Ice fish baby

Anyone been out Ice fishing yet? Inquiring minds want to know... how thick is the ice at the moment? This will be the Fawcett Lake ice fishing open thread. Add all your comments below... Just click on the "Tall tales" and type away...

Been a while

We have another lot for sale. This one has a cabin all ready to move into. They are asking $389,900.00. Brenda Ballard is doing a booming business up there as she has every listing it seems. For more details on this one... CLICK HERE More photo's HERE

Have a great Thanksgiving weekend.

Vacation time

I am off for two weeks vacation. Blogging will be stagnant over this period. If you have to guess where I am then you really have not read this blog much.

We have another one

"Break away from the rat race to northern Alberta's beautiful Fawcett lake."

Another lot has gone up for sale at Broken Paddle Estates.

#6 Broken Paddle Estates, Fawcett Lake, AB - $124,900.00

The never ending dock

It just keeps growing and growing and growing...

A bit of a plug for Shoremaster. If you are looking for a dock that is lite, sturdy, easy to put in and take out, has many options and is easy to reconfigure or add on to, seriously check out Shoremaster. Available at Martin Motor Sports.







Shortly after I took these pictures, another boat hoist was placed beside the pontoon boat with the red covering. I'll try to get a night shot with the solar lights all a glow at some point over the summer.

Moose Portage

If you are heading to the east end of Fawcett Lake and take what is known as the "low road", you will come across these two buildings in a hay field. They are the remains of the Moose Portage post office that was in operation from 1928 through to 1957.

Moose Portage is also a part of the Old
Peace River Trail (PDF document)











If you continue north to the T intersection and hang a left, on your right you will see the Moose Portage cemetery. More on that at a later date.

Gone Fishing

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

A true friend

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.

Gone Fishing (in the rain)

Good luck out there where ever you may fish. If it happened to be at Fawcett Lake, let us know how it went. Simply click on the "Tall tales(your comments)" link of this post.

Your comments and or suggestions would be greatly appreciated on any of the posts here at the Fawcett Lake Blog.

Total desperation

You know you need to get out of the city when...

Blue Skies

For the moment.



Would be nice if stayed like this through the weekend. Sadly, that is just wishful thinking on my part.

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!

Lake watch

I have volunteered to take part in the Lake watch Program which is a community water quality testing program offered to concerned Albertan's who are interested in collecting detailed information about their local lake or reservoir. I will be taking Bradley out on the lake several times between June and August to collect water samples. Once all the samples are gathered and Bradley and his colleagues do their thing, they will produce a report on Fawcett Lake that will look like one of these Lake reports that were done previously.

I look forward to seeing the results.

If I had a million dollars

If I had a million dollars; if I had a million dollars
If I had a million dollars; if I had a million dollars
If I had a million dollars… I’d go fish!

End the Long-Gun Registry

Canadian Taxpayers Federation:

The long-gun registry, touted in 1995 to cost $85 million to operate, is now up to an estimated $2 billion and counting. The registry was an ill-conceived crime-fighting measure that did little more than add paperwork and expenses for hunters, farmers and recreational gun users. For taxpayers, it added higher taxes! Fortunately, taxpayers have the best chance in almost 15 years to bring the wasteful long-gun registry to an end.

Read the rest HERE

Spring Bear Hunt

I managed to bag the biggest bear of my life! He tried to disguise himself as another hunter by wearing orange but that did not fool me for a second...

Water Sampling Volunteers Needed

The Alberta Lake Management Society (ALMS) will be doing water quality sampling on Fawcett Lake this June, July and August. The lesser Slave Watershed Council is looking for volunteers to help the ALMS technicians this summer:

Volunteers require:
- access to a motorized boat
- proper safety equipment including an anchor.
- an avid interest in water quality and keeping
our lakes healthy!

If you or anyone you know will be spending time at Fawcett
Lake this summer and would be interested in helping
out with this project please contact Meghan at the LSWC
office.

Meghan Payne
Phone: (780) 523-9800
Email: meghanpayne@lswc.ca

View the actual PDF file sent to us HERE

Everything you ever wanted to know

about Fawcett lake and then some. All in a 119 page government report dating back to 1989 - 1990. Most of this PDF document is still relevant, even to this day. A worth while read, especially if you have a vested interest in Fawcett Lake.

communing with nature

"For the true angler, fishing produces a deep,unspoken joy, born of longing for that which is quiet and peaceful, and fostered by an inbred love of communing with nature" Thadeus Norris

We have another dreamer

"Rare find- Lake Front in Broken Paddle Estates at Beautiful Fawcett Lake."

"#12 Broken Paddle, Fawcett Lake - $237,500.00"

The current owner has done all the ground work to get you on your wayto building your dream cottage. Clearing of land, installation of power, sewer/2500 gal septic tank; 800 gal cistern; built a 24'x32' garage complete with a 4 piece bath; 10'x20' storage shed with power; a luxury outhouse - with power, space heater & a 300 gal septic tank. The property is set up with a 1996 31ft Emerald Triple E 5th Wheel with slide and a 10'x15' deck. Features include AC; built in vac; microwave; TV separate bedrooms with bath; sewer, water, power hookups, & a horseshoe pit. Reserve land in front of the property makes for a great view of the lake and play area for kids and pets.

Again I wish them luck in getting anything even close to their asking price.

Spare time.

"Fishing is not a hobby. A hobby is something you do in your spare time!"

Avery Wiseman

Fishermans Best Friend

PS
The ice is all gone!

and one more.... Just because I really like dogs and fishing!

There will be days

There will be days when the fishing is better than one's most optimistic forecast, others when it is far worse. Either is a gain over just staying home. ~Roderick Haig-Brown, Fisherman's Spring, 1951

Good luck with that

I know that property values have gone up all over Alberta in the past while, but lets get serious. $109,000.00 for an empty, partially cleared, .63 acre (.25 ha) lot. Some people have big dreams. I will dream along with them as if they can sell that lot for 109 grand, the folks place must be worth at least 500 grand considering it has a cabin, a two car garage, a large storage shed, is landscaped, has holding tanks for fresh water and sewer, and has a drilled well ta boot. Almost forgot about the outhouse! That has to add another grand to the value at least!

P.S.
Really nice map and photo in their add. Wonder where they got those?

Almost forgot

Campers Village and Fishin' Hole: Outdoor Sale and Show
Mayfield Trade Center Thu, Mar 25, 2010 - Sun, Mar 28, 2010

It started on Thursday, and I had completely forgotten about this one. They usually have some pretty good deals there. And it is FREE!

2010 Alberta Fishing regulations for Fawcett lake

Other than the date that the main portion of the lake opens up for fishing, nothing has really changed. The south west portion (the main portion)of the lake does not open for fishing until May 21st this year. Last year it was May 15th.

Fawcett Lake & tributaries – Walleye limit 3 over 50 cm; Pike limit 3 over 63 cm; Perch limit 15; Lake Whitefish limit 10; Burbot limit 10. the portion north and east of a line drawn from the MD boat launch in SE12-73-26-W4 to the point of land in SE11-73-26-W4 including the Mink River, Fawcett (Howard) River and the areas locally known as the narrows and east basin OPEN July 1 to Feb. 28 and CLOSED Mar. 1 to June 30. the remainder of the lake OPEN May 21 to Mar. 31 and CLOSED Apr. 1 to May 20. All tributaries and outlet CLOSED Nov. 1 to May 31 Complete regulations for the whole province can be found HERE. Full PDF document of 2010 Alberta Guide to Sport Fishing Regulations are HERE

A new season, a new look

It is just about time to get back into "fishing" mode. As you may have noticed things went a bit silent around the blog over the winter. I am just not much of an ice fisherman. Hate the cold!

Anyways.... Blogger has a new feature so I thought I would try it out and have changed the look of the blog. Hope you like it.

I plan on doing more posts here in the very near future. Things for us at Fawcett Lake usually start around the May long weekend. That is generally when we get the dock back in the water along with the boats. Weather permitting of course.

Going to search out the new regulations as soon as I hit the publish button for this post. Expect another post very soon.

What a waste

RCMP in Vancouver destroyed a perfectly good fishing rod! Confused it for an explosive device.

Family Day long weekend

February 13-15, 2010 means free fishing weekend for Albertan's.

Can you think of a better way to spend family day together? Take a kid fishing! While you are at it, take the rest of your family too!