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north sask river
does it get real muddy one ice off or just when everything starts melting hard
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03-18-2011, 06:45 PM
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Yup. Expect muddy water from ice out to mid summer.
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03-18-2011, 08:47 PM
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A lot turbidity depends on what is let go out of the dam by Nordegg.
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03-18-2011, 08:59 PM
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A lot turbidity depends on what is let go out of the dam by Nordegg.
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Yup. There will definitely be some from the runoff when everything melts upstream, but you'll really notice it when they open up that dam! 
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03-18-2011, 09:09 PM
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still good for sucker fishing at those times!! or some of the side creeks for pike
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Don't forget the epic walleye fishing in spring
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03-19-2011, 12:23 AM
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maybe... but i prefer the walleye fishing from August right through fall on the NSR
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03-19-2011, 12:58 AM
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I got a 12 lb walleye that says Springs the best lol cant figure out how to save the photo to my phone from my Facebook
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03-19-2011, 08:25 AM
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maybe... but i prefer the walleye fishing from August right through fall on the NSR
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X2 I found the end of the season to be amazing for walleye.
Spring is for the pike! 
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03-19-2011, 09:08 AM
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There is a few day when the ice is off and the water starts to rise and gets ugly. those are the days to fish the river.
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03-19-2011, 09:27 AM
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it was June 15th last year when the visability got to two feet. and then another run off a month later.
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03-19-2011, 01:37 PM
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early season
I had great sucess early on in the season on the North Saskatchewan. My luck seemed to run out in July and I didn't catch a thing after that. I fish the river in Edmonton with a croc spoon. In spring the goldeye action was great. I love to catch them.
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03-19-2011, 04:48 PM
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crocs worked good in silver with a blue strip now i cant find one to buy....
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03-19-2011, 08:49 PM
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Nsr
The only time that you can be guaranteed that the NSR river wont be muddy is when its frozen over.  .Seriously though,I wouldnt worry too much about water visibility,if the fish in the NSR (Edmonton area) only relied on sight feeding they would have starved to death along time ago.Try bottom fishing with minnows or dew worms anywhere that the current is slower.good luck.
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03-20-2011, 02:11 AM
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I don't have a lot of experience with the NSR but I have spent a lifetime fishing the Peace and it is far muddier most of the year.
Most of the year bait is a must. We use chicken gizzard, frog, or beaver meat.
For Walleye we fish the bottom along a current break, like the head of an eddy. For Goldeye we fish our bait about a foot below the surface in gentle current.
For Ling/Burbot we fish the bottom in dead water, and for Pike we fish mid column in moderate to slow current.
With all bottom presentations we leave the bait sit. If fishing off the bottom, we drift our bait.
Once the water clears up we return to conventional fishing. Here a yellow twister tail works as good as anything.
Don't know if any of that would apply to the NSR, but it couldn't hurt to try.
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03-20-2011, 09:44 AM
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Have anyone of u guys tried icefishing in the nsr?
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03-20-2011, 09:51 AM
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your lure would go downstreem and i wouldnt chance it.
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03-20-2011, 09:55 AM
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Drove across that Capilano bridge on thrusday and seen 5 deer standing on the river.
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03-20-2011, 10:18 AM
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Have anyone of u guys tried icefishing in the nsr?
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no.... Lol
Our rivers here are just not designed by nature for icefishing.
Unlike Manitoba... They icefish on the Red River for huge greenbacks... so jealous. :-(
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03-20-2011, 05:30 PM
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no.... Lol
Our rivers here are just not designed by nature for icefishing.
Unlike Manitoba... They icefish on the Red River for huge greenbacks... so jealous. :-(
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X 3 Ever see how fast that water moves even with the ice ontop ? Not safe stupid idea .
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03-20-2011, 05:52 PM
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if your into sucker fishing you can hit the creeks up juring the spawn
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03-20-2011, 06:46 PM
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Have anyone of u guys tried icefishing in the nsr?
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i am reluctant to answer.......be i don't lie. yes. when i was young and dumb. caught a 10" sucker on a worm. stupid idea to be out on ice with moving water below.
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03-20-2011, 07:23 PM
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The river is ALIVE !!!
I probably know it better then almost anybody !!!!
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03-20-2011, 08:03 PM
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The river is ALIVE !!!
I probably know it better then almost anybody !!!!
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Wow thats a first to think everythings dead but the nsr
I was starting to think you didnt know your head from a hole in the ground 
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03-20-2011, 08:07 PM
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Quote:
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The river is ALIVE !!!
I probably know it better then almost anybody !!!!
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ok soo where are the cuttys in the river and have u hooked into many brown?
hows the bull fishing i herd its great
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03-20-2011, 08:32 PM
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ok soo where are the cuttys in the river and have u hooked into many brown?
hows the bull fishing i herd its great
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cuttys are in the headwater tribes you'll find the bulls all the way to rmh and browns Abit lower
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03-20-2011, 08:38 PM
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i havent caught too many browns in the river without something else taking the fly...and iv only managed a couple cuttys near rocky mabe 3.
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03-21-2011, 09:44 AM
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cuttys are in the headwater tribes you'll find the bulls all the way to rmh and browns Abit lower
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Neil Wagh did catch a rainbow downtown Edmonton years back on a fly. Everytime I go out at least I have some hope knowing they make it that far.
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I probably know it better then almost anybody !!!!
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No, sturgoenhound does........
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03-21-2011, 10:47 AM
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Neil Wagh did catch a rainbow downtown Edmonton years back on a fly. Everytime I go out at least I have some hope knowing they make it that far.
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X2, have seen them caught by the quesnell bridge area many years ago.
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