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04-13-2011, 09:57 PM
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I was over the river in Edmonton today a few times and it looks like most of the ice has broke free, shouldn't be long now.
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04-14-2011, 07:38 AM
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Originally Posted by bobalong
I was over the river in Edmonton today a few times and it looks like most of the ice has broke free, shouldn't be long now.
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I'll be crossing over the river at least once or twice today in my travels. Yesterday I think they opened up the dam for a while. Early in the day the river was at it's roughly normal level, with not much ice coming down, and then around 5-6pm I crossed it again in the same spot and the water was VERY high, and there was a ton of icebergs floating down.
The flow from the dam may make the water look like chocolate milk, but at least it seems to be flushing a lot of the ice away from the shorelines.
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04-14-2011, 08:18 AM
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Still froze solid at DV, waiting patiently. The water released from the res. is as pure as mothers milk, I beleave the chocolate color would be from the many creeks and runoffs between the dams and Edmonton. Good luck with the sturgeon.
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04-14-2011, 09:11 AM
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Originally Posted by angler1
Still froze solid at DV, waiting patiently. The water released from the res. is as pure as mothers milk, I beleave the chocolate color would be from the many creeks and runoffs between the dams and Edmonton. Good luck with the sturgeon.
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I don't doubt that the water from the res is clear, but when they open it up and let fly, it flushes a lot of stuff downstream. Even when there's no runoff to speak of, it still turns brown when they open the dam.
At least that's the experience I've had out this way.
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04-14-2011, 09:38 AM
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Just got the boat prepped and ready, all the tackle dusted off and now Mother Nature wants to screw with me and my plans for fishing on Sunday!! Will it never end??
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04-14-2011, 12:42 PM
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the water riseing so fast is from small ice jams along the river.... and then they let go and water comes down, then another will form and the water will start to rise again.....( think of how a beaver dam works...... ice is the same).
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04-14-2011, 02:24 PM
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what does that mean? tiny 100 pounder?
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Dont worry tyree. My 48lb rainbow was also Bull S**t. hahaha. A select few people on this site have ALOT to say behind the computer. lol.
My brother was there weighting that fish also, and yeah it was a true 100lber. They caught, i think 12 sturgen that day. Cant belive i missed out. Congrats, and i cant wait till this sturgen season. its my turn to land one of those monsters.
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04-14-2011, 02:28 PM
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I'm heading back to the fraser in october again. Cant wait Hopefully its my turn to land a 10+ footer. Should be a good time of year to do it.
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04-14-2011, 02:31 PM
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delete post I need to learm how to read .
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04-14-2011, 02:55 PM
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haha sean if the water level cooperates with us this fall...all three of us will be back there for a whole weekend to catch that 150 pounder...nothing like fishing for 4 hours, catching a dozen sturgeon - and them averaging 45 pounds haha...talk to you soon bud
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04-14-2011, 07:26 PM
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here is a picture of my buddy fish last year.
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04-14-2011, 07:41 PM
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thats a nice white sturgeon, I wish we had those east of the rockies...
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04-14-2011, 07:51 PM
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hey I was wondering is anyone willing to share some basic sturgeon fishing techniques and baits (how big, what to use and how to mix etc...) I am hoping to get out after them at some point either this year or next. As well where does one find them on the river are they in the deep fast runs, the shallows, big pools. Sturgeon and Gold trout are the only 2 kinds fish I have never caught that reside in alberta and it would be nice to know how to fish for them.
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04-14-2011, 08:20 PM
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hey I was wondering is anyone willing to share some basic sturgeon fishing techniques and baits (how big, what to use and how to mix etc...) I am hoping to get out after them at some point either this year or next. As well where does one find them on the river are they in the deep fast runs, the shallows, big pools. Sturgeon and Gold trout are the only 2 kinds fish I have never caught that reside in alberta and it would be nice to know how to fish for them.
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Hoping for my first this season as well. try this thread-
http://www.outdoorsmenforum.ca/showthread.php?t=88700
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04-14-2011, 08:30 PM
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here is a picture of my buddy fish last year.
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That's a fine looking fish Just a question do you ever use mush pork liver for bait
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04-14-2011, 09:25 PM
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They were using salmon roe(eggs), this day. from fish they caught earlier in the day.
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04-14-2011, 09:44 PM
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Never fished sturg. before but from what I hear a lot use stink bait .We use stink bait for carp and huge cats. best bait is mush liver. take a big pork liver rub it with salt and set it in the sun for a day or two will start to rot but salt will toughen the skin so its hard for them to pull it off.
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04-14-2011, 11:22 PM
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I've heard of and seen it used but I haven't seen it be successful yet
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04-14-2011, 11:48 PM
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I've heard of and seen it used but I haven't seen it be successful yet
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Are you refering to me ? That is what I caught that large one on same day Jay landed his , but I never got mine into shore mine jumped and snapped my 80 lb power pro line remember I was Pizzed off .
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