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09-05-2015, 01:18 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2011
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Mountain white fish
Im in search of some mountain white fish but dont know where to start looking for them. Anyone have some good rivers to take a look at.
Thanks
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09-05-2015, 02:10 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: St. Albert
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Almost any stream near the mountains is going to have rockies. Every Alberta watershed has them. Just throw on a nymph and you're bound to hook up with one.
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09-05-2015, 02:43 PM
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If we know where you're at, it will be easier to give you some direction. Find spots with moderate current (helps if there's a fallen tree or 2 in the water), and drift a nymph (hare's ear usually works well) through.
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09-05-2015, 02:45 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2011
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Quote:
Originally Posted by alacringa
If we know where you're at, it will be easier to give you some direction. Find spots with moderate current (helps if there's a fallen tree or 2 in the water), and drift a nymph (hare's ear usually works well) through.
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Haha sorry completely forgot to give my location. I live in Cochrane.
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09-05-2015, 03:21 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 270WINCHESTER
Haha sorry completely forgot to give my location. I live in Cochrane.
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Bow river is loaded with them. See above comments.
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09-05-2015, 04:14 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: By the shores of the bow
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 270WINCHESTER
Haha sorry completely forgot to give my location. I live in Cochrane.
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excellent whitefish water in cochrane, walk down to the bow, try some nymphs
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09-05-2015, 06:26 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2011
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Ive always had troubles nymphing the bow in cochrane. Getting caught up with the white gunk every drift...
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09-05-2015, 06:30 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Kananaskis
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you may find some in the jumpingpound. heavy red nymphs such as a copper john or red wire worm will work.
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09-05-2015, 09:36 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: sum beach. somewhere
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Last one i got was on a gold bh hare ear nymph with a sandy coloured body was actually tryin to imitate a stonefly but it worked out good browns were hittin it too
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09-07-2015, 04:55 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2015
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Buddy of mine was on the McLeod this weekend and a ton of luck
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09-07-2015, 08:31 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2011
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Sofaking316
Buddy of mine was on the McLeod this weekend and a ton of luck
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looks like a good day!
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09-08-2015, 08:27 AM
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I'm glad when people appreciate whitefish. They are underrated and fight good too. If it's not too far for you you might try the crowsnest? I couldnt fool those Wiley rainbows down there but did ok for whitefish. Or if you want to head north, the Clearwater had lots as well.
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09-08-2015, 08:50 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2014
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If u want to drive north, there's some excellent whitefish in the red deer River, anywhere up til it flows into glennifer lake
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09-08-2015, 01:04 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2013
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I get them all the time right in red deer. Find a deep slow pool and drift a royal coachmen or San Juan worm under a strike indicator. It's a little bit sacrilege but tipping your fly with a maggot can really get them going too.
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09-09-2015, 09:59 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2010
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They are interesting fish. On the Bow, where I catch most of my whitefish, they are "Here today, gone tomorrow". Some years are better than others. Last year I had no problems catching a fish or two every other trip or so to the river starting in August. This year, I have not got a single one in all my trips to the river. They can sometimes be one of the hardest fish to locate and catch, I find. Even more difficult than Brown trout in a bad year. Mysterious fish.
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09-09-2015, 11:25 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2013
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Correct me if I am wrong. I thought White Fish usually travel in a school? And they are pretty much everywhere in the ES1 streams.
Caught a few from Elbow River last month, and a few from Bow River this year.
I was just on the Bow yesterday in Calgary NW and I caught a 20" White in a very slow pool, and I know there are more white fish in the same pool, but ran out of time...
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09-09-2015, 02:39 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Cochrane
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Went fishing for whites yesterday in a spot I normally find them. Ended up catching 3 brookies and 2 browns
Usually it's the other way around, so if you want to catch brownies, go fishing for whites
Anybody got any good smoker recipes(including brine) for whitefish?
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09-09-2015, 04:09 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2013
Posts: 120
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I was out for rainbow yesterday. And the white fish took the hook...
Bow is like a box of chocolate.
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