Battle River

chubbdarter · #1 04-05-2011, 09:05 PM

any info
please and thank you

gl2 · #2 04-05-2011, 09:24 PM

its supposed to have walleye in it....... your welcome.

Xiph0id · #3 04-05-2011, 09:33 PM

It's got water too!

jpietrzak1979 · #4 04-05-2011, 09:59 PM

I was actually curious about this river too, it seems extremely narrow and shallow but claims good fish types in the regs. Does anyone fish that river?

Gust · #5 04-05-2011, 10:25 PM

Weird!!!

I ran into a friend I hadn't seen in 18 years,, she spent the winter doing ice fishing tournaments (What the How???!!!),, anyhoo, she inherited some land on the Battle and offered her land for fishing and says the Walleye and Goldeye fishing slams (in a good way). However, I have a feeling that I'll be tilling soil for the privelage of fishing.

chubbdarter · #6 04-05-2011, 10:27 PM

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Originally Posted by GustavMahler

Weird!!!

I ran into a friend I hadn't seen in 18 years,, she spent the winter doing ice fishing tournaments (What the How???!!!),, anyhoo, she inherited some land on the Battle and offered her land for fishing and says the Walleye and Goldeye fishing slams (in a good way). However, I have a feeling that I'll be tilling soil for the privelage of fishing.

gus you hoe....i fish....dont see a problem

thanks

Rockymtnx · #7 04-05-2011, 11:46 PM

chubbdarter, what part of the Battle River were you thinking about?
The Battle River streches over 800kms through Alberta.
From what I understand, There are suckers, walleye, pike, mooneye, goldeye in the river. Mooneye, and goldeye are only found downstream of the Forsburg Dam.

chubbdarter · #8 04-05-2011, 11:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Rockymtnx

chubbdarter, what part of the Battle River were you thinking about?
The Battle River streches over 800kms through Alberta.
From what I understand, There are suckers, walleye, pike, mooneye, goldeye in the river. Mooneye, and goldeye are only found downstream of the Forsburg Dam.

the part i keep hearing rumors about big walleye being caught in.

chubbdarter · #9 04-06-2011, 12:11 PM

was like Christmas morning reading my pm's

THREAD CLOSED.....thanks

Alberta Redneck · #10 04-06-2011, 12:55 PM

I have fished the Battle between Manning and High Level, i have caught lots of Walleye, Goldeye and Jacks

pickrel pat · #11 04-06-2011, 02:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Alberta Redneck

I have fished the Battle between Manning and High Level, i have caught lots of Walleye, Goldeye and Jacks

thats not battle river. you fished either the notikiwan, hotchkiss, or the meikle. as the legend goes, notikiwan is the first battle, hotchkiss is the second, meikle is the third battle.

FisherPotch · #12 04-06-2011, 03:57 PM

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Originally Posted by chubbdarter

was like Christmas morning reading my pm's

THREAD CLOSED.....thanks

You should probably post the pm's He he
Or you could forward them to me

chubbdarter · #13 04-06-2011, 04:13 PM

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Originally Posted by FisherPotch

You should probably post the pm's He he
Or you could forward them to me

hahhahaah....i do have one pm from Ken-vtte.....but its disgusting

Dust1n · #14 04-06-2011, 07:16 PM

I fish the battle river lots of pike! and a ton of em average form 3-5lbs with the odd 8lber. i use redhead rattle snakes on mono for one reason...my reflexs it allows you the extra second of slack and that will be the dission weather you land it or not. 85% of the strikes youll get will be very hard, and the pike will 9/10 in slow rivers smack the lure on its side and drag it upstream/downstream. the name of the game on those river is to cover as much water as possible casting every 10-15 feet bcause these pike will charge about 15 feet to a crank your bait. i know this because i know where every pikes home is on the blindman and i studied them on what they want how they attack and how fats it takes them. majority of the pike will be right tight on shore!

chubbdarter · #15 04-06-2011, 07:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Fish Hunter7

I fish the battle river lots of pike! and a ton of em average form 3-5lbs with the odd 8lber. i use redhead rattle snakes on mono for one reason...my reflexs it allows you the extra second of slack and that will be the dission weather you land it or not. 85% of the strikes youll get will be very hard, and the pike will 9/10 in slow rivers smack the lure on its side and drag it upstream/downstream. the name of the game on those river is to cover as much water as possible casting every 10-15 feet bcause these pike will charge about 15 feet to a crank your bait. i know this because i know where every pikes home is on the blindman and i studied them on what they want how they attack and how fats it takes them. majority of the pike will be right tight on shore!

I hope thats gonna be in the book

Dust1n · #16 04-06-2011, 08:02 PM

i should start makikng notes lol about everything i post so i can create the book. right now its a notebook full of notes. about 100x more tips then dave mercers book not saying anything bad about it. dave is an awsome guy and i wish more ppl were like him. also pretty funny.

chubbdarter · #17 04-06-2011, 08:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Fish Hunter7

i should start makikng notes lol about everything i post so i can create the book. right now its a notebook full of notes. about 100x more tips then dave mercers book not saying anything bad about it. dave is an awsome guy and i wish more ppl were like him. also pretty funny.

Mercer is a chump....your book will be better and your way funnier

Dust1n · #18 04-06-2011, 08:16 PM

i hope it turns out. its going to be a B1tch to fix all typing errors...but all the writtin stuff is all error free i hope

Daceminnow · #19 04-06-2011, 08:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Fish Hunter7

i hope it turns out. its going to be a B1tch to fix all typing errors...but all the writtin stuff is all error free i hope

chub, you send the good man up that typewriter yet? we'll help find someone to work with you on the editing.

chubbdarter · #20 04-06-2011, 08:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Daceminnow

chub, you send the good man up that typewriter yet? we'll help find someone to work with you on the editing.

just need a addy

Dust1n · #21 04-06-2011, 08:30 PM

i got a new thread about it.

socal · #22 05-27-2011, 10:33 AM

I know a lot of spots down by hardisty pulled a few 10lb walleyes out of there every year if you need someone to show you around i could for sure. It's probably the best river in alberta that nobody knows about which is good.

TyreeUM · #23 05-27-2011, 01:18 PM

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Originally Posted by chubbdarter

Mercer is a chump....your book will be better and your way funnier

watch it!

And just as a side note, Saskatchewan stocked splake in their section of the battle river in 1989...maybe they spawned and you can catch some of the offspring upstream

...Also people catch the odd rainbow early spring in the sask section of the battle...

chubbdarter · #24 05-27-2011, 01:50 PM

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Originally Posted by TyreeUM

watch it!

And just as a side note, Saskatchewan stocked splake in their section of the battle river in 1989...maybe they spawned and you can catch some of the offspring upstream

...Also people catch the odd rainbow early spring in the sask section of the battle...

hahahhahahhahhahahahahhaaa

chubbdarter · #25 05-27-2011, 01:51 PM

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Originally Posted by socal

I know a lot of spots down by hardisty pulled a few 10lb walleyes out of there every year if you need someone to show you around i could for sure. It's probably the best river in alberta that nobody knows about which is good.

Thank you sir....i will take that offer...whens a good time?

Ken07AOVette · #26 05-27-2011, 01:59 PM

It's 10 miles from my house. They say it is deep enough in places you would never find the body

chubbdarter · #27 05-27-2011, 02:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Ken07AOVette

It's 10 miles from my house. They say it is deep enough in places you would never find the body

Ken is extremely generous with both his time and skills...........

lol.....does that translate to.......long foreplay and great technique?

bahawabhawabahawa

ndw · #28 05-27-2011, 04:48 PM

fished the battle river for years, where are you fishing at

Flyfisher87 · #29 05-27-2011, 05:11 PM

I have fished various sections of the Battle. The furthest west I fished it was south of Camrose. Only caught pike there. Biggest about 4lbs. Spent more time at the highway bridge north of Brownfield. Only caught pike there as well. Hardisty bridge, skunked, Highway 14 bridge skunked. even fished it on the Sask side one year ( Spent most of my time in Sask anyways), got skunked plus broke a rod. Some big fish come out of Forestburg Dam. Big Knife Prov. Park on the west side of the dam is a great place to stay too.

trigger7mm · #30 05-27-2011, 05:46 PM

Socal, I live close to the Battle River, and fish it quite a bit. If you're ever interested in getting together and sharing a few spots that are good, I'd be up for that. I've caught a ton of walleye in there, but not a lot of pike. I get a few nice goldeye every year too. Most of the fishing I do is in the Hardisty area.