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.

And it is all gone

The ice that is...

Time to get those docks, hoists and boats in the water for another year.

Fawcett Lake Slurpee

The ice is pretty much done for. The lake looked like a giant slush on the weekend. Just might be able to get the boat in the water next weekend. Only 11 more days before the lake is open to fishing once again. Can't wait...

Ice out 2011

Good news folks. The ice is on its way out. Open water can be seen from Fawcett Lake Resort to the Island. Won't be long before it is all gone.

Spring walleye tips

Now that spring is in the air...

It is time to get back to blogging about Fawcett Lake.

Sorry, but I am just not big on the whole ice fishing thing. As such I rarely head up to Fawcett Lake in the winter months. I am a bit out of the loop because of this so please bare with me for the next few weeks while I get caught up.

I have updated some of the links on the sidebars including the the new fishing regulations for 2011. Not much has changed but it never hurts to refresh ones memory. Take a peek. I have added a couple new links including the report a poacher link at the top left. Apparently poaching is becoming a bigger problem in Alberta than ever before. Do your part. Be vigilant and report anyone who abuses what nature has to offer us all.

Again, I thank everyone for taking the time to pop by this blog. I sincerely hope that more of you will add your comments to any or all of the posts that have or will show up here in the future.

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.