Travers Fishing Report - May 9th, 2012

Calgary Fisherman · #1 05-10-2012, 05:27 PM

All I can say is great fun

Arrived from Calgary around 3 PM at the water inlet on the east side
Water is definitely low still when I came to the rock edge

Fishing didn't peak till 5 PM, started slowing down after 9 PM
One side of the rocks by the inlet had muddy water
Best spot to fish seemed to be past the net area
Caught 15 Walleyes ranging from small to over 50 cm
Sometimes I through in my pickerel rig and it was 5 seconds and I had a hit
Couldn't even sit down
Best fishing tool was the pickerel rig with 28 oz weight
Had luck with my fake walleye and jigs but the rig was the best

Took home a 55 cm Walleye and fried him up
It was absolutely delicious on the BBQ wrapped in bacon and some lemon/garlic
Yum yum

Ran into the fish and wildlife officers well I was there
Good bunch of guys

Look forward to my next trip there. Wish I had a boat
Anyone else interested in tagging along. Shoot me a message

ogre · #2 05-10-2012, 05:48 PM

Awesome post with great play-by-plays. I'll be out there more this summer, hopefully will also see you there. I might pm you later when I am heading out.

Daceminnow · #3 05-10-2012, 05:51 PM

great report. 28oz weight dude? that's crazy.

Dace

Calgary Fisherman · #4 05-10-2012, 06:01 PM

My bad lol
28 gram weight lol
Aka 1 OZ

Should have typed that better
Doing it through my phone heh

Forgot to mention
It peaked to a point I caught 2 Walleyes on my pickerel rig at once
Got a picture to prove it
That's what I call fishing

Daceminnow · #5 05-10-2012, 06:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Calgary Fisherman

My bad lol
28 gram weight lol
Aka 1 OZ

Should have typed that better
Doing it through my phone heh

Forgot to mention
It peaked to a point I caught 2 Walleyes on my pickerel rig at once
Got a picture to prove it
That's what I call fishing

right on. let's see the double header on one line pic!

Dace

Calgary Fisherman · #6 05-10-2012, 06:14 PM

Have to upload the picture off my phone to the computer
Guess I can't do it from my phone
Stay tuned fellow fisherman

trouty · #7 05-10-2012, 06:38 PM

what were you using on the pickeral rig? good work

Calgary Fisherman · #8 05-10-2012, 07:23 PM

All I was using was emerald shiners and salted smelts
I heated em a little on my truck heater on the way
Maybe it made em smell good. No clue lol

Going to post some pics soon as I get home here

calgarysledguy · #9 05-10-2012, 09:26 PM

Thanks for the update will be there for May long weekend. But on the boat.

HOGSLAYER · #10 05-10-2012, 09:40 PM

My son seen the pic on his phone at the Fishin hole tonight
great job buddy.

BBJTKLE&FISHINGADVENTURES · #11 05-10-2012, 10:07 PM

After a few bump ups I made it to Lethbridge a day late . Spent the night at my buddys place just outside of Tofield . My truck decided ti wanted to cause me grief putting a damper on another fishing trip south . Oh well I made it here 300 bucks lighter in the wallet , but I do now have a new starter in my truck .

Anyway I am headed to Travers in the mornig with the Tracker , I have never Open water fished it , only ice fished it a few times . Pretty pumped to smack some walleye .

See ya guys out there, Great report for got to mention that .

On side note anyone know what was happening at Travers on my trip south watched 2 Ambulances lights and sirens , followed by RCMP a few miles behind and Ambulaces turned at the Travers turn off from Highway 23 I think it is whatever the Vulcan highway is . Hate for someone to be in rough shape 3 days into to the season .

chubbdarter · #12 05-10-2012, 10:26 PM

The Dock being outside the boundary is the greatest thing ever to happen to Travers. The lake is like a never ending supply of walleyes, big and small. It the superman walleye lake of Alberta.

Congrats on your great day thanks for fishing where you did

Calgary Fisherman · #13 05-10-2012, 10:43 PM

That's awesome man
Cant believe I ran into your son at the Fishin Hole
Went to fill up on some gear for northern Alberta
Pictures will be uploaded soon, just got home

dvers749 · #14 05-10-2012, 11:29 PM

im gonna have to hit it up there, never fished there before!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_D3mpqi70vI

Calgary Fisherman · #15 05-12-2012, 02:19 PM

Sorry for the lateness everyone
Computer Power Supply bit the bullet on me
Just got it back up and running
Here is the Picture of 2 Walleye on 1 Rig
ENJOY

ogre · #16 05-12-2012, 02:42 PM

That is WICKED

bubba 96 · #17 05-12-2012, 11:01 PM

Just got back bite was awsome 3of us in boat and over 30 fish, 8 pike...3keepers, biggie 5.2lbs ....met Bbj npauls on water....and wicked weather, little sunburnt now....Great opening day on water for us. Gotta say my 9yr got 1st fish and was up by 4, by the time me and buddy got 1 st bite...

npauls · #18 05-12-2012, 11:46 PM

Glad to meet you boys out there.

After a bit of moving we started to get into them a bit better then the original area we anchored up in.

Yesterday was still a way better day overall.

Oh ya we found out what was wrong with the trolling motor. The battery is completely drained. It must have a bit of draw coming off of it. The weird part was that the check button the trolling motor was reading full. After a bit of messing around and swapping batteries we had the trolling motor working again. So I now have the trolling battery on my charger so BBJ will have a full charge when he hauls the boat back up north.

Get a hold of me sometime if you boys make it down to my area and I will see if I can get out with you on the water.

BBJTKLE&FISHINGADVENTURES · #19 05-13-2012, 10:02 PM

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Originally Posted by bubba 96

Just got back bite was awsome 3of us in boat and over 30 fish, 8 pike...3keepers, biggie 5.2lbs ....met Bbj npauls on water....and wicked weather, little sunburnt now....Great opening day on water for us. Gotta say my 9yr got 1st fish and was up by 4, by the time me and buddy got 1 st bite...

It was good to meet you , you guys managed to do alright . Fishing was very slow yesterday but I will admit quality was way up from Friday . We averaged 48 cm fish with some as big as 68 and some as low as 30.

bubba 96 · #20 05-13-2012, 11:12 PM

We did do good, too bad we gotta wait for the walleye fry till Monday night..glad to see ya got the bow mount working..that made a huge difference in the fish count with switching presentations...

BBJTKLE&FISHINGADVENTURES · #21 05-13-2012, 11:20 PM

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Originally Posted by bubba 96

We did do good, too bad we gotta wait for the walleye fry till Monday night..glad to see ya got the bow mount working..that made a huge difference in the fish count with switching presentations...

Absolutely I'm gonna try that out Tuesday that's one of them things we don't do up here not often anyway . I'm seriously giving thought to moving south . Just for the fishing . I think somewhere between clairsholm Vulcan area and brooks would serve me very well .