Shore fishing near Hinton

[BigA]

Hi everyone. I will be heading out toward hinton on the August long weekend and I was wondering about some good places to fish in the area. Would need to be shore fishing as I am sans boat for a while. I would really like to try and catch a brown at Obed, but I heard that it's pretty weedy in the shallows. Any lakes or rivers that a person could get to fairly easily? Doesn't matter what type of fish it is, I would go for anything.'

Also does anyone know anything about getting a license for fishing in the National Park? I heard a person needs to get a special permit for that? In that true?

[mark-edmonton]

millers lake between edson and hinton, or try the athabasco or some tributaries on the trunk road

[Big Bull]

National Park license is approx. $10 for a day or aprrox $30 for the year. You can purchase them at the park entrance, park info centre, or tackle shops in Jasper. IGA in Hinton may even sell them.

[troutpirate]

forget obed from shore not that its weedy because its not that bad. the channel is about 400 yards from shore except in one spot that would be a long wet walk. try a C&R river like the gregg or wildhay espeacilly in the less acessible sections