Thunder Lake, home of the big pike ...

[Drewski Canuck]

AND THE BIGGER PERCH!!!!

Does anyone remember this video? I would love to see it again.

Meanwhile, looking at the forecast and road conditions and trying to decide how desperate I am.

Drewski

[Alberta Bigbore]

big pike... big perch?? since when? then again i havent fished it in over 5 years

[Kim473]

20 years ago or more.

[HOSSTONE1]

Thats right Drewski, big perch and HUGE pike! I grew up in Barrhead, and fished that lake for many years. Seen some huge perch down the holes many times. Caught my personal best 13.5 inches back in the 80's and early nineties . Used to catch 10-12 inchers right off the dock at the launch with corn or bacon. As for the pike, I have caught several 15-18 pounders and have seen lots of 25 plus pounders in different areas of the lake. This lake was great in the 80's, then pollution from the cattle fields had all the crap seeping in and the grey water from the cabins in the bay left of the launch. It then started getting green and then winterkill set in.

Maybe one day it will get back to the way it used to be.

[Drewski Canuck]

Actually, this video is pretty funny, if anyone can find it. This is before the days of youtube. Its not about the fishing so much, if you watch the video.

[Drewski Canuck]

Hosstone,

What you describe is phosphate oveload. Phosphates take a very long time to break down, especially in a basin lake that has no strong outlet flow to flush itself out every year. until the Phosphates are locked into the lake sediment, they just keep triggering algae blooms and weed growth which results in winter kill when the weeds die under the ice.

Drewski