Trout Creek

[kissarmygeneral]

Hi all,

I was driving out to the Crowsnest a couple weeks ago and I took the Claresholm route over to the Cowboy Trail, instead of the usual Nanton route. I crossed over a really tasty looking bit of water called "Trout Creek" and I cant find any information on the creek but I'd be interested in how it fishes. Anyone?

[pikergolf]

Best way to find out, is to go and try it.

[Full Curl Earl]

Real helpful info there eh!

[Jayhad]

I've never fished trout creek but I have sat on it's banks for sometime observing. I have never found anything worth throwing at, but if you go let me know how it fishes. I am speculating but I think the ag land around the area ruined the creek, I say ruined because you don't name a creek Trout Creek if there are no trout in it..... perhaps further upstream in the mountains?

[pikergolf]

Originally Posted by Full Curl Earl

Real helpful info there eh!

It's the best advice he'll get.

[Taco]

Trout Ck is way too sensitive to drought conditions to be a constantly good trout stream along it's entire length. If you time it right, know were to go and who to ask it can be pretty decent small stream fishin'.

IMO it has never yet fully recovered from being dry over much it's length during the 80's drought.

[kissarmygeneral]

Originally Posted by Taco

Trout Ck is way too sensitive to drought conditions to be a constantly good trout stream along it's entire length. If you time it right, know were to go and who to ask it can be pretty decent small stream fishin'.

IMO it has never yet fully recovered from being dry over much it's length during the 80's drought.

Thanks for the reply.

[smitty9]

Originally Posted by pikergolf

It's the best advice he'll get.

Apparently, you were wrong. See Taco's reply.

Smitty

[Moefoe]

Yeah it does dry up from time to time. There's a dug-out controlled canal that runs for 2km or so from trout creek that in turn during run off feeds a guys trophy trout pond down there...in 2011 his gate from the pond to the canal malfunctioned and about 200 fat slobs headed into the canal, fair game! Myself and a buddy spent the better part of 3 weeks down there catching 10lbs Rainbows in a canal no more than 5' across...even returned a few to the pond if we were close enough. As for the creek itself never saw much happening in there!

[pikergolf]

Originally Posted by smitty9

Apparently, you were wrong. See Taco's reply.

Smitty

No not wrong. Going and checking it out yourself can lead to all sorts of great things and is very satisfying.

[slivers86]

Originally Posted by pikergolf

It's the best advice he'll get.

x2 - you never know until you explore! I have often wondered about the same creek however... it may just get a try this week!

[kissarmygeneral]

Originally Posted by Full Curl Earl

Real helpful info there eh!

No kidding.

[Chief16]

Originally Posted by pikergolf

Best way to find out, is to go and try it.

He can't find any info on it so who's to say that it isn't closed to fishing and by asking on here someone could inform him of that? There's more to asking than just spots on a river or how well it fishes you know

[river ghost]

hello,I fished trout creek a few years back in the upper section.Late in the season,it was the strangest little stream.Parts of it disappeared underground then reappeared downstream with flow leaving fat little cuties trapped like fish in a barrel but still healthy. Real spooky fish.Plan to try it again a little further down and a little earlier.Yes it was powerful medicine.

[dbaayens]

Hey River Ghost, you should talk to district fisheries biologist with AEP or the ACA about what you saw there and exactly where you saw it. Those types of observations are potentially very useful. Are those pure cutthroat? Could be. The semi-permanence of that type of water could prevent hybridization. The reason they are looking good is that there is flow in the gravel (interstitial flow). Anyone who sees that type of scenario in Alberta with native cutts or bulls in it needs to report it to the local biologist for assessment. They may already know about it... but maybe not. The stellar native bull trout fishery/native trout stronghold that has developed in lower Kananaskis Lakes is largely because a concerned angler talked to a biologist.

[river ghost]

You are absolutely right.I'll try,I just hope they'll show a little more interest than the two times I called in tags from bow river fish.Still worth a try,after all they did give me a day of memories.I think god painted those ones himself.

[Calgaryguy1977]

Very cool Riverghost!

[river ghost]

so,after a 45 min. runaround I was able to get the right # for the fisheries biologist down in Lethbridge. I called at 3 pm. & got message to call between 9 & 1 or 2 & 4.30 pm.?? Anyways I left a detailed message,hope he or she lets me know. p.s. is this not how to spell Lethbridge? This computer disagrees.

[Bushrat]

Originally Posted by river ghost

hello,I fished trout creek a few years back in the upper section.Late in the season,it was the strangest little stream.Parts of it disappeared underground then reappeared downstream with flow leaving fat little cuties trapped like fish in a barrel but still healthy. Real spooky fish.Plan to try it again a little further down and a little earlier.Yes it was powerful medicine.

The fish are probably not cut off from downstream, most likely they swim right through underground, if the stream goes under ground and pops out a little further down with the same flow there will likely be underground channels large enough for fish to swim through them. Its probably where the big ones are hiding

[river ghost]

I kind of thought the same thing when I was there,but also noticed that there was higher water marks like gravel pushes,cut banks,wood piles etc.Fish can probably travel freely in spring.Going out on a limb to spill some beans now.Google trout creek,find the green marker for dry coulee.Scan down from "where I was" about two K or so from the bridge.See the big waterfall?That might stop em'.Now look upstream directly under the cloud line,nice beaver pond with waterfall-dam.Wish I'd checked the sat. last time,may have to go exploring.



































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