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04-19-2018, 10:45 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2016
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2018 fish stocking
Does anybody know when the 2018 fish stocking starts and what lake they will stock first?
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04-20-2018, 07:54 AM
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Join Date: May 2013
Location: Sherwood Park
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Gotta get the ice off the lakes first. Jokes aside, it usually starts in May sometime. Southern lakes maybe a little earlier if ice free. I think the order of stocking is fairly random.
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04-20-2018, 08:42 AM
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Calgary
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I think Gerald is right... usually May, if the ice is gone lol.
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04-20-2018, 01:14 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: West Edmonton
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April and may depending on the location. They dont need much open water so will likely start soon if they havent already. If you are wondering about a particular lake I would look up a bunch of recent years and see when it is usually stocked, maybe add a week or two because of later ice off this year.
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04-20-2018, 01:18 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2010
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Won't be April this year..
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04-20-2018, 03:32 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Sask
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Stocking is dependant on water temperature.
The water temp of the lake/pond/stream can’t be too drastically different from the water temp of the hatchery or the water truck that brought them to the waterbody.
The fish are then acclimiatized to the new water temp by submerging the bucket in shallow water to reduce mortality from the sudden temperature change.
Not sure if this is standard in all provinces etc but this is the best way to keep mortality at or near zero.
When we walked Splake fingerlings a few KM into a backcountry lake in Sask, we even had an aerator tube taped into the gargabe bag that was carrying the fish in the garage bin
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04-20-2018, 06:38 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Calgary
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Just out of curiosity does anyone know if they take winter kill into consideration? Replacing fish that died because of the long winter.
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04-21-2018, 07:51 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Edmonton
Posts: 389
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Quote:
Originally Posted by LCCFisherman
Won't be April this year..
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Hahaha - just dumping all the fish on top of the ice! New meaning of ice fishing for sure.
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04-21-2018, 09:04 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2016
Posts: 117
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Then it would be fish grabbing lol.
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04-24-2018, 04:28 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Medicine Hat
Posts: 17
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There's a link of stocking report and map for 2017.
https://mywildalberta.ca/fishing/fis...king-maps.aspx
You can see the dates they were stocking around you last year and what they did stock in particular.
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05-06-2018, 11:41 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2007
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Good question. Seems something should be published by now. Its a short season already.
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05-06-2018, 11:45 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 517
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I think they plan accordingly but are affected by seasonal variations. But this year I would believe more lakes had complete winterkill than most years. Saw nice dead browns in Grotto a few days ago.
As of may 2 2018 no fish stocked in grotto or lorette and sibbald lake so low I doubt they will stock it this year also sibbald pond frozen solid
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05-06-2018, 11:52 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2017
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Aca website has posted about a dozen lakes they have already stocked. Mostly small ponds and reservoirs in towns like Cipperly and Emerson.
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05-06-2018, 02:49 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2016
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bowness
As of may 2 2018 no fish stocked in grotto or lorette and sibbald lake so low I doubt they will stock it this year also sibbald pond frozen solid
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I fished Sibbald pond wasn't frozen over at all. I had 12 ft of water under me. 🐟🐟🐟 🐳
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05-06-2018, 03:48 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2011
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ACA already stocked multiple areas. However, they stock very small fish, like 15cm
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05-07-2018, 02:03 PM
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Join Date: May 2016
Location: Calgary
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05-07-2018, 02:20 PM
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Roderek
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Thanks, I was just wondering yesterday when they would update this list.
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05-07-2018, 02:29 PM
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Join Date: May 2012
Location: Alberta
Posts: 2,445
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I'd love to catch one of those big brookies out of Nicholas Sheran. No luck so far!
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05-07-2018, 03:59 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 517
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That was sibbald lake, not pond...
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05-07-2018, 04:00 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2007
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I was there on Saturday (sibbald pond) and it was frozen end to end but the lake was open. Not sure if there is 12 feet of water in it. Not even 12 cubic feet lol
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