Big Lake, St. Albert

[captain_k]

does anybody fish Big Lake in st. albert? If so where can you park and good places to fish from?

[eternal fisherman]

I would be very interested to know as well, as I live in the north end of Edmonton. That's pretty close to me.

[eternal fisherman]

I did find this, but it doesn't say anything about how good the fishing is.

http://www.bless.ab.ca/

[Safety D]

Dead

[sdimedru]

Originally Posted by eternal fisherman

I did find this, but it doesn't say anything about how good the fishing is.

http://www.bless.ab.ca/

thanks for that link, very interesting reading!
I found this article quite interesting, don't recall this (appx 8 yrs ago)

http://www.bless.ab.ca/Documents/fishkill/index.htm

[timsesink]

It has a few small pike in the deeper stretches but is not worth the time as far better lakes are only 1/2 hour away. Safety D is wrong like usual about lakes activity so pay him no attention

[Sundancefisher]

The Sturgeon River flows out of it if I recall and therefore pike and suckers and minnows should be in there. Maybe some perch also. It has been subject to water level fluctuations. I know of guys catching pike but you are better off just floating some parts of the river for pike. Still...wasting time fishing there might pay off with a surprise...and any fishing is better than no fishing.

Find your own secret spot!

Cheers

Sun

[Paul C]

That lake which alot people say has poor fishing it should be known that it is a huge spawning ground for pike. Back in the early 80's when you could fish before the may long weekend you could catch those snot rockets on every second cast or so. They are two prime areas:
1. The mouth of the big lake and the sturgeon river.
2. The bridge next to the sandpiper golf course.
The location is the key to catching those snot rockets.
I took my baby sister pike fishin for the first time two years ago and she had a blast catching them every 5th cast. Top water fishin technique works. The fly rod works as well. I like those spots because the pike come up from those weeds and nail the lures. It always catch me by surprise.

[Paul C]

Originally Posted by Safety D

Dead

Change your fishin techniques there. Its fun fishin and when the water levels go up so does the catch numbers.

[TYEE]

As a resident of St Albert, I have caught a few hammer handles out of the Sturgeon river. Love the colors out of that slew!! Purplish green Pike pretty cool to see!! Haven't fished for a couple years, maybe they've gotten healthier?? Doubtful?? Water level in the river is the highest I've seen in years mind you. Damn!! Now I'm tempted to give it a whirl!! You'd have to pay me to eat one though!!!! LOL!!!!!

[nits101]

lmao me and a buddy were talking about fishing there and one of his friends started to ask if we were going after shopping carts haha i guess they put up a good fight

[lildutchie]

Originally Posted by captain_k

does anybody fish Big Lake in st. albert? If so where can you park and good places to fish from?

Ill take a trip there to big lake this week, and I'll give you a report.

[Paul C]

Originally Posted by TYEE

As a resident of St Albert, I have caught a few hammer handles out of the Sturgeon river. Love the colors out of that slew!! Purplish green Pike pretty cool to see!! Haven't fished for a couple years, maybe they've gotten healthier?? Doubtful?? Water level in the river is the highest I've seen in years mind you. Damn!! Now I'm tempted to give it a whirl!! You'd have to pay me to eat one though!!!! LOL!!!!!

If the water is high or it is close to flooding its time to fish there.
Another spot is the train bridge down near Kinsmen park. There is two deep holes I found by cleaning debris out of the water. The level was up to my neck.