View Poll Results: What is AB's premier Sportfish?
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Rainbow Trout
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49 |
20.59% |
Brown Trout
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20 |
8.40% |
Bull Trout
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21 |
8.82% |
Lake Trout
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9 |
3.78% |
Lake Sturgeon
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15 |
6.30% |
Pike
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64 |
26.89% |
Pickeral err...Walleye
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53 |
22.27% |
Cutthroat Trout
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28 |
11.76% |
Bass
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9 |
3.78% |
None of the above
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11 |
4.62% |
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04-03-2012, 09:43 PM
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What is AB's premier SportFish?
Ok, so a poll can only have 10 options, so I've had to exclude several species which some members may have wanted to see here.
I excluded them based on their small avg size, or lack of fighting ability (dont worry I included brown trout anyways).
Feel free to comment on your choice and more importantly, why you chose it.
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04-03-2012, 09:48 PM
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Lakers
The best fight I've ever had is with a 15lb Laketrout....spooled me 3 times and had to follow him around with the boat...
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04-03-2012, 09:48 PM
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you should be able to select more than one option
sorry for not including:
golden trout
the whitefish's
burbot
perch
grayling
gold/mooneye's
sauger
etc
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04-03-2012, 09:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Kevwood
The best fight I've ever had is with a 15lb Laketrout....spooled me 3 times and had to follow him around with the boat...
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04-03-2012, 09:51 PM
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I voted pike mostly because they are the fish that most people will catch in the Northern waters I fish.....and I love fishing for them especially on the fly.
I would also classify sturgeon as being up there...that is one I still have to get under my belt, hooked one last year just wasn't able to land it.
LC
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04-03-2012, 09:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Lefty-Canuck
I voted pike mostly because they are the fish that most people will catch in the Northern waters I fish.....and I love fishing for them especially on the fly.
I would also classify sturgeon as being up there...that is one I still have to get under my belt, hooked one last year just wasn't able to land it.
LC
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If I were to guess, I would think that pike would probably take 1st place. I personally don't target them though.
Also, apologies for not including Brook Trout.
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04-03-2012, 09:55 PM
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I said pike just because they can be found over almost the entire province. Not to mention im sure there are more bodies of water in AB that hold pike, than any other species. They are also a beautiful fish and a great fighter. I love pike!
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04-03-2012, 10:03 PM
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How is bass on the list? And how did people vote for it?
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04-03-2012, 10:09 PM
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pike cause no matter how big they are, they fight like mad. and they smash hooks
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04-03-2012, 10:22 PM
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east slope cuttie as pure and and wild as a chinook wind, everthing else I can catch somewhere else. golden's rate right up there.
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04-03-2012, 10:27 PM
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Do you mean Westslope Cutthroat on the East slope?
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04-03-2012, 10:32 PM
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Chose walleye because they are so damn tasty.
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04-03-2012, 11:05 PM
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Do you mean Westslope Cutthroat on the East slope?
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fux pa, see now I know why I need to proof read more. yes westslope.
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04-03-2012, 11:06 PM
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I chose Rainbow because you can find them in puddles throughout allot of Alberta. Some of the puddles even have a fancy sprinkler in em.
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04-03-2012, 11:13 PM
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almost unfair because I would rate cutts king of the mountains, rainbows king of the foothills and pike on the prairies and the north.
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04-03-2012, 11:57 PM
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Pretty hard to beat 20" cutts in fall colors with the rockies in the background
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04-04-2012, 12:22 AM
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Originally Posted by BeeGuy
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Andrew Lake fly in trip, my first and only time fishing for Laketrout...we had a blast, it was a fantastic trip!!!
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04-04-2012, 01:05 AM
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What about the perch?
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04-04-2012, 06:02 AM
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My vote is for sturgeon.IMO they are the hardest fighting fish in AB.They are the biggest.Nothing like a 4 1/2 foot sturgeon jumping out of the water some times more than once.
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04-04-2012, 06:17 AM
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I agree with Dago, if you didnt vote sturgeon odds are youve never caught one
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04-04-2012, 07:27 AM
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I voted rainbow pike is a close second, but there are a few fish on the list that I have never fished for including sturgeon so my opinion may change if I get a chance to fish for them.
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04-04-2012, 07:37 AM
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i picked lake sturgeon because Ive tried half a dozen times and havent cought one in AB yet. I respect a fish that can survive a good ol fashon ice age.
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04-04-2012, 08:10 AM
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Walleye here but pike a close second.
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04-04-2012, 08:46 AM
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Hands down walleye for me.
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04-04-2012, 08:58 AM
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Bass????? Where?
For me, it's cutthroat. Not so much because of the fish themselves as much as where they are found. LOVE fishing mountain lakes and streams you have to hike to. And they are native too.
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04-04-2012, 09:05 AM
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I would like to pick all of the above!...
The wonderful thing here is that we have so many options!...
Some days I feel like catching rainbows in a pothole on a fly,
Some days going for pike just to catch a decent sized fish
Some days catching grayling out of tea-stained muskeg waters
Some days walleye out of a river with a pickeral rig...
Some days going for a hike and catching cutthroat in the mountains
Some days catching a rainbow or brown with a ciityskyline nearby
Hard to pick my favorite as on each day it depends on what I have a hankering for or what my boys want to do that day!...
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04-04-2012, 10:05 AM
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I voted sturgeon with out even having to think about it!!,,
Hands down they are pure awsomeness
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04-04-2012, 10:16 AM
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As for the premier sportfish I would choose golden trout. The experience is incredible. A beautiful hike, lots of fish, and the most beautiful fish alberta has to offfer IMO. They are hard to get to and when you do you may only bump into one or two other people. I love fishing for them and they have my vote for the premier sport fish.
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04-04-2012, 10:18 AM
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Although I would vote cutthroat a close second.
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04-04-2012, 11:51 AM
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I'm surprised.
Alberta has some of the best trout water in the world. The Bow river Rainbows are wold famous. I'm a bit surprised any other fish made the list.
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