wiau lake

[hose_ignacio]

Wonder if anyone been on Wiau this week, is the compressor station cutline still ok to drive on with this warm weather?

[Kim473]

Was there last weekend. Perch were very, very slow. 2 caught between 4 of us. 50 or more trucks on the ice. No one else catching any perch either. Saw one guy with 5. Caught lots of 10" pike. We went on at the river entrance. it was fairly good but dirt starting to show on the trail when we left. Could be mud and muskeg by this weekend, depends on the weather up there this week. Might be the last weekend to make it in. Don't know what was with the perch not biting, maybe spawning??? or getting ready to???

[BurBot]

It might have to do with fishing pressure. During the week that lake has a minimum of 10 plus vehicles at any given time.

[Dark Horn]

I would agree that it is all the fishing pressure. Lake is in tough shape after just a couple years. Last year at this time it was incredible so that is why I go with pressure. A couple people we know have been fishing there before anybody even heard of it and said it is now wrecked. Nothing like what it was.

[hose_ignacio]

Yeah that could be.. But it's a fair-sized lake, not easy to fish out in just 2 years...the other thing I noticed I ve never caught a small perch there! Could it be that with lack of food compared to amount of big perch all fish fry gets consumed and population peaked out...

[huntingaddict]

No secret anymore better go get the last couple perch in there. Personally been fishing there for 15 yrs this years been terrible for greedy anglers first they wipeout Bethan than Clyde now waiu can't wait for tags for perch stoP most poachers. I feel sorry for the next generation of anglers . Anyways good luck

[fishunter77]

Was there a couple of times last winter and did well. This year it has 5 times the people. The lake can't handle the pressure like many of other Alberta lakes.

[hose_ignacio]

Just leaving Wiau.. 5 hours of fishing, 30 holes from 5 feet to 5 inches of water, 0 perch. 7 or 8 little green snakes that's all...

[King Midas]

What is the quality of the trail going into the lake?

[Bazinga44]

Bump. I would also like to know the condition of the trail and the ice