Wabamun Wednesday

[mooseknuckle]

No Trophies but I always enjoy when others post their pics. It was a little cold wednesday morning but hey it was either this or work.... not a hard decision. In total we caught about about 12 pike from 9am to 2pm mostly 2's and 3's however my buddy hooked a decent 8lber. Enjoy.

[Morph1]

yeah there are gators there but what is the point of weighing that ?
it's a c&r lake, less handling dude especially in the cold weather ...

[dave_ca]

what a joke weighing thoes fish, that looks really good

[mooseknuckle]

Hey it's important. We fire these suckers out of a home made cannon it's absolutely crusual to know the weight in order to gauge the proper amount of fuel required to get them to 300 yards. Kidding of course. It was a first time catch for a couple of these fella's they wanted to know weight. Why not these fish were out 10-15 secs tops! I'll be sure to pass along your negaitve comments and "fishing ethics" to my pals. I just thought I'd share. You sure know how to make a guy feel welcome on forum ment for Hunters/Fisherman sharing a nice day out enjoying the sport.

[The Fish King]

hey man if you weigh em you weigh em. If i dont go out for a while and go catch a few I always take a whole bunch of pics. No different if you take the extra second to put em on a scale. Good fish man. It looks like you guys had a fun day. Im hopin to get out there as well. Nothin like rippin up a pike every 10 mins. haha I love seeing those tip up flags fly!!

[hal53]

Originally Posted by Morph1

yeah there are gators there but what is the point of weighing that ?
it's a c&r lake, less handling dude especially in the cold weather ...

here we go again with the "holier than thou" crowd....that is a little better than everyone else.....sheesh!!!!!!.....give us a friggin' break!!!!....BTW, nice fish...great you had the gumption to go out in that weather, rather than sit on your A***....and slag anybody that did......

[Morph1]

Well sorry , lets try this again,
Those are absolutely monster trophy slough sharks , damn I wasn't aware that Wab holds such large specimen , are you sure that fish has not top the scale or break it in this case ???
next time hook your crew up with a big enough stationary scales just in case
your boys pull one just like it .

Just kidding,

Great catch - CONGRATULATIONS - well done
damn is that Alberta Pike Record ?

[Walleyes]

Looks like you guys had a fun day out there,,thanks for sharing it with us..

[seahawkfisher]

the fact that wab is a c&r lake is a joke (not that weighing a fish has anything to do with that [especially @ wab])
what are you guys worried about when it comes to a lower than average pike at wab (no offence MN) is it going to affect the population of big pike "worth" (in your eyes) catching? remember, it's c&r so no fish are leaving to make room in the chain for the smaller ones to grow...


congrats on having some fun on the ice MN; wish i could drop work to go fishing

[steve]

nice fish thanks for posting em

[Raven]

Yup wab is a joke now. The pin-heads who are in charge of the limits there really screwed up...more worried about saving CN's ass after CN paid them to close it than having a healthy fishery. Bye bye Wab, in 5 years it will be like Lac St anne but instead of walleye it will be pike. Whoever says they actually closed it because of the whitefish and pike numbers were down give your heads a shake, I saw and caught more 10-13 inch whites (and 13+) in Wabamun last year than I ever have. Same goes for perch and pike. Just another example of how our government doesn't know sweet **** all!

[bunnyhunter]

Originally Posted by Morph1

Well sorry , lets try this again,
Those are absolutely monster trophy slough sharks , damn I wasn't aware that Wab holds such large specimen , are you sure that fish has not top the scale or break it in this case ???
next time hook your crew up with a big enough stationary scales just in case
your boys pull one just like it .

Just kidding,

Great catch - CONGRATULATIONS - well done
damn is that Alberta Pike Record ?

NICE...

lovely to see the new fishers get &^&* on. yet again.

why do I bother! oh wait... I love to see a new fisher catch a fish they are proud of....who cares if it not a trophy.

NICE PICS OF PEOPLE ENJOYING THE SPORT. and wabumun..sure it should be a fishers choice ...no different than drinking or having tobacco....maybe it will kill ya, maybe it wont. guess the government doesnt trust the average joe to limit eating these fish. go figure.

here we go again with the "holier than thou" crowd....that is a little better than everyone else.....sheesh!!!!!!.....give us a friggin' break!!!!....BTW, nice fish...great you had the gumption to go out in that weather, rather than sit on your A***....and slag anybody that did......

It has nothing to do with being "holier than thou"

It has to do with letting someone know it wasnt appropriate.

If he didnt know, he does now.
Fish scales like that should be outlawed, there are much better ways to get it done.

Congrats to your buddies on their first fish.

[moosehunter3-0]

Ive caught pike that had gills hanging out of there gill plates from another experience (my hooks were no where near the gills) so if they can survive that a scale wont hurt them LOL give me a break this is why people need to stop posting pics on here, I posted the 2 decent pike I caught in Feb on my other forums and not one negative comment!! What a breath of fresh air

You just assumed it lived, right?
It swam away so it must be ok

[happy perch fisher]

Originally Posted by Raven

Yup wab is a joke now. The pin-heads who are in charge of the limits there really screwed up...more worried about saving CN's ass after CN paid them to close it than having a healthy fishery. Bye bye Wab, in 5 years it will be like Lac St anne but instead of walleye it will be pike. Whoever says they actually closed it because of the whitefish and pike numbers were down give your heads a shake, I saw and caught more 10-13 inch whites (and 13+) in Wabamun last year than I ever have. Same goes for perch and pike. Just another example of how our government doesn't know sweet **** all!

Wow man you are so undereducated. Wabbum was doing good for a long time because everyone just thought it was polluted slew. Then the last 2 years people started finding out about the pike and masscuring them big girls. There where so many bait chuckers on shore keeping big pike everyday. There would be nothing left if they did not close it. It would be like almost every other lake if they didn't lots of small pike and nothing over 63 or whatever the size limit is. There is info damage already being caused by people who have no clue how to handle fish properly or just rip there 3 dollars hooks out. You sould give your own head a shake and look at other lakes around the city and see how there doing right now that are open for harvest. Lac ste anne got destroyed because they shut one spices of fish down and they left the other ones to be masscured. Wabbum was shut down completly. So the pike won't be able to gain control. Essciapally with all the guys that have no clue on how to handle them killing off a good portion every year.

Hey it's important. We fire these suckers out of a home made cannon it's absolutely crusual to know the weight in order to gauge the proper amount of fuel required to get them to 300 yards. Kidding of course. It was a first time catch for a couple of these fella's they wanted to know weight. Why not these fish were out 10-15 secs tops! I'll be sure to pass along your negaitve comments and "fishing ethics" to my pals. I just thought I'd share. You sure know how to make a guy feel welcome on forum ment for Hunters/Fisherman sharing a nice day out enjoying the sport.

Did you wieghing every small one you caught. Or just a couple. Because that just stupid wieghing every small one you caught. 10-15 second yah right man theres no way your that fast essicapally with rookies. Probably 2 minutes more with you taking the picture. That scale you have is worse piece of junk kind 2. Not only are they unaccurate as **** after a while. They also can do a ton of damage to there gills.

[moosehunter3-0]

Well it was hooked in the corner of the mouth so the damage wasnt by the hook meaning it was in that condition before it bit my hook menaing it was alive to bite my hook

[happy perch fisher]

Originally Posted by bunnyhunter

NICE...

lovely to see the new fishers get &^&* on. yet again.

why do I bother! oh wait... I love to see a new fisher catch a fish they are proud of....who cares if it not a trophy.

NICE PICS OF PEOPLE ENJOYING THE SPORT. and wabumun..sure it should be a fishers choice ...no different than drinking or having tobacco....maybe it will kill ya, maybe it wont. guess the government doesnt trust the average joe to limit eating these fish. go figure.

If they would trust the average joe nothing would be left. If they took all the restictions of wabbum and told people to make the right choice. People would wreck in a couple weeks keeping 14inch pike and whatever they can catch. Thats the sad fact is they cannot trust you to make the right choice. Sure people will-say they only haverst a couple fish a year. But in the next post they kept more then they said they had kept all of last year. Its a joke really.

[Raven]

LOL! HPF i'm really "undereducated"....try spelling the friggin word right LOL! I would lay money on the fact your a 11 year old kid with nothing better to do than pretend your a biologist. You fail miserably.

First of all....you know nothing. Second of all...you think every single lake in alberta would be trashed in a matter of months if it was open. Why isn't gull trashed mr. smartass? This year has been the best for me out of 7 years fishing it. Wabamun is a huge lake, it will never get outfished. I'll have you know....Wabamun has been famous for big pike for years and YEARS..why you think it was somehow a huge secret that was 'released' to the public a couple years ago is beyond me. Just shows once again you know nothing. People have kept big pike from there forever, and they've never gone downhill. I have never gone a year without catching over 50 pike, over 12 pounds.

3rd of all, nobody would keep a 14 inch pike unless its for pike bait. It would never come to that if wabamun had a limit of 100 per day because of the trainwreck. The couple years just before the trainwreck were my best pike days (im talking about before the trainwreck, i've had some spectacular days as of late, only because I found a new area)..and people at that point were keeping huge pike for decades. You sound like a complete *******. Its almost like your trying to make yourself sound like a ******. If you are, good job cus you sure did.

4th of all, isn't it bed time? Dont worry about setting your alarm...daddy will wake you up so you can go out to Isle and chum fish illegally with eggs. Tard.

5th of all..people keeping big pike on shore would have probably a 5% impact on the rest of the fishery. Its a huge lake. If you give me the bull-ish about all the big girls go to the warm water, wrong. Just have to know how to fish them in normal water conditions on the rest of the lake..which you dont.

6th of all, scales do zero damage to gills if you know how to use it...which most people do.

7th of all, dont comment on lakes you cant even spell. Its W-a-b-a-m-u-n not Wabbum.

Good night kiddy.

[BearnDown]

Originally Posted by Raven

I would lay money on the fact your a 11 year old kid with nothing better to do than pretend your a biologist.

I would say it'd be a safe bet HPF is either a kid or a really drunk fella.......or a really drunk kid

[big zeke]

Why do people let themselves get baited by HPF time and again. Clueless or not this guy (or gal I guess) is inflammatory.

It's a Friday night and I've been on the grape juice (shiraz I believe) since supper and I can see the flaws in the arguments...why are you folks getting sucked in by this fool?

They tend to go away if you ignore them.

Zeke

PS. I thought he was canned? How did HPF come back?

6th of all, scales do zero damage to gills if you know how to use it...which most people do.

Who said anything about damaging the gills? A large fish on a scale that shakes will do severe damage to its spine. Its a proven fact. A fish isnt built like a human, they are built to be under little gravity.

3rd of all, nobody would keep a 14 inch pike unless its for pike bait.

Do I need to comment on that?

Raven, whens the last time you fished outside Alberta?
Theres plenty of lakes that have been destroyed due to over fishing.
Wabamun is not as large as you think.

You sound just as childish, theres no need to go tossing around insults.

[MrDave]

Originally Posted by mooseknuckle

No Trophies but I always enjoy when others post their pics. It was a little cold wednesday morning but hey it was either this or work.... not a hard decision. In total we caught about about 12 pike from 9am to 2pm mostly 2's and 3's however my buddy hooked a decent 8lber. Enjoy.

At least you went out, unlike some of the weirdos on here who sit and try to make others wanna leave. Good catch.

[Raven]

KyleM, I came from Ontario back in the day. I'm well aware. I am also aware Wabamun isn't Slave lake big, but its a big lake per number of anglers. Do you not agree? 90% of the lake doesn't even get fished. HPF*g said something about gills, I was commenting. I've never had a big fish flop while getting weighed...not that I weigh a lot of fish but you know what I mean. I guess its something your born with...the ability to not make a fish freak out? I know lakes have been destroyed, its very obvious. What I said was Wabamun is not one of those lakes, and never has been and never would have been if they left the limit open. Learn to read. I was joking about the pike bait, but my point was nobody would keep a 14 inch pike, it would be all bones. I'll toss insults (if you call it that, I call it facts) if I want thank you very much.

[happy perch fisher]

Originally Posted by Raven

LOL! HPF i'm really "undereducated"....try spelling the friggin word right LOL! I would lay money on the fact your a 11 year old kid with nothing better to do than pretend your a biologist. You fail miserably.

First of all....you know nothing. Second of all...you think every single lake in alberta would be trashed in a matter of months if it was open. Why isn't gull trashed mr. smartass? This year has been the best for me out of 7 years fishing it. Wabamun is a huge lake, it will never get outfished. I'll have you know....Wabamun has been famous for big pike for years and YEARS..why you think it was somehow a huge secret that was 'released' to the public a couple years ago is beyond me. Just shows once again you know nothing. People have kept big pike from there forever, and they've never gone downhill. I have never gone a year without catching over 50 pike, over 12 pounds.

3rd of all, nobody would keep a 14 inch pike unless its for pike bait. It would never come to that if wabamun had a limit of 100 per day because of the trainwreck. The couple years just before the trainwreck were my best pike days (im talking about before the trainwreck, i've had some spectacular days as of late, only because I found a new area)..and people at that point were keeping huge pike for decades. You sound like a complete *******. Its almost like your trying to make yourself sound like a ******. If you are, good job cus you sure did.

4th of all, isn't it bed time? Dont worry about setting your alarm...daddy will wake you up so you can go out to Isle and chum fish illegally with eggs. Tard.

5th of all..people keeping big pike on shore would have probably a 5% impact on the rest of the fishery. Its a huge lake. If you give me the bull-ish about all the big girls go to the warm water, wrong. Just have to know how to fish them in normal water conditions on the rest of the lake..which you dont.

6th of all, scales do zero damage to gills if you know how to use it...which most people do.

7th of all, dont comment on lakes you cant even spell. Its W-a-b-a-m-u-n not Wabbum.

Good night kiddy.

Gull is getting trash maybe you . This is worse year i've seen it. I remeber catching tons of pike over 10 pounds 10 years ago now if you get one your lucky. Whitefish numbers are way way down from what they where. You use to be able to catch them 1 after another with just a plain hook and maggit. The burbots are getting masscured i've never seen so few on the camera as this year. I use to 400-500 of them a day now i'm seeing like 15-20. Just because gull isn't as bad as every where else does'nt mean that is isn't getting trashed.

Lol you actually think wabbum would'nt be fished out. Lol look around wabbum tell me which lake around it hasn't been overfished. What makes you think wabbum would be any different. Wabbum has only been producing because for last 15 years everyone has thought of it as a big dirty slew and the fish are full of mecurury. Then the discovery was made about the warm water canal. I've known about that for a long time. Very few people use to fish it. But then a couple of guys posted about out. Probably how you found out. Then the rush was on. There was hundreds of guys on shore nailing them and about 80percent where keeping them. There was 50-100 good size pike being harvested on certian days. Its went from being amazing fishery to just above average. Now the problem is all the guys that have no clue how handle these fish. If it would of went on for 3-4 or more years it would been destroyed. Also keeping huge pike does huge damage. Theres only so many big pike in wabbum and when there gone it takes years for them to come back.

3rd of all, nobody would keep a 14 inch pike unless its for pike bait. It would never come to that if wabamun had a limit of 100 per day because of the trainwreck. The couple years just before the trainwreck were my best pike days (im talking about before the trainwreck, i've had some spectacular days as of late, only because I found a new area)..and people at that point were keeping huge pike for decades. You sound like a complete *******. Its almost like your trying to make yourself sound like a ******. If you are, good job cus you sure did.

People keep suckers. People even keep suckers out the of Fing nsr. I've seen people keep 12inch pike out of calling because they could. People keep 4 inch perch all the time 2. People will keep whatever they can if its legal.

Raven all you've down is post a bunch of bs without being able to back any of it up. Then you try to make yourself seem right by posting a bunch of insults and a bunch of stuff that does'nt even have anything to do with it. You say i'm a little immature kid that can spell. While i think you sould look at the posts there raven and see who the little kid making insults is because he has nothing else he can say. Also wow man i make a couple spelling mistakes in my post. Sorry if i didn't spend hours rereading it like you do. I think maybe you sould reread it some more first before you past judgement. Or do you just like talking about the trainwreck at wabamun.

[happy perch fisher]

Originally Posted by Raven

KyleM, I came from Ontario back in the day. I'm well aware. I am also aware Wabamun isn't Slave lake big, but its a big lake per number of anglers. Do you not agree? 90% of the lake doesn't even get fished. HPF*g said something about gills, I was commenting. I've never had a big fish flop while getting weighed...not that I weigh a lot of fish but you know what I mean. I guess its something your born with...the ability to not make a fish freak out? I know lakes have been destroyed, its very obvious. What I said was Wabamun is not one of those lakes, and never has been and never would have been if they left the limit open. Learn to read. I was joking about the pike bait, but my point was nobody would keep a 14 inch pike, it would be all bones. I'll toss insults (if you call it that, I call it facts) if I want thank you very much.

came from Ontario
This explains why your so clue less about alberta lakes. Theres a huge difference bewteen alberta and ontiario. Ontario has way way way more lakes per person. If a lake like slave can be overfished what chance does wabbum have. Slave went from being 24-28 walleye as the norm to 20inch ones being big ones and 22 being really big for there with most being around 17. It does'nt take genious to look around at every lake and figure what has happened.

[Raven]

HPF your completely clueless. Gull is getting fished out? Learn how to fish maybe! People have had their best days on gull as of late, especially for big pike. I understand though, your a little kid, only get out when daddy takes you. I know more about fishing than you ever will. Yes I know the situation in Ontario and here, a lot better than you do. Your the biggest poacher i've heard of. The bull-ish you spew about releasing everything you catch? Ya right bro, you cant even fish without chumming the whole area with eggs. Way to go. As for your brutal spelling, has nothing to do with going back to check it...has to do with the fact your in grade 6. Wabbum isn't a typo, its you looking like a fool because you dont know ****! My suggestion is stay off the lakes because I know who you are and see where you fish. Wouldn't want barbed trebs snagging your tent only to see it go up in flames now would you. Tight Lines.

[seahawkfisher]

not to get on the bash- HPF train again but people have been fishing that canal for longer than you have been alive. from the end of october to ice season, i fish wab more times per season than you fish in a year. in all of the times i have gone out there (and i'm talking about before they made it C&r) i would be fishing amongst many other anglers and would only ever see one group of people keeping fish. ironically it was always the same boat (not everyone) and they wouldn't even keep the big fish. they did nothing to the quallity of the fishery.
all of this is irrelevant if you do a little reserch into the history of the lake and where the name comes from; people have been pulling massive numbers of fish out of that lake since before this place was called canada. the name of the lake says it all. making it c&r will likely be the cause of a decline in that fishery
cheers

[Guy Incognito]

happy perch fisher

Might I make a small suggestion, do yourself a favor and Spell Check your comments PRIOR to posting!

Anytime you are expressing your thoughts, opinions or theories, you are constantly misspelling words. Any argument you are trying to state loses all its legitimacy. In the same negative sense that fish die a horrible by having their guts pulled out by fishermen trying to retrieve their $3.00 hook……..your posts suffer the same fate!

I feel you bring up valid points which contribute to this forum, but they lose so much punch because the spelling is such a distraction. I am no Hemingway myself; I rely strongly on the power of my Word ‘Spell Check’ function. I am making the suggestion that you do the same.

Kindest regards,

RMK

Wabamun is a huge lake, it will never get outfished.

Seems I can read just fine.

I wont argue my point anymore as HPF ruins any chance of a civilized conversation on the subject.