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MyFishFinder Canada => Alberta => Topic started by: shepike on Mar 01, 2010, 08:05 PM
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what fish are running in the North Saskatchewan River ( near Edmonton/Devon) around Spring Break up?
I was going to try my ice line in the river ( ok I am a fishing addict) and wondering what species to try for
thanks!
J
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im not sure what species are running through the river right now, but imagine fish would be pooled up in the deeper holes. expect lots of small walleye.
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I meant ice break up. maybe in 3-4 weeks? the water starts flowing...etc. I tried once but the ice chunks destroyed my line. the new ice line I have resists that. just a thought......
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Check regs for closed dates of river. North sask river and tributaries.
OPen year round near Edmonton. the upper reaches past drayton valley have closures.
wasnt going to go much past Devon....I've got a few days in April, trying to find a place to fish of course
J :)
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Hey Shepike,
I would be more than happy to meet up with you and head down to do some early season fishing on the river.
I have a few places I like to go to.
Cheers!
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Early in the season you can expect to find more suckers and burbot. As the ice starts to leave you should have more luck with walleyes and goldeyes. Personally hope to catch and tag more Sturgeon thi coming season than last year.Good luck and enjoy the river.
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Your quote is correct,that no licences will be issued. There are a limited number of volunteers that help to "Tag" sturgeons on the NSR throughout the season,many of whom have been doing this for a number of years. This is all done under the control of SRD.
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Jen not sure whats going on that side of the city but down here the Walleye have put on the feed bag , and the suckers as always , Could of sworn I hooked into a sturgeon this moring , but didnt get it to shore before falling on my arse .
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I dont know if Devon area is opened up yet.....maybe I'll give the river a try soon. I've wanted to try to catch a sauger, that would be neat. even a sucker, I'll catch anything fishy ::).
someone mentioned Burbot? do they bite during the day in the river?
I've tried legends gulf course area, but it is very shallow there...some goldeyes later in the season I think.
Jen
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I dont know if Devon area is opened up yet.....maybe I'll give the river a try soon. I've wanted to try to catch a sauger, that would be neat. even a sucker, I'll catch anything fishy ::).
someone mentioned Burbot? do they bite during the day in the river?
I've tried legends gulf course area, but it is very shallow there...some goldeyes later in the season I think.
Jen
Hummm where I fish just south of town , water gets shallow in the fall , but holds walleye and sturgeon , Ive also been guiding for Sturgeon , at this very same spot . caught a few Sauger last fall , when we were fishing for walleye , as there they are in there pretty thick . Also fish for Goldeye , on the fly rod , makes an evening really fun with them , they are so acrobatic .
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yes the goldeye put up a nice fight but have you ever seen a sturgeon come out of the water and 'slap' the water like a beaver? thats way before they find your hook in the middle of the river; pretty interesting to see!
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yes the goldeye put up a nice fight but have you ever seen a sturgeon come out of the water and 'slap' the water like a beaver? thats way before they find your hook in the middle of the river; pretty interesting to see!
Yep if you catch a fairly young one they like to jump and splash to . lots of guys just use light line but im running 90 lb braided line with 60 lb fluorocarbon leader , and lots of back bone to prevent the fish from putting to much stress on them , after all those Sturgeon are very old .
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I have GOT to fish the river more ...but I wont target sturgeon, if I catch one by accident it would likely win!
love to see one though. Devon is opening up, I drove past today just to see. I'll be shopping for a new spin reel this weekend. With the weather so great, the gap should be big enough to fish by Monday.
I havent caught goldeye since I was a kid, they are loads of fun from what I remember.
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are you serious about brown trout? i've read that before. i fished the river very often as a kid, close by the smoky lake bridge which also i've heard there were browns there. caught alot of brown stuff in the river but never ever a brown trout; ??? ??? ???
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Have been lucky enough to catch a few Browns . A couple were caught at Whitemud creek and others out past Devon. Largest was just under 20 in.
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as for sturgon being closed to fishing it would say in big bold letters like it doesin B.C "FISHING FOR STURGON IS STICTLY PROHIBATED"
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Was out on sat, checking out some holes. Still too much ice coming down,hope to get back out this weekend .Gotta love those early season Sturgeon.
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as for sturgon being closed to fishing it would say in big bold letters like it doesin B.C "FISHING FOR STURGON IS STICTLY PROHIBATED"
:police: :bowdown: :rotflol: :whistling:
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Im heading down to whitemud creek ill let ya know if the bites on
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The boy and I went out on Sunday to one of the old holes.It wasn't a bad day for fishing, the weather was beautiful and we managed to catch a few. Watched a few Sturgeon breach, had one on but it broke off. Ended up with a couple of nice Pike (a 10 &7 LBSER)3 walleyes and a white sucker. Will be going back out on Friday after work.
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I finally got out for a nsr fishing session this past weekend. I started friday uder the devon bridge, launched my kayak and started off for edmonton. The goldeye and even a few smaller walleyes were practically lining up for my streamers! Fishing hole after hole and skirting the deep flows I barely had time to enjoy the beautiful scenery and abundant wildlife the valley has to offer. Saturday the tender tailbone forced me to fish from shore so I checked out the local "spots". Spent the better part of the day tying every hook and fly I own to no avail. I switched to my Dads technique(pickerel rig and worms) and found some fair sized suckers. Just when i was thinking of going home for the day my rod doubled over and the drag started to zing, I thought log right? I then realized that it was going upstream! I let it run, I thought it would turn or stop but when my spool was getting down to the last layer of line it went slack. Ive never reeled in so fast in my life! THinking it was gone i stopped to light a smoke and nearly lost my rod to the bugger. ten minutes later i saw it for the first time...A sturgeon the size of my leg around and easily 4and a half feet long! I was fishing on top of a chunk of ice stuck on the bank , too high to reach the waterso in i went .Screaming for my buddy to get a picture he calmly points out that I had the camera in my pocket which was now submerged. So all in all i released the old guy with only one thought on my mind...I just caught the fish of my life 5 minutes from home in a river most wont even wade in, and nobodys gonna believe me. I think the next camera is going to be waterproof.
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Great stuff, your buddy is all the proof you ll need. I`m guessing that fish will hang around for your next visit to that spot.
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Great reports!! and very very interesting about the sturgeon, what a fun day. that river still has me skunked....but maybe try again tomorrow, its been to long without a line in the water.....
oh yes there were fresh cougar tracks along Devon....wildlife is very out there .....
j
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Great reports!! and very very interesting about the sturgeon, what a fun day. that river still has me skunked....but maybe try again tomorrow, its been to long without a line in the water.....
oh yes there were fresh cougar tracks along Devon....wildlife is very out there .....
j
I agree, I saw a wolf in the valley just down stream from the dump last week.
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The river valley never ceases to amaze me.Last Saturday out at one of my favorite spots came across a fresh set of Bear tracks. While sitting and waiting for the fish to bite watched a Bald Eagle,and an Osprey fly by each other. Then on the way back to the van came across 3 Whitetails.Yay and the Sturgeon are still winning,willhave to try again Tommorrow.
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lost one yesterday buddy going out to gleniffer lake tommorow ill let ya know how i make out
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Just got home from work,will head out as soon some time in the morning.
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So got out this afternoon the fishing was slow. The weather was OK in between the rain showers. Managed to catch acouple of suckers,a walleye ,gholdeye and 2 Sturgeon. A 37& a 52 incher,both were recaps.Now have to wait until next weekend.