Bow river ice fish

[Ryanf]

Well my cousin and myself are just getting set up drilling holes has anyone else I've fished the bow?

[Ryanf]

Well two hits so far thinking gold eye

[TROLLER]

QUESTION:

Are you allowed to drill into a river?

[Ryanf]

Regulations state in the eastern slopes it is unlawful to ice fish into flowing waters. Nothing in prairie parkland

[Ryanf]

Well lots more bites a few hooked momentarily none up to the hole though. Still loving the change up to the river fishing.

[Chisholm77]

Where are you fishing?? I've never seen ice on the bow that I'd risk walking on.

[Ryanf]

South west if brooks

[Ryanf]

Lots of ice

[BeeGuy]

how'd it go?

[Ryanf]

Never landed one but had a few hits and a few that were on for short periods. Lots of bites were when we downsized the minnows

[outandabout]

I don't believe you are allowed to drill in ANY rivers with ice in Alberta...but could be wrong...

[outandabout]

Sorry, just checked, you are right...no holes permitted in ES 1 for flowing waters, rest of Alberta is open.

Stay safe out there and have fun

[Ryanf]

Thanks yeah we were definitely cautious drilled lots of test holes haha

[Cal]

Just a question but are there Goldeye in The Bow during the winter? I remember reading that they often migrate further than salmon to overwintering water. The same goldeye that one catches in Devon may have spent xmas in Sascatchewan. I know the number of goldeye I catch out of the Lesser Slave River are deffinatly greater mid summer than early or late in the season, I remember the Goldeye fishing around Edmonton following a similar pattern.

[Ryanf]

Well I can't guarantee they were goldeye as I didn't ice any just the way the bites were seemed that way. Except a few hits bent the rod right down