Hasse lake is alive again

[Wiseslider76]

they stocked 25,000 trout this year. tiger, rainbow and brown and installed aerators. its alive again folks.

[Sundancefisher]

Originally Posted by Wiseslider76

they stocked 25,000 trout this year. tiger, rainbow and brown and installed aerators. its alive again folks.

Are the perch gone?

[Wiseslider76]

Originally Posted by Sundancefisher

Are the perch gone?

regulations state you can take 15 perch, but they didn't stock any this year. lake rehabilitation is underway. they haven't stocked for years because of high phosphorus causing kill. now they have aerators and trout stocked. but didn't say anything about Perch.

[MyAlberta]

Such a wonderful fishery back in the late seventies. Hope it has some success.

[Sundancefisher]

Originally Posted by Wiseslider76

regulations state you can take 15 perch, but they didn't stock any this year. lake rehabilitation is underway. they haven't stocked for years because of high phosphorus causing kill. now they have aerators and trout stocked. but didn't say anything about Perch.

Hopefully they see the same impact on perch in Hasse as we saw at Sundance. Browns and tigers will be good predators. In three years there could be jumbo perch and lots of trout if they put a size limit on them.

[Wiseslider76]

Originally Posted by Sundancefisher

Hopefully they see the same impact on perch in Hasse as we saw at Sundance. Browns and tigers will be good predators. In three years there could be jumbo perch and lots of trout if they put a size limit on them.

Agreed. i am very excited as the lake is 10 mins from my house so it will be a great little place to go and spend a day. i never keep any fish so ill be catch and release only.

[338Bluff]

Originally Posted by Sundancefisher

Hopefully they see the same impact on perch in Hasse as we saw at Sundance. Browns and tigers will be good predators. In three years there could be jumbo perch and lots of trout if they put a size limit on them.

I dont know if there was even a remnant population of perch left when they finally restocked it. It was virtually sterile for several years save for some sticklebacks.

[PeterSL]

ACA reported no sign of perch in the netting prior to stocking in May, just minnows. And I'm sure brown trout weren't stocked at Hasse. It was rainbows in the spring and rainbows and tigers in the fall. It took ACA four years to get the water quality back to a level that could support trout. This has and will continue to be an expensive reclaimation project. Hopefully the bucket brigade will stay away and Hasse will return to being a great trout fishery, especially for kids. Anyone looking for perch in the area should check out Star lake - nets set by hatchery staff one day this year produced 2 rainbows and 219 perch!

[SNAPFisher]

Thanks for the update Wiseslider. Great to hear indeed. I hope the lake and fish are going to do well.

[Sundancefisher]

Originally Posted by PeterSL

ACA reported no sign of perch in the netting prior to stocking in May, just minnows. And I'm sure brown trout weren't stocked at Hasse. It was rainbows in the spring and rainbows and tigers in the fall. It took ACA four years to get the water quality back to a level that could support trout. This has and will continue to be an expensive reclaimation project. Hopefully the bucket brigade will stay away and Hasse will return to being a great trout fishery, especially for kids. Anyone looking for perch in the area should check out Star lake - nets set by hatchery staff one day this year produced 2 rainbows and 219 perch!

That’s awesome news if the perch all died off.

If stickleback and/or fathead minnows survived I find it is hard to believe all the perch died.

That being said...lots of predation will be a great check on any remaining perch.

Hope it’s an awesome fishery!

[EZM]

I don't think the perch died off, IIRC they poisoned the lake to kill the perch and stocked minnows. A year or two later (this year) they stocked trout.

I could be wrong - but this is what I read somewhere (that was going to be the plan).

[Sundancefisher]

Originally Posted by EZM

I don't think the perch died off, IIRC they poisoned the lake to kill the perch and stocked minnows. A year or two later (this year) they stocked trout.

I could be wrong - but this is what I read somewhere (that was going to be the plan).

Found this

https://www.ab-conservation.com/prog...s-restoration/

[PerchBuster]

I did an exploratory fishin mission on that lake 3 or 4 yrs ago, fished it hard to see if any survivors, not a Perch to be found in there. Trout should do well if they can get them to over winter.

[HuyFishin]

this is fantastic news. I cant wait too see how the lake turns out in 2 years

[Talking moose]

Originally Posted by HuyFishin

this is fantastic news. I cant wait too see how the lake turns out in 2 years

Big broods right now....

[bezzola]

It will be fished out soon and in the summer it will so gross

[35 whelen]

With the amount of people fishing now in and around Edmonton it'll never be like it was in the 70s and early 80s I don't think

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[Talking moose]

Just got off the ice there. I was the only one all day. Lol
Sunday’s would be different.

[Talking moose]

Originally Posted by 35 whelen

With the amount of people fishing now in and around Edmonton it'll never be like it was in the 70s and early 80s I don't think

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What was it like in the 80’s?

[35 whelen]

Big rainbows if I remember right,

[Dewey Cox]

Big rainbows, and big hair.

[Wiseslider76]

Originally Posted by HuyFishin

this is fantastic news. I cant wait too see how the lake turns out in 2 years

Going to hit it up this weekend for a few hours . Maybe I’ll see ya out there only not in our kayaks this time

[pipco]

doh!

[ghostguy6]

If you want to make Hasse into a decent fishery again its probably best to ask for this thread to be deleted and keep the information to yourself. Any lake close to a major city will get hit hard and fast once it become public online. We've seen it many times on this forum. It seems like for every honest fisherman here there are 50 who just leech information.

[Afrayedknot]

Originally Posted by ghostguy6

If you want to make Hasse into a decent fishery again its probably best to ask for this thread to be deleted and keep the information to yourself. Any lake close to a major city will get hit hard and fast once it become public online. We've seen it many times on this forum. It seems like for every honest fisherman here there are 50 who just leech information.

Agree with this 100%!!!

[Talking moose]

Originally Posted by ghostguy6

If you want to make Hasse into a decent fishery again its probably best to ask for this thread to be deleted and keep the information to yourself. Any lake close to a major city will get hit hard and fast once it become public online. We've seen it many times on this forum. It seems like for every honest fisherman here there are 50 who just leech information.

There’s already videos of it on the Facebook fishing pages.
They see a ton of traffic. Too late.

[338Bluff]

Originally Posted by ghostguy6

If you want to make Hasse into a decent fishery again its probably best to ask for this thread to be deleted and keep the information to yourself. Any lake close to a major city will get hit hard and fast once it become public online. We've seen it many times on this forum. It seems like for every honest fisherman here there are 50 who just leech information.

You don't think people can read a stocking report or pick up on the ACA Facebook feed?

This is a well known, stocked lake close to a couple million people not an unamed perch lake north of LacLaBiche.

[338Bluff]

https://open.alberta.ca/publications/fish-stocking-list

[Talking moose]

https://youtu.be/Iglyx2c_jdQ
Here’s a link. Lol

[Talking moose]

Another recent link to the lake.
https://youtu.be/EgusxjzqJ24