Utikuma lake

[eagle99]

Fished north west end by island sunday feb 19
Lots of pike,best one 10lbs ,several 5/ 6 lbs
No walleye or perch

[Sea Hawk]

I was out as well. Got lost in the fog and had same luck as you. The walleye seem to slow down in that lake every year at this time.

[Chris5672]

I fished there this weekend and fished around the big island and done very well,caught lots of pike and done very well with eyes,it seem tho they would only hit a certain lure/hook,

[albertadeer]

Originally Posted by Chris5672

I fished there this weekend and fished around the big island and done very well,caught lots of pike and done very well with eyes,it seem tho they would only hit a certain lure/hook,

5 diamonds....

[Chris5672]

No its not the 5 of diamonds,

[Kim473]

Red devil

[highwood]

Kept 5 Walters yesterday between the two of us. Largest was 26 inches.

[RMauthe]

Why would anyone keep a 26 inch Walleye????? In my experience they do not taste very good. Many years ago I kep a 23 inch walleye and was quite excited by my catch until we sat down for dinner - it was not good and I felt guilty. AND those are the brood stock fish. Let them swim and make babies.

[highwood]

Originally Posted by RMauthe

Why would anyone keep a 26 inch Walleye????? In my experience they do not taste very good. Many years ago I kep a 23 inch walleye and was quite excited by my catch until we sat down for dinner - it was not good and I felt guilty. AND those are the brood stock fish. Let them swim and make babies.

There are walleye much bigger than 26 inches in Utikuma, and they are still swimming

[Alberta Redneck]

Highwood, i would have kept it as well. I have fished there many times and their are hogs in there much bigger than 26", i know cause i have caught them.

[highwood]

Originally Posted by Alberta Redneck

Highwood, i would have kept it as well. I have fished there many times and their are hogs in there much bigger than 26", i know cause i have caught them.

Indeed, so have I. There are days at Utikuma when a 25-26 inch walleye is barely over average. In addition, I have no problems keeping fish from a lake that consistently winterkills every 5-10 years. We caught walleye in at least 3 different ages classes, they are doing fine.

[albertadeer]

Originally Posted by Chris5672

No its not the 5 of diamonds,

Then u didnt try it

That lake LOVES 5ers. Summer or winter...Fish beware...

[albertadeer]

Originally Posted by highwood

Indeed, so have I. There are days at Utikuma when a 25-26 inch walleye is barely over average. In addition, I have no problems keeping fish from a lake that consistently winterkills every 5-10 years. We caught walleye in at least 3 different ages classes, they are doing fine.

6 years ago....4-8lb+ fish ALL DAY Just gotta find em. Harder now and sizes aint what they used to be...

[Drewski Canuck]

Sooner or later there will be a hard winterkill. This is the history of the lake. It will repopulate from Utikimasis which is quite deep and connected by a river.

Don't feel bad about using the fish from Utik. In time, they will be wiped out again, and we will start over.

Drewski

[ice]

Utikuma dose winterkill a fair bit, but it's one of the few lakes that recover fairly quickly often in just a couple years, removing fish dosent have much of an impact on her,
Love that lake

[riderprider]

Anybody been out to utikuma since the dump of snow? How is access?

[huntin]

Originally Posted by riderprider

Anybody been out to utikuma since the dump of snow? How is access?

I bet it only got a couple inches at most.