The walleye were bitting

Unfortunately they were all on the small size. The biggest one I caught was barely 14 inches. The neighbour managed a few in the 18 to 19 inch range earlier in the mornings. Sunday morning he did get one walleye large enough to keep and had it for lunch. Both of us were fishing along the south east shore just west of Broken Paddle Estates. 18 feet of water seemed to be the sweet spot.

Gone Fishing

Blogging will continue after this all too short of a fishing trip. Have a great weekend and take a kid fishing!

It was a nice day for a drive

The sun broke through the clouds every now and then but the wind did not let up until late Saturday evening. Needless to say we did not get out to do the water sampling. Apparently churned up water does not make for good samples. We shall try again June 20th.

I did get out for a couple hours Saturday evening. Caught a few small walleye and northern's but nothing to write home about. It was just nice to get back out on the lake, relax, wet the line and enjoy life.

May Long

It was a cold rainy weekend. We managed to get our small community dock in the water along with a few of the boat hoists. Never did get out in the boat to do any fishing myself. Just too much work that needed to get done so that I may enjoy the rest of the all too short warm season in Alberta.

My Daughter (Yolanda) managed to catch quite a few Northerns and a few Walleye off the main dock at Broken Paddle.


My Daughter (Yolanda) taking my Grandson (Mike 20 months old) fishing for the very first time.


The view from up top of hill on Monday

Not a ripple to be seen. Of course the weather was nice on Monday. We had to pack up and head home. Never fails!

And the poll says...

With only twenty votes recorded. Our little fishing poll revealed that most of you would rather keep smaller walleye than is currently required by law on Fawcett Lake. This tells me that the average reader here is smarter than the Alberta fish and wildlife biologists that make the laws. They are the silly folks who are forcing us that enjoy a meal of walleye every now and again to eat the breeders in the lake. This makes no sense whatsoever! Give yourselves a big pat on the back. Hopefully the law makers will give their heads a shake and make the right choice for next year and many more after that. Welcome to the 21st century Alberta fish and wildlife.

36 - 43 cm 8 (40%)
36 - 46 cm 6 (30%)
36 - 50 cm 5 (25%)
Catch and release only 0 (0%)
Keep things as they are 1 (5%)
Draws as on other Alberta lakes 0 (0%)

It's Friday, and you know what that means

See you on the fish side. Oops did I say fish?... I meant Flip. Have a great weekend!

Another youtube video

We almost had a double header. Fortunately for you viewers, I was able to capture myself reeling in a walleye and then grab the camera to video Dave bringing in his just seconds later. Riveting video! OK, stop laughing now....



Definitely need a camera with sound. What Dave was looking at, and asking me about was what was on the walleye he caught. It had several baby leeches on it and a couple made their way to his hands. He had never seen this before and was kind of freaked out by it. WUS!

A fantastic weekend

You could not possibly ask for better weather at this time of year. The walleye and perch were biting on a regular basis. Here is my bro Dave catching a couple walleye.

Be kind, it is my first youtube video. It was taken with only a small Olympus Camedia D-535 digital camera.



Hopefully with a bit more practice, I can manage to improve the quality and maybe even look at getting an actual HD video camera with sound and all that good stuff.

Gone Fishing Part ... never mind...

It is Friday and that can mean only one thing.



Best of luck to all of you out on the water, no matter what lake you are fishing on.

Drive safe!

The fishing was great!

Unfortunately, I was not there. A bug snuck up on me and put me out of action for the past five days.

My brother did manage to get up to Fawcett lake on Saturday and wasted no time in letting me know how great the fishing was all weekend. My nose is still sore from all that rubbing. Other than a couple nasty evening storms, the weather was good too. Damn bug had really really bad timing!

Here's hoping that the great fishing continues through the rest of the season.

Who's who?

Just some random pictures of people fishing on Fawcett Lake, Alberta, on Saturday, June 12, 2009. Could it be you? If you care to view the full size image, simply right click on any of the pictures. Warning! They are quite large files.

Yes there is a boat there, way off in the distance.



My Brother with a very respectable walleye. It is still out there for someone else to catch again.



Birch Island and Mother nature provide the perfect frame. Is that a Northern Pike jumping behind the boat?



And a sunset...

Fish Peeve

I am a Walleye. More scientifically, sander vitreus vitreus, formerly Stizostedion vitreum vitreum. I am in the perch family, Percidae. I look like this...



I am NOT a pickerel! I do not belong to the family Esocidae. I am not related to the northern pike (Esox lucius)



or the Muskellunge (Esox masquinongy).



I do not look even remotely like the chain pickerel (Esox niger),



grass pickerel (Esox americanus vermiculatus),



or redfin pickerel (Esox americanus americanus).



Walleye are not pickerel. They are totally different fish.

I feel so much better now. End rant...

May Long 2009

Will post all the details of how the weekend went upon my return ... sometime Tuesday perhaps.