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04-17-2011, 09:04 PM
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Jasper Alberta fishing
Anyone ever fished near the town of Jasper? Any good lakes there. I'm going there at the end of this month.
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04-17-2011, 09:09 PM
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Ive fished Moab, Medicine, and Beaver...all were good - I fished Medicine in the fall though when it was just a stream though...some big rainbows in there. Moab has some decent lakers and some huge bulls and a million little rainbows. Beaver had lot's of 1.5 to 2 pound brookies...I don't know when all that stuff opens up though, earliest I have been there was in late june
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04-17-2011, 09:09 PM
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Not a lot of lakes will open season check regs. Ice may not be off till late may. Athabasca river has good holes for whitefish and bull trout. Husky jerk if your spinning, Clousers and prince nymph if Fly fishing.
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04-17-2011, 09:35 PM
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Whats a Husky jerk?
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04-17-2011, 09:36 PM
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Originally Posted by TyreeUM
Ive fished Moab, Medicine, and Beaver...all were good - I fished Medicine in the fall though when it was just a stream though...some big rainbows in there. Moab has some decent lakers and some huge bulls and a million little rainbows. Beaver had lot's of 1.5 to 2 pound brookies...I don't know when all that stuff opens up though, earliest I have been there was in late june
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where beaver at?
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04-17-2011, 10:21 PM
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above Medicine Lake...I think it was about a mile hike or so
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04-17-2011, 10:32 PM
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04-18-2011, 03:01 PM
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Originally Posted by TyreeUM
above Medicine Lake...I think it was about a mile hike or so
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It is a soft mile. Pretty easy hike. When I fished it you could see the fish in the lake. just tossed a bobber and a fly out there and let them find it and whammy. It was too easy.
I've also fished the Miette river west of jasper. Cought some brookies there
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04-18-2011, 03:32 PM
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haha I know...I just cruised that weedline...they were flying out of there. There is some decent grayling in the first creek you come to entering the park ...I also like fishing the confluence of athabasca and maligne - I have caught a lot of wild rainbows in there (small but beautiful fish!!) Lot's of bulls in the confluences of rocky and the snaring to the athabasca. Seriously though, if you have never fished medicine lake in the fall it is worth the trip...I broke off on some huge rainbows and lost about a 4 lb brookie at my feet. Ton's of smaller fish too.
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04-18-2011, 03:38 PM
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Whats a Husky jerk?
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A dog and stop calling me jerk 
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04-18-2011, 06:05 PM
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Another good spot to try is the Athabasca above the falls. There will be this picknick spot on the side of the road surronded by trees. The picknick spot is on the first bit of a rising hill on the way towards the athabasca glacier. Walk dowstream for about half a kilometer and there should be a big pool full of trout. The rainbows don't seem to average very big though I have seen a 2+lber brookie caught out of there once. Depending on the year, day, and season, they will either prefer small mepps spinners or flys.
Last year I fished Pyramind Lake from the shore and had a bite from what I think was a laker. I believe fishing at that lake would be much more productive from a boat though. I'm not sure if pyramind is open at the end of April either.
The crazy thing too was that when I was back at the picknick spot with my buddys, we saw this large cow moose run into the lake 10ft away from us and that moose was only 2ft away from a familly we saw. Shortly after, we saw a wolf chase behind the moose then run back up into the bush. The familly that had that the chase happen right next to them, without any hesitation packed up and took off alarmed.
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04-18-2011, 06:21 PM
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Caught this guy and his twin brother this afternoon..
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04-18-2011, 06:22 PM
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FYI, these are the waters in Jasper that will be open at the end of April.
Year Round
Sunwapta River.
April 1 to September 7 and October 31 to March 31
Fiddle River, Maligne River (below Maligne Canyon), Miette River, Rocky River, Snake Indian River, Snaring River.
FYI, these are the waters in Jasper that will be open at the end of April.
Athabasca River ---
(Note: the Athabasca River has three fisheries management zones.)
Zone 1: From Athabasca Falls upstream.
Year Round.
Zone 2: From 12 Mile Bridge (Km 22, Hwy 16 East) upstream to Athabasca Falls.
April 1 to September 7 and November 1 to March 31
For more info, heres the link to the National Park fishing regulations. page. http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/pn-np/ab/jas...4a.aspx#jasper
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04-18-2011, 06:24 PM
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Originally Posted by SonnyJ
Caught this guy and his twin brother this afternoon..
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Nice bull trout. Congrats.
What river or lake did you catch that one out of?
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04-18-2011, 06:27 PM
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caught him at lake x.....lol 
lol...caught them out of the Athabasca.I had a third one on but I lost him.Using a blue/silver rattelin' rap.
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04-18-2011, 06:33 PM
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caught him at lake x.....lol
lol...caught them out of the Athabasca.I had a third one on but I lost him.Using a blue/silver rattelin' rap. |
Nice, I have used Rattlin raps when fishing up in the Yukon and have seen large char chase the lure. My father and I have used various rapalas and find that nothing beats the Rattlin Rapalas.
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04-18-2011, 06:35 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SonnyJ
caught him at lake x.....lol
lol...caught them out of the Athabasca.I had a third one on but I lost him.Using a blue/silver rattelin' rap. |
...LOL... nice catch.
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04-18-2011, 07:58 PM
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Originally Posted by SonnyJ
caught him at lake x.....lol
lol...caught them out of the Athabasca.I had a third one on but I lost him.Using a blue/silver rattelin' rap. |
Nice Bull SonnyJ.. this is a good time to fish the rivers you can catch up to 21 inch RMWF now( i got a WR 1986 July) and Burbot to 10 Pike to 20# plus Bulls to 25# Lakewhites to 11 #and some nice colors on the Rainbows and a occasional Brookie.. David.. the Rocky(oopps not on yet will post pic 5#3) and Lake Whitefish pic's are in www.Hintonfishandgame.ca then club album/trophy display .. they are from the Athabasca and a 25# Bull was caught a few years ago pic(Carter) is in Online Sports.. locals catch 20 pike now.. burbot also.. food for thought... David
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04-18-2011, 08:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Speckle55
Nice Bull SonnyJ.. this is a good time to fish the rivers you can catch up to 21 inch RMWF now( i got a WR 1986 July) and Burbot to 10 Pike to 20# plus Bulls to 25# Lakewhites to 11 #and some nice colors on the Rainbows and a occasional Brookie.. David.. the Rocky and Lake Whitefish pic's are in www.Hintonfishandgame.ca then club album/trophy display .. they are from the Athabasca and a 25# Bull was caught a few years ago pic(Carter) is in Online Sports.. locals catch 20 pike now.. burbot also.. food for thought... David |
Great link Speckles...thanks..
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04-18-2011, 08:27 PM
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nice bull
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04-18-2011, 08:34 PM
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BWAHAHA! Good One!!
Great photo SonnyJ!!
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04-19-2011, 03:50 PM
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Originally Posted by SonnyJ
Caught this guy and his twin brother this afternoon..
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Sonny, great photo. Were you fishing in the park or closer to Hinton? I'm just struggling trying to find accessible water in Hinton right now...too much for unsafe ice along the edges...for me anyways.....
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04-19-2011, 05:38 PM
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judging the background of the picture....I would say this was closer to the park.
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04-19-2011, 06:57 PM
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Yes it was in the park.
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04-19-2011, 07:40 PM
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The five mountains behind you sort of give you away.
Great pictures Sonny.
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04-19-2011, 08:57 PM
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The five mountains behind you sort of give you away.
Great pictures Sonny.
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hahaha...yeah it;s not hard to figuire out where I was...
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