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.

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.

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

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!

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!

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.

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.

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.

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?

Broken Paddle Lots for sale

FINALLY!

After jumping through hoop after bureaucratic hoop... (the developers, not me....lol)

I have been informed that the newest lots at Broken paddle are now available for purchase. A little birdie told me the asking price is $55,000.00 each. They are all a 1/2 acre in size and well back from the lake. As a matter of fact, unless I am mistaken, the lake cannot be seen at all from any of these lots. They had a waiting list of purchasers that they are now contacting to see who, after all these years (that would be several), are still interested in purchasing these lots. Those people, as I understand it, have first kick at the cat so to speak. Time will tell if any are still up for grabs.

I will post more info on this as I get the details.

Lake Lots

UPDATE: 11/02/2009... Anyone?... Anyone at all? Come on off it. Someone out there has to know something... anything at all. Tid bit? Tim bit? Morsel? Crumb? Smidgen? Help us out here. And please, don't make me beg... oh wait....

I have received a couple emails of late asking me about the availability of lots at Fawcett Lake. Although it is my second home, I don't keep up with all the goings on or the politics. I know that there are lots at Broken Paddle that should be for sale but have been held up by the county for one reason after another. Anyone know what the latest is on this?

Anyone out here that can inform us as to what the status is at Fawcett Lake Resort and how their "renovation" is going and when they will be back up and running?

Are there any year round lots available for next spring at The Anchor Inn over at the west end of the lake?

Inquiring minds would like to know.

If you can answer these and many other questions regarding Fawcett Lake.... simply click on the "Tall tales (your comments)" and let us know. If that does not work for you, you can always email me at ... fawcettlake at gmail.com and I will post the information here in the near future.

Thanking you all for you help in advance

Tim

Snow Snow Snow

The ground is white, the roads are icy in spots.

Oh and....

Happy Thanks Giving Day!

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!

Sunset

Why do I ever leave?



Oh yea.....

So I can pay the bills

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!