rainbow report edm. area

waterninja · #1 01-17-2012, 01:44 PM

first week of jan. i fished hermitage pond just to get my gear and proceduers together after a 15 year layoff. caught an 18" beauty the first day,got skunked the 2,nd day and caught 4 jan 6 all in 16"-18"range. ice 8" thick. on jan 9 i fished spring lake and got skunked but 3 other fellows caught a few each all around 12" and one nice 20". ice 12" thick from middle of lake to east shore. on jan 13 i fished salter lake and caught my limit in five hours but smaller size
, 9"-12". two fellows were fly fishing in the open area around the aereoter and one guy was catching every 2,nd cast which he released. he must have caught 30 fish while i was there. ice 3" thick near open area to 8" thick 50 ft. away. the lakes around edm. have'nt winter killed yet.

Alberta Bigbore · #2 01-17-2012, 02:57 PM

Thanks for the report....might get out for some fish for the pan

#3 01-17-2012, 03:08 PM

I'm trying to figure out how everyone is going to fit onto hermitage now

Thundercatcher · #4 01-17-2012, 03:08 PM

hermitage pond is in Edmonton right? How do they get that big? Is it a stocked pond?

Paul C · #5 01-17-2012, 03:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Thundercatcher

hermitage pond is in Edmonton right? How do they get that big? Is it a stocked pond?

Is the fishin getting any easier when you go for rainbows there TC ?

Thundercatcher · #6 01-17-2012, 03:35 PM

what?

highwood · #7 01-17-2012, 03:40 PM

He's asking if you have had better luck fishing for trout rather than other species.

Brandonkop · #8 01-17-2012, 10:24 PM

Wow 18 inch off Hermitage Pond??? I'd love to see a picture. I know when I was there I hooked a big one that I lost at the hole that looked bigger than the 16 inch I caught, but 18 inch is amazing for a stocked pond that is known to winter kill and the fish are supposedly stocked at 22cm of length. I'm also a little interested in your measuring of the ice because when I was there around Christmas and January 8th there was a few more than 8 inches of ice. So maybe you had a guesstimator and not a tape measure, haha. Just kidding, its a walk on lake anyways so ice thickness kind of not relavent anyways.

They must have stocked the Triploids in there this year, I have no idea how they got so big this year. Prior years I used to only catch the 12-14 inches, very large this year!

Brandon

waterninja · #9 01-18-2012, 03:01 PM

they only stock 3000 and i bet a third or even half die from shock, and also the herons,pelicans and cormorants. this pond is very weedy so there is an abundant food source. i was amased myself at how quickly they grew over the spring and summer. by sept. they were averging 13-15". yes i do have pictures of all my fishing trips but i dont know how to upload them to my computer. i could send them to your phone. my #780-945-1668. good fishing to you.