North Saskatchewan Wally's

FisherPotch · #1 05-10-2008, 04:03 PM

Some recent photos on the NSR from April 28th to May 7th. All these eyes are between 25 and 29 inches.

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Here's where they get good! 27 inches
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28 inches my best in length since late 2006
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28.5 incher and his first eye of the season!!!
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29 inches and the only fish from one very long day
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Hope you enjoy the pics. I'm still waiting for digital compies of the highlights from our 07 season on the NSR When he finaly gets them to me you can be sure I'll post. The highlights being a few 29inch eyes and a couple sturgeon.

Donny Bear · #2 05-10-2008, 04:33 PM

Thanks sure enjoyed the pic's guys gets the fever going for sure. Very nice fish.

Tight Lines

Jorg · #3 05-10-2008, 04:45 PM

Sweet pics
Heading out to the cottage next weekend on the south sask river, after seeing your pics I won't be able to sleep all week

SteveY66 · #4 05-10-2008, 06:12 PM

fisherpotch, im pming you

-JR- · #5 05-10-2008, 07:25 PM

Those are some nice walleye ,What were you using just the old worm rig ?

sirmike68 · #6 05-10-2008, 07:47 PM

Nice fish! Now I've got the itch. THX

The Anvil · #7 05-10-2008, 09:58 PM

Just thought i would share a few pics of a nice Walleye I pulled out of the NSR near Devon last year, I don't know how long or how much it weighed but it hit my line like a rocket and put up a great fight. One of the biggest i have caught yet to date.... i caught a few more that day but all smaller than this by far.

I'm after a few more of these NSR monsters.

Roebag · #8 05-11-2008, 09:40 AM

Very Nice, I also fish the NSR but closer to Rocky for "eyes" it's been good over the years.

FisherPotch · #9 05-11-2008, 10:50 AM

It's a great fishery no mater where you fish it. All these fish were caught on plastics actually, my bud did have some luck on a pickeral rig but no hogs. On wednesday I did land a few fish on a pickeral rig with dew worms but for the most part minnows have been the ticket if lazy man fishing is your style. The issue with the pickeral rig with worms is that ther are too many suckers and lil burbots and a bag of worms doesn't go very far. Plus debris flowing in to the line is a hassel this time of year.

Roebag · #10 05-11-2008, 02:26 PM

I agree with plastics, though Yellow and Red Five of Diamonds and the old Red Devil still do well too! Last year we caught a few nice Browns fishing for the eyes in the same holes

Rob

FisherPotch · #11 05-11-2008, 02:51 PM

Nice! A month ago I had never even caught a brown but I went down to the bow a few weeks back and got my first and then some. Ima start a thread tomorrow with pics from the bow trip.

I know a guy whom swears to having caught a brown near Fort Saskatchewan! I've always been skeptical. Also heard rumors of a rocky being caught just upstream of Fort Saksatchewan.

-JR- · #12 05-11-2008, 02:56 PM

Thats true when using worms ,those goldeye like to nipple away on them .
Those pictures look like ledgend ,is it !
Should be getting close for the sturgend to start bitting .
Have you seen any rising yet ?

FisherPotch · #13 05-11-2008, 03:35 PM

JR, I actualy find that good size goldeye are more easily caught with the jumbo minnows but thats just me. I'm not sure I follow your last post.

In the future I'ma be a legend!!

LMAO!

Or were you wondering if that was by legend's? either way the answer is no. I won't fish there because it is way to popular of a spot and the pressure is ridiculous. Id rather hike a mile than rub shoulders so we get off the beaten trail. Pics are from 3 different spot and I've been PM'd multiple times for the holes. Sorry not given them out, hit legends all u'd like. When ppl ask where I'm fishing thats where I send them lol!!!!

I've never seen sturgeon rise b4. Or were you refering to a the goldeye rising?

As a note, I did catch sturgeon last year while set rigging for walleye. BUT it's not leagel to sportfish for sturgeon. Enless you are the holder of a sturgeon licence and then you would likely have tags too. I missed the boat on one of these licences by days!! I'm still upset about it.

-JR- · #14 05-13-2008, 05:47 PM

Those stugeon like to jump right out of the water about 2 feet in the air .
I have only seen them jump in july.
and your right its only catch and release in alberta ,no more tags.

buckmaster · #15 05-13-2008, 11:04 PM

I've never seen sturgeon rise b4. Or were you refering to a the goldeye rising?

I saw sturgeon rising quite frequently last summer!

FisherPotch · #16 05-14-2008, 12:37 AM

I've seen sturgeon Jump two feet in the air on TV before lol. While they were hooked!

I'd love to see one rising but I think you boys gota be BSing me because not only are they bottom feeders with sucker style mouths but they have very poor eye's! They have BARBELS guys, I bet thats so they can feel bugs mid flight right?! LOL.

What do they do? Flip upside down? There mouths are on the bottom side of their wedge shaped heads.

You saw sturgeon rising quite frequently?! Lets see some pics. You ever even caught any? They eat shells, crustations, insects, small fish, dead fish, etc. People target them with dead stuff on bottom or pickeral rigs, etc. Not flys.

In order for me to be a believer I'ma have to here it from someone edjucated on the subject or evidence/proof

And what I ment with the tags wasn't about tags for harvesting them, tags for TRACKING them. The licence I was speaking of was for targeting them (which isn't a very ethical thing to do) and then tagging fish for the release. Unfortunatly the biologist had given out all the tags already. I know in past times just to fish for them there was a seperate licence it was only a buck fifty tho.

buckmaster · #17 05-14-2008, 11:04 AM

I am not BSing about the sturgeon surfacing and yes i caught 7 last year

Also if you look in my posts from last year there are pics! Out of the sturgeon me and my son caught 2 of them were tagged and yes they were caught on pickerel rigs! A good time to see them is june/july on hot days

Waxy · #18 05-14-2008, 11:32 AM

Nice fish.

It's obviously been a long winter though, they sure are skinny.

Time for them to strap on the feed bag!

Waxy

dugh · #19 05-14-2008, 01:00 PM

I saw a sturgeon rise last year while we were anchored and fishing for goldeye. Couldn't believe it almost wet my pants, 30 feet from the boat, it's head was about 8 inches wide. We went back a week later and caught a 37 incher in the same spot, great fun, this year maybe we'll get the bigger one.
Good luck
Doug

Dark · #20 05-14-2008, 01:48 PM

I've seen 8 fter's jump on the Fraser River and lots of smaller ones, happens all the time, especially when hooked

tysonlazo2 · #21 08-20-2012, 01:04 PM

that last fish is nice

NSRfishing · #22 08-20-2012, 06:12 PM

this thread old

tysonlazo2 · #23 08-20-2012, 06:13 PM

i know hahaha

Geezle · #24 08-20-2012, 06:29 PM

Thanks for comin' out!

Teamprotz · #25 08-20-2012, 08:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Geezle

Thanks for comin' out!

Can't infer that anymore , can we ?

e40water12 · #26 08-22-2012, 10:56 PM

Awesome catches, Thanks for sharing.

BeeGuy · #27 08-22-2012, 10:59 PM

Imagine how big those fish are now...

Alberta Bigbore · #28 08-22-2012, 11:48 PM

Old news old thread..

boonedocks · #29 04-06-2013, 11:59 AM

Hey, it's brad, I think that I lost your number . I caught one more small rainbow in the morning! Send me a text , I may go again next weekend

Fishing_Junkie88 · #30 04-06-2013, 01:34 PM

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Originally Posted by boonedocks

Hey, it's brad, I think that I lost your number . I caught one more small rainbow in the morning! Send me a text , I may go again next weekend

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