fished two lakes northwest of edmonton and have the same to report...walleye were spread very thin....more pike action than anything.
nothing like the past few years thats for sure.
not sure what is going on. burned a ton of fuel and covered a lot of area trying everything in my arsenal. Did OK and better than those i talked to at the launch but still not feeling good about it.
noticed the surface temp of the water was 5+ degrees warmer than this time last year already, on both lakes.
The ice came off baptiste a week ago so the lake is still churning. Thats why the vis is poor. It does that at ice on as well. Give it 2 weeks. I had no issue's this weekend. Planner boards cutting through 7' with husky jerks real slow, slip bobbers and back trolled phelps floaters @ .3 mph caught for me all weekend . They're still in spawn mode so they're very shallow and easily spooked. You gotta know where they hang this early and you NEED leeches!
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Ice fishing is dead have to go to phoenix
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Safety D !!!
Was there last thursday and it was slowwww lake still hasent turned, but to confirm the spawn theory, I saw a big hen swim right by the boat (in 4' of water) surrounded by 5-8 smaller males going nuts. They were oblivious to me, if I wanted to I could have scooped them all up in the net.
Was out there sat and sun yhe bite really picked up just before dark 3 of us landedd over 20 pike in the 2hours before dark both days several were well over keepable size
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