Fortress lake

[M. Moore]

I was wondering if any one has any info on fortress lake bc. best time to fish flys to bring that kind of stuff?

[SNAPFisher]

There is some good information on-line I could point you to but since you admitted to trolling on your last post, 2bad4u. If your using a legit account and just started out on the wrong foot, give it time and you might be forgiven

[lilsundance]

take it easy guys. I have already sent m. moore a pm on his last post. Let us handle it. answer his post if you want but keep the funny's off the board.

[AdamJ]

That's funny!! fortress is good for brookies, long hike in unless you charter a plane. check out the website fortresslake.com, it is full of info on the lake

[huntin'fool]

Didn't know mine was even that funny, no humour allowed on board every now and then?...I thought it was rather tasteful.

[thumper]

Fortress Lake is a long hike in, up and over the great divide from the Jasper National Park side. The last time I was there over 20 years ago - it was busy with floatplanes coming & going to the lodge. But the brookie fishing was great.

[Big Bull]

I've fished Fortress in early June and early September and have had amazing brookie action. Spratleys with red and green in them have worked well. Most of the flies I use don't have names. We just use flies that work at Maligne Lake. The fishing was better in the western half of the lake, near creek mouths, and where the Wood River exits the lake. Don't miss out on a chance to go there!

[Reeves1]

Been there several times !
I think the last trip, was where I got a chopper ride. Dropped off 1/2 way on the lake. Rafted back to the east end. Hiked over the hump and put in where the AthaB and Chaba join. Rafted out to the hwy ! One of the best trips ever made !
Fished the AthaB @ creek mouths on the way out: great places for some big fish: Bulls and RBs.

[Nerdapres']

What's wrong with trolling? Boy if we're not getting in shi* for holding a fish wrong, we're getting it for our apparently forbidden techniques. I've been trolling for 25 years, what's the problem?

[Steadyup]

Originally, I thought the same thing. But I think they are referring to a type of post rather than the fishing technique.

Troll post? not sure what it means though.

[SNAPFisher]

Originally Posted by Nerdapres'

What's wrong with trolling? Boy if we're not getting in shi* for holding a fish wrong, we're getting it for our apparently forbidden techniques. I've been trolling for 25 years, what's the problem?

I troll all the time. I just keep it on the water

[Big Bull]

Reeves, we did the same circuit as you, but with canoes. It's actually a pretty nice float back to Hwy 93. There's some good fishing on the Chaba and Athabasca, too!