North Two Lakes fish kill

[zappyoldfart]

For anyone looking to fish two lakes on the may long or thereafter: I was on the north lake this past Saturday & the were hundreds of dead rainbows both on the surface & on the bottom. Sad, winterkill strikes again! Not a single living fish seen. South lake was still 30% iced up but did not see any signs of winterkill there, though I doubt it is a problem for that lake.

[Iceman4]

I was also at the north lake on Saturday. Didn't see a single fish jump, and didn't have a single bite. Saw a bunch of floaters too. I made a comment to my brother that I thought the lake had winter killed and he told me that just because I didn't catch a fish at the lake doesn't mean all the fish are dead, lol.

Doesn't look good, didn't fish the south lake but hopefully it's alright.

[Kokanee9]

Fish & Wildlife request that you contact them whenever a large # of dead fish are spotted. Below is a list of contact #'s.

Office Location Telephone Number Athabasca 780 675-2419 Barrhead 780 674-8236 Blairmore 403 562-3289 Bonnyville 780 826-3142 Brooks 403 362-1232 Calgary 403 297-6423 Camrose 780 679-1225 Canmore 403 678-2373 Cardston 403 653-5158 Claresholm 403 625-1450 Cochrane 403 932-2388 Cold Lake 780 594-7876 Coronation 403 578-3223 Drayton Valley 780 542-6616 Drumheller 403 823-1670 Edmonton 780 427-3574 Edson 780 723-8244 Evansburg 780 727-3635 Fairview 780 835-2737 Foremost 403 867-3826 Fort McMurray 780 743-7200 Fort Vermillion 780 927-4488 Fox Creek 780 622-3421 Grande Cache 780 827-3356 Grande Prairie 780 538-5265 Hanna 403 854-5540 High Level 780 926-2238 High Prairie 780 523-6521 High River 403 652-8330 Hinton 780 865-8264 Lac La Biche 780 623-5247 Lethbridge 403 381-5266 Lloydminster 780 871-6495 Manning 780 836-3065 Medicine Hat 403 529-3680 Nordegg 403 721-3965 Oyen 403 664-3614 Olds 403 556-4215 Peace River 780 624-6405 Pincher Creek 403 627-1116 Ponoka 403 783-7093 Provost 780 753-2433 Red Deer 403 340-5142 Red Earth 780 649-3853 Rocky Mountain House 403 845-8230 Slave Lake 780 849-7123 Smoky Lake 780 656-3556 Spirit River 780 864-4101 Stettler 403 742-7510 St. Paul 780 645-6313 Stony Plain / Spruce Grove 780 960-8190 Strathmore 403 934-3422 Sundre 403 638-3805 Swan Hills 780 333-2229 Valleyview 780 524-3605 Vegreville 780 632-5410 Vermilion 780 853-8137 Vulcan 403 485-6971 Wetaskiwin 780 361-1250 Whitecourt 780 778-7112

[zappyoldfart]

Originally Posted by Iceman4

I was also at the north lake on Saturday. Didn't see a single fish jump, and didn't have a single bite. Saw a bunch of floaters too. I made a comment to my brother that I thought the lake had winter killed and he told me that just because I didn't catch a fish at the lake doesn't mean all the fish are dead, lol.

Doesn't look good, didn't fish the south lake but hopefully it's alright.

If your brother had seen & smelled all those dead rainbows, he'd have a different perspective.
Have you tried either Nose Lake on the way to Two Lakes, or Spring Lake near Hythe? Spring had a partial winterkill last winter but still a few big ones made it through.

[zappyoldfart]

Thanks for the SRD numbers. A guy from Devon took some good pictures on an ipad & said he would forward them to SRD.

[burningfreak]

Yeah, we had seen a few dead ones, but not huge numbers where we were at on the lake. I just thought it was funny that my brother doesnt catch a fish so he automatically thought the fish had all died. Even funnier when he texted me to tell me he had got ahold of SRD and he was right! We had talked about hittting up spring lake soon to make up for the bad fishing at 2 lakes. Didnt know that nose lake had fish in it though. What kind?

[Wild&Free]

Originally Posted by zappyoldfart

If your brother had seen & smelled all those dead rainbows, he'd have a different perspective.
Have you tried either Nose Lake on the way to Two Lakes, or Spring Lake near Hythe? Spring had a partial winterkill last winter but still a few big ones made it through.

I caught a few brookies and rainbows in Spring Lake in January, but no idea how it is atm.