Fishing Poll

I have set up a small poll which can be seen on the top left of this blog. I have heard from some reliable sources that there will be a slot limit for walleye at Fawcett Lake next season. What I do not know is what the slot limit will be. If I was a betting man, which I most definitely am not, I would go with the 36 - 43 cm range. That would roughly translate to 14 1/4" - 17" for us old timers.

Please take a moment to chime in with your thoughts and vote too!

Thank you.

PS

The bridge is back in business.

Public Service Announcement

The bridge crossing the Athabasca river north of the town of Smith on highway 2A will be closed from Tuesday, August 25th to Sunday, August 30th 2009 for repairs. To access Fawcett Lake you will have to take highway 2A from the Mitsue Industrial Park near the town of Slave lake. This will add an hour or more on to your travel time from Edmonton. Do not take the Smith turn off! Continue north on highway 2

Also please note that 2A is a gravel road.

Zoom in on MAP to see details.

Gone Fishing

More to come after this short, way too short, trip to Fawcett lake.

Floating around Birch Island

Is There Anybody Out There?

I'm not asking, I'm just asking....

I want one!

The owner of this pick-up truck is a taxidermist in the Calgary area with a great sense of humour! I wonder if he has a road runner mounted on the front of the truck?

We get email

Well... one so far... LOL

Chris sent me an email with a couple of pictures of his first visit to Fawcett lake. I asked and received permission to post them here for everyone to enjoy.

The email

Tim

Here are a few shots we took of our first trip to Fawcett Lake and a little synopsis of the trip.

We had a flat on the tent trailer on the way up that weekend.Thankfully a good Samaritan helped us out. Turns out my tire iron from my car does not work on my trailer. Who Knew?

We got into the anchor inn resort to check in around 830. Very friendly folk up there. We stayed in camp spot #12 in the provincial campground and all i have to say is WOW!! Very secluded and the girlfriend loved the tall trees. Bring Bug Spray is all i can say.

We rented a boat for Saturday. What a beautiful day +25. I have a sportingly nice sunburn. Fishing was GREAT!! Caught a decent size pike the first 5 minutes out there and the fish were hitting all day. Only hit 2 walleyes all afternoon but I'm sure if we ventured out to different areas of the lake we would have had more luck. Just need more time. And renting a boat for more then 1 day might hurt the wallet a bit :(. I guess i should invest in my own.

Can't wait to go back. Anyways, just thought I'd send share a few pics and story.

The pics

My apologies

Things have been a little crazy on this side of the planet. Hopefully things will be back to normal for a while.

My holidays were filled with above average temperatures pretty much every day. The down side was that the catching part of fishing went from great at the middle of July, to terrible by the end of the month. It is starting to pick up a little now but still not what I am used to at this time of year at Fawcett Lake.

I don't have many fishing pictures to show you but I did manage to get some decent photo's regardless. As per usual... clicking on the photos takes you to the full size photo's. Simply use your browsers "back" button to return to this blog.

John caught a 24 inch walleye



Buck one



Buck two



Bored fish hound



Another fire close by







Mooses visiting in the back yard





Bald eagle above the Mink river



Plenty of pelicans on the south east side of Thistle Island



Fawcett Lake Sunsets











And that my friends concludes today's episode...