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Old 05-19-2013, 10:02 PM
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Well I was reading the Alberta fishing guide today and apparently Cardiff pond has rainbows up to 9 lbs! Anybody have a recent report on Cardiff? I might just give it another try!
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Old 05-19-2013, 10:19 PM
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Old 05-19-2013, 10:22 PM
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I've seen some big trout come outta there but 9 lbs might be pushing it .
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Old 05-19-2013, 10:31 PM
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me and my buddy caught 15 or so rainbows today, little babys no keepers.
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Old 05-20-2013, 09:21 AM
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Are there any perch left in Cardiff? or is it true that they winterkilled a couple years ago?
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Old 05-20-2013, 10:49 AM
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zero perch, and they dont stock perch.
same as star lake, regs book says perch.. zero perch
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Old 05-20-2013, 10:53 AM
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zero perch, and they dont stock perch.
same as star lake, regs book says perch.. zero perch
last year my niece was catching little two three incher perch with her minnow net at star. I dont think there of any size but they are in there.
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Old 05-20-2013, 11:13 AM
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I have to agree 9 lbs sounds a little to farfetched!
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Old 05-20-2013, 12:45 PM
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i have enjoyed going to cardiff in the past as it's close to town. for years i've heard the stories of monsters comming out of that pond. my largest was a 2 pounder but most were very small. heard that it is 150 feet deep in spots so you have to think that it doesn't winter kill and who knows, there could be some very big ones in there. tempted to put my canoe on it one day and find out just how deep it is.
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Old 05-20-2013, 05:08 PM
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Had the fish finder on my kayak last week out there & the deepest I found was just over 40ft...
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Old 05-20-2013, 05:15 PM
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very very very unlikely anything over 5 pounds exists imo, i caught a really fat 16-17 inch rainbow about 4 years ago and was showing it off to a guy on shore...15 mins later he showed me up with a solid 18 inches on a scud pattern, looked like a cfl football, my guess was 3-5 pounds from where I was. maybe back in the old days there may have been some, even now early spring before the stockers get in there is the best time to catch a bigger fish
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Old 05-20-2013, 06:30 PM
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That's cool that the perch are gone. I grew up fishing there and always wondered what it would be like with trout only. Caught a few nice ones there over the years, but they were few and far between. The Morinville reservoir had a few monster rainbows too but also very rare. Are the perch gone out of there too?
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Old 05-20-2013, 07:12 PM
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Perch are in Cardiff still, have caught some 7-9 inches in the last year, but they are not abundant in any way, when I was a kid it seemed like a 50/50 chance that the fish on your line was a perch, and a good sized one at that
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Old 05-20-2013, 07:49 PM
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Friend caught one over 7lbs about 18 years ago
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Old 05-20-2013, 08:47 PM
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I caught a 5 lb. trout at Cardiff 20 years ago.

I did see a big trout swim by when I was ice fishing there 2 years ago. He looked like a solid 5.
For the most part you will catch this and last years stocked fish.
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Old 05-20-2013, 10:13 PM
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Not by me but ive seen some tanks come out of there by buys in pontoon boats using maribou leeches
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