Kananaskis Area Snow Reports?

Scott N · #1 03-09-2018, 12:55 PM

I was just wondering if anyone has been out to Spray, or the Upper / Lower Kananaskis Lakes in the past week or so, and could report on how much snow is on the ice?

Thanks,

Scott

noviceguy · #2 03-11-2018, 01:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Scott N

I was just wondering if anyone has been out to Spray, or the Upper / Lower Kananaskis Lakes in the past week or so, and could report on how much snow is on the ice?

Thanks,

Scott

Fished Lower K on 7 March lake itself is just a foot of snow about 24" ice. But snowbanks on the roadside is waist deep.

smi_tty · #3 03-11-2018, 08:58 PM

How was the action at upper/lower kananaskis?

Scott N · #4 03-12-2018, 09:21 AM

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How was the action at upper/lower kananaskis?

My buddy and I tried the lower lake on Saturday east end - never even marked a fish on my flasher, let alone catch one. Beautiful day out at least.

Sharpie · #5 03-12-2018, 01:17 PM

How much water came out of the holes due to the snow pressure? Might head there this weekend.

Scott N · #6 03-12-2018, 02:29 PM

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How much water came out of the holes due to the snow pressure? Might head there this weekend.

None on Saturday. There was about 4" of ice, then a layer of about 2" of water, then another good 18" of ice or so I'd guess.

EDIT: We were fishing at the east end of the lake near where the boat launch is.

Sharpie · #7 03-12-2018, 03:33 PM

thanks

noviceguy · #8 03-13-2018, 09:14 AM

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How was the action at upper/lower kananaskis?

Caught one bull trout on 6 fow. no other action, stayed for 6 hours.

RayL42 · #9 03-13-2018, 02:58 PM

We did well on the upper lake on Sunday 6 bulls and one cut in just over 4 hours
In 80'

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Scott N · #10 03-13-2018, 03:10 PM

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We did well on the upper lake on Sunday 6 bulls and one cut in just over 4 hours
In 80'

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Ray, if you don't mind me asking, what kind of depth are you fishing at?

RayL42 · #11 03-13-2018, 03:28 PM

80' of water the bulls were active 64 -40' and the cut came in at 25'. the flasher was key in our success.

Scott N · #12 03-13-2018, 03:46 PM

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80' of water the bulls were active 64 -40' and the cut came in at 25'. the flasher was key in our success.

Thank you, I appreciate the info.

Sharpie · #13 03-13-2018, 04:02 PM

How high do you run your flasher from your lure? If you don't mind passing on a tip. Or do you mean an electronic flasher?

RayL42 · #14 03-13-2018, 04:31 PM

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How high do you run your flasher from your lure? If you don't mind passing on a tip. Or do you mean an electronic flasher?

Flasher as in the electronic fish finder. the bulls seemed to only hit when following the gig as we raised it.

Sharpie · #15 03-23-2018, 09:01 AM

Anyone been out there this week? We were there on Saturday and Sunday. Some water under the snow but it was still fishable comfortably. I wanna go back tomorrow but not if the water is to bad is why im asking. I also cant find anyone to go with me so we will see. We caught 3 bulls and a really nice cutty. Caught 2 of the bulls and the cutty in about 1 1/2 hours once we found the spot.

pinelakeperch · #16 03-23-2018, 09:30 AM

I generally fish shallow prairie lakes and ponds, so excuse my ignorance, but at 80 feet, do the fish live after releasing them?

Sharpie · #17 03-23-2018, 11:19 AM

Yessir. even at 70-90 feet lots of the fish are half way up. We were fishing in about 60' and catching them sometimes 30-40 feet from the bottom. As long as you don't horse them up they are fine even from the bottom.

.243dude · #18 03-23-2018, 03:11 PM

Me and a buddy are planning on going out tomorrow, any reports of how much snow is out there?