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Title: 1st Open water outing 2007
Post by: Pigshanks on Mar 18, 2007, 04:03 PM
March 15 was the last day of the fishing season for most of the non-trout waters in SE Alberta, but being the addict that I am I know of a few small reservoirs that are open season year round. Oldschenk and myself headed out to one of them spots Sunday morning for the first open water fishing of the season. Cold, windy, rain/snow, almost a perfect day. I had a couple of good fish on but lost them at shore and Oldschenk had one get off about 10' from shore. I had another bite late in the morning which threw the hook almost immediately, only to take it and spit it out again right away. A  few more casts and a total of eight hits with no luck, but on the ninth bite his luck run out. Nice little 6.5#er to start off the open water season.

Oldschenk
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Open water
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Me with the one that didn't get away
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Title: Re: 1st Open water outing 2007
Post by: ULTRAlite on Mar 18, 2007, 05:06 PM
Good way to start off the season!! - You really do have some OPEN water down there.  A few weeks behind ya here...
Title: Re: 1st Open water outing 2007
Post by: Pigshanks on Mar 18, 2007, 06:14 PM
Things have been open for a week or so. Real early this year!
Title: Re: 1st Open water outing 2007
Post by: ULTRAlite on Mar 21, 2007, 03:14 PM
Water is still pretty hard here...

Yesterday -
(https://www.myfishfinder.com/fishing_forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi144.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fr174%2Fcory_r_t%2FLastDayatMcLean.jpg&hash=989507acc6b06273a6f244ab192c62bc)
(https://www.myfishfinder.com/fishing_forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi144.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fr174%2Fcory_r_t%2FNothingDoing.jpg&hash=e8242670db10f3d290f9e7c5a28b8837)
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No action though - water was muddy as hell...
Title: Re: 1st Open water outing 2007
Post by: pikemaster789 on Mar 21, 2007, 03:15 PM
nice pike, im rarin to get one in the open water
Title: Re: 1st Open water outing 2007
Post by: Mooter on Mar 21, 2007, 03:18 PM
Nice pike pigshanks.  You ever try strippin a streamer across that streach of water?
Title: Re: 1st Open water outing 2007
Post by: Pigshanks on Mar 21, 2007, 03:33 PM
Quote from: Mooter on Mar 21, 2007, 03:18 PM
Nice pike pigshanks.  You ever try strippin a streamer across that streach of water?

When I'm feeling elitist, I pull out the belly boat and fly rod and do some damage with streamers, but the old castin rod is tuck into the back just in case.