nice as it is today... Best day of the year so far!

[dkmountainman]

lannie. thx so much for that !!
isn't the stretch past highway 3 to the Cowley bridge also open all year?
does anyone know if that's just as frozen?

cheerz and thanks again.

[lannie]

Originally Posted by dkmountainman

lannie. thx so much for that !!
isn't the stretch past highway 3 to the Cowley bridge also open all year?
does anyone know if that's just as frozen?

cheerz and thanks again.

You are right dkmountainman, it is also open all year between Hwy 3 and Cowley. It has less ice on the sides of the river down there. Might dump some snow tommorow by the looks of things.