Has anyone been out on Birch lake NW of Sundre this year? Wondering how the ice is. I was up in that area a few days a go it was showing -17C. I imagine there must be some ice by now. TIA
Had a successful trip out there last weekend. I'm sure it's still good.
Wow, I was there on the 22 of nov and there was just some ice around the edges (maybe 5-7ft out) and I could break it with a good stomp. It was frozen and you were out there fishing on the 26-27?
I was out in that area on the 28th on 4" of solid awesome black ice like glass for my yearly trip out for a little brookie action but action was slow for me. The trip itself and the surroundings with the light snow atop a good frost and man what a morning and afternoonpure silence other than the 4 gunshots I heard from the last few hunters out and about getting their game before the end of season.
Wow, I was there on the 22 of nov and there was just some ice around the edges (maybe 5-7ft out) and I could break it with a good stomp. It was frozen and you were out there fishing on the 26-27?
I had enough to get some great fishing done. Solid 2" Some places a bit more, some a bit less. I had my safety measures setup just in case.
Suggest you guys stay away from the south end where the two aerators are and you should be ok, ice has been growing since last Saturday when we dropped in for a look.
Quite a few people scattered all over the lake, the ice where I was fishing measured a good 8 - 10 inches....although I did hear one guy mention that the ice wasn't as thick for a hole he had drilled further out!
Anyways, it's all good for walking on and the aeration system on the south end of the lake is snow fenced in....so if anyway chooses to fish inside the warning barrier....well, you know what they say about the shallow end of the gene pool :P
Fishing was what I'd consider slow, with bites occurring sporadically, but throughout the day! I caught a total of 4 Rainbows and 2 Brookies(which had the black spots on them).
Released all but the one RB. It was amazing to me how lightly these fair sized RB's were biting. Caught 2 RB's actively jigging a Slender Spoon and the remainder were caught on the JawJacker.
Here's a couple of pics for you to enjoy. The RB in the 1st pic I kept and the football shaped RB in the 2nd pic is kinda neat...at least I think so :P
Birch lake ice condition
pure silence other than the 4 gunshots I heard from the last few hunters out and about getting their game before the end of season. 
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