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11-03-2018, 05:19 PM
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Downtown Edmonton Brown Trout
Was at the bottom of the island west of the 75th street bridge on the NSR today practicing with the spey rod and ended up pulling in a 20+" brown trout. Swinging a chartreuse clouser through a ~5' deep tail-out type area. It was definitely a surprise!
After checking on here it looks like others have seen trout in the Edmonton stretch. Any recent experiences?
Didnt notice any redds after I started looking (it was in an area with a fair bit of cobble and current), and he didn't seem to be displaying any typical fall/spawn colors.
A pretty great late fall day!
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11-03-2018, 06:13 PM
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You were rewarded for your efforts!
Thanks for posting and sharing those pictures!
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11-03-2018, 07:40 PM
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WOW!!! There are plenty of rivers that connect to the NSR that hold brown trout, but that is an amazing prize. That fish is in amazing shape.
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11-03-2018, 08:11 PM
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that fish has definitely enjoyed a few good meals.
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11-03-2018, 09:47 PM
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Beautiful trout and excellent to see in this reach of the river. There was a brown trout stocking quite a few years ago in this reach. I have heard of a couple being caught in recent years around Edmonton.
I think there may be a few more around than realized. Just no one really fishes specifically for them. Bigger browns don't hang out in goldeye and walleye backwaters.
Before they put in the bighorn and brazeau dams bull trout used to be around Edmonton too.
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11-04-2018, 04:53 AM
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Awesome catch man, congrats!
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11-04-2018, 07:49 AM
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Great report and post! That might get a few more of us fly chuckers thinking about it.
Congrats on the great catch!
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11-04-2018, 09:31 AM
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Thanks for the kind words fellas! Glad my fly ended up in the right place and I got to briefly cross paths with this resilient specimen.
Anyone know why it is that some are able to thrive this far down? Maybe the temps are just low enough to allow them to live, but high enough to mess with reproduction? Or maybe there are just some genetic anomalies out there?
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11-04-2018, 09:49 AM
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ch_b was wondering if you are catching any Redhorse Suckers with your fly rod?
I have fished NS River and have caught some, lb. for lb. they really fight hard and would be a blast to catch on a wet fly.
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11-04-2018, 10:05 AM
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Originally Posted by GrouseHunter
ch_b was wondering if you are catching any Redhorse Suckers with your fly rod?
I have fished NS River and have caught some, lb. for lb. they really fight hard and would be a blast to catch on a wet fly.
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Not yet! Just walleye, pike and this trout so far. My gut tells me it would be tough getting deep enough but I’m sure nymphing/baitfish patterns would be productive if you can get in the zone
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11-04-2018, 10:25 AM
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Give it a try near Devon by the water treatment facility lots of Redhorse Suckers there and they fight way harder then Walleye. I caught a 23" Walleye there this summer there too. Could be a nice place to try.
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11-04-2018, 02:44 PM
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Great job- beauty trout......Thanks for posting.
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11-11-2018, 10:40 AM
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Originally Posted by GrouseHunter
ch_b was wondering if you are catching any Redhorse Suckers with your fly rod?
I have fished NS River and have caught some, lb. for lb. they really fight hard and would be a blast to catch on a wet fly.
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I use to catch quillbacks across from Hermitage Park. Best fight ever.
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11-13-2018, 09:09 AM
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I use to catch quillbacks across from Hermitage Park. Best fight ever.
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Never even heard of a Quillback had to look it up they are part of the sucker family, interesting looking fish! Which fly did you use?
Ever catch RedHorse Suckers? The meat is pure white, flaky and delicious. Great in soups. The fight twice as hard as Walleye, loads of fun
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11-04-2018, 07:41 PM
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Originally Posted by ch_b
Thanks for the kind words fellas! Glad my fly ended up in the right place and I got to briefly cross paths with this resilient specimen.
Anyone know why it is that some are able to thrive this far down? Maybe the temps are just low enough to allow them to live, but high enough to mess with reproduction? Or maybe there are just some genetic anomalies out there?
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Browns were introduced to the river a few years ago so conditions must be compatible for the browns to do good. They were released in a couple places between Devon and Ft. Sask. Now that the water is cooling off the trout might be more active and traveling more too.
I swear there must be more browns around than we know. Just no one is fishing for them. It's like the 30 lb. pike in the river. Not too many anglers target them.
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Deep's brown trout is gorgeous too.
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11-04-2018, 04:42 PM
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Oct 27th I got a nice Brown also....
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11-04-2018, 05:24 PM
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Nice fish fellows.
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11-04-2018, 08:06 PM
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Oct 27th I got a nice Brown also....
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That’s a beauty!
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11-04-2018, 10:42 PM
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Amazing!
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11-05-2018, 08:57 AM
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Wow - that is totally encouraging to see - nice catches there guys!
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11-05-2018, 10:25 AM
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Nice to see some browns being caught in the NSR,,, As pointed out earlier by Red Bullets, browns were stocked in the Edmonton area many years ago to see if they would take hold,,, but they didn't really take (issues with natural recruitment?)
So I would suspect these fish are not related to that stocking, but rather are fish that have migrated downstream from Rocky Mountain House area, or from below the Brazeau, stretches of river known to harbour a few browns.
The size and health of these two browns does indicate though that browns can certainly survive in the Edmonton area. I have always hoped that SRD would someday undertake to an annual brown trout stocking program to create a viable trout fishery in the NSR by Edmonton.
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11-04-2018, 05:42 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ch_b
Was at the bottom of the island west of the 75th street bridge on the NSR today practicing with the spey rod and ended up pulling in a 20+" brown trout. Swinging a chartreuse clouser through a ~5' deep tail-out type area. It was definitely a surprise!
After checking on here it looks like others have seen trout in the Edmonton stretch. Any recent experiences?
Didnt notice any redds after I started looking (it was in an area with a fair bit of cobble and current), and he didn't seem to be displaying any typical fall/spawn colors.
A pretty great late fall day!
A few photos:
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That’s awesome, you never know where you’all find them browns!
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11-04-2018, 08:05 PM
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I think I’m starting to agree! Very cool. Will have to try targeting them!
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11-08-2018, 07:58 AM
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I have to admit that I was worried what I would see when I opened this thread. I thought there was only one kind of “brown trout” in the NSR...
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11-08-2018, 12:26 PM
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I have to admit that I was worried what I would see when I opened this thread. I thought there was only one kind of “brown trout” in the NSR...
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Is that the kind with corn attached...
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11-08-2018, 12:38 PM
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Is that the kind with corn attached...
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You’re picking up what I’m putting down, but perhaps you shouldn’t.
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