Red Deer River

[d bowhunter]

Looking to fish the red deer river can anyone point me in the right direction, have know idea where to go. would like to try in the boat but will try off shore if I can figure out where to go. Not looking to steel anyones honey hole just a point on where to start. Thanks Dave

[nitros]

Hi Dave, I go to the Meckenzie crossing towards Big Valley, across the bridge going east and on east side of the river and north of the bridge. Go about 200 yards down mid afternoon use a five of diamonds about 2 1/2 inches long and any other spoon you would like to try, this will give you walleye, pike and goldeye. Then at about 6:30-7:00 start to use a bobber and a worm and try to throw out at least half way across river up stream and let the bobber float towards you and down. This will drive the goldeye nut's and it will be rare you don't catch at least 20 in an evening, the walleye are hit and miss so usually 4 to 1. Let me know when you want to go I'm in!!!

Originally Posted by nitros

Hi Dave, I go to the Meckenzie crossing towards Big Valley, across the bridge going east and on east side of the river and north of the bridge. Then at about 6:30-7:00 start to use a bobber and a worm !

Illegal to use worms there and I hope you aren't keeping the walleye. You have to be south of tolman bridge to use anything more than maggots as bait. Grew up fishing that exact spot though ...we moved south from there.


Red Deer River
from the Dickson Dam downstream to the Tolman Bridge (Sec. Rd. 585 [14-33-22-W4])
May 15 to Feb. 28 – Trout limit 0; Mountain Whitefish limit 5 over 30 cm; Walleye limit 0; Sauger limit 3 (no size limit); Pike limit 3 over 63 cm; Burbot limit 10; Goldeye limit 10; Maggots are the only bait allowed.
Mar. 1 to May 14 – CLOSED


from the Tolman Bridge (Sec. Rd. 585) downstream to the Alberta/Saskatchewan border
May 15 to Mar. 31 – Walleye and Sauger limit 3; Walleye over 50 cm; Pike limit 3 over 63 cm; Burbot limit 10; Goldeye limit 10; Lake Sturgeon limit 0; Bait allowed.
Apr. 1 to May 14 – CLOSED

I see you are close to calgary? Drumheller has some good river fishing also!

[slingshotz]

Where is MacKenzie crossing? Near Red Deer or Drum?

[nicemustang]

Don't mean to high jack...Is the prefered rig to use a pickerel rig, weighted on bottom, and minnows? I've used that in the past with luck in other rivers...Where does a guy go around Drumheller?

[Mulestalker]

No fish near Drumheller.........

Originally Posted by slingshotz

Where is MacKenzie crossing?

Take hyway 2 till you hit innisfail, head east on 590 for about 60 or so kms.

Originally Posted by Mulestalker

No fish near Drumheller.........

I do remember hearing something like that