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This country was started by voyagers whose young lives were swept away by the currents of the rivers for ten cents a day... just for the vanity of the European's beaver hats. ~ Red Bullets
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It is when you walk alone in nature that you discover your strengths and weaknesses. ~ Red Bullets
I’ve started catching my own bait (cyprinids). I go to my favourite minnow lake and catch a ton of them on a cricket and a micro spoon. It’s unreal bait compared to the shiners and smelt that are sold in stores.
Yesterday I was out at my favourite pike lake and did a test... lake chub outfished mackerel for pike hands down.
If you fish these walleye infested central lakes and know where and how to fish walleye ANY minnow will more than suffice. No science there, they are pretty much starved most of the time. Throw any gas station tub 'o' minnows kinda minnow down there and sheez game on bud. Just noticed you were looking in edmonton area. Any edmonton area lake with wallies is pretty much a walleye sanctuary and no need for fancy bait to fill their sunken bellies.