Has anyone ever caught whitefish or burbot here ? Any tips

pike fishing is good around the edges of the weed beds northwest of the boat launch. the average size 18"-24"

Hi everyone, have never fished this lake but have heard various reports. As well as read on here. Lots on ice fishing. How is the fishing during August and September? Average fish (smaller pike and walleye) being caught? I am not looking for honey holes as I enjoy searching the lake to see what a person can find. Just curious what quality of fish a person can find. Thanks for any feedback or updates.

Yes the ice is gone and the bite is on

Wondering about the ice conditions on the lake. Is there any open water?

Too much snow to travel, with warm temperatures now the ice will start to honeycone, be very carefull. I wouldn't recommend driving on it

Any ice updates? Where is a good spot to go for burbot at this time of year?

Any tips on burbot in this lake?

Any updates on this res? How driveable is it on the ice?

Ice Report: 22 in
Nice and solid, surface is rough from the last warm weather chinook melt down, but now frozen.

Hey Nicky6. I've had lots of luck with 1/2 oz jig heads with worms, minnows, or leaches. Usually in around 16 - 20 ft of water and jig about 2-6 inches off the bottom. This has caught both walleye and pike.

ive never fished here before. does anyone have tips for me if i decide to go?

Ice is safe to drive on 16-18 in

Ice Report: 16 in
Good ice on the south east corner

How's the ice? Safe to drive on yet? Thinking about heading out tomorrow.

Asian poacher get off this site!

Any new ice depth updates?

Any ice updates for cvr? Thinking of heading out on the weekend.

9 inches in 10 feet of water. Lots of marks on the flasher but few bites.

Last night the walleye were biting. 7" of soft ice and lots of water on top. Alex18 there are burbot in there for sure - caught quite a few in the summer. Largest was close to 5lbs

Anyone have report on ice thickness thinking of going tomorrow night for few hours

Any one ever catch burbot in CVR???

8" of black ice. Fishing slow

Consistent fishing in 6-12 fow, good size walleye and pike. Never disappointed here. Simple jig and pb minnow will produce.

The water was nice and high but still be cautious there are some structures that are just under the water fishing was a little bit slow but they were still biting caught 10 in four hours

Hi folks, Looking to head out there next weekend. Can anyone tell me how the water level is? Is the boat launch usable? Thank you in advance

Thanx for the heads up

Yes Alex (be cautious if you don't know the lake ) Some big boulders just under the surface ...All the best!

Are you allowed motorized boats on this lake. ????

Was out again March 3 from 4 til 10pm. Saw Walleye and Pike on camera before sundown. No burbot though. Fished all around islands and near southeast outlet. Nothing!!! Are the burbs gone??? Do they spawn in January? Might try up at north end one time and then I'm giving up.

Was out Thursday night over night after burbot. Fished north of campground, various spots by east islands and by campground. No bites all night. Didn't matter, beautiful -6 night with barbequed deer meat, no wind, ice booming, coyotes howling and northern lights.

Anyone catching Burbot right now?

Ice Report: 25 in
Pretty much entire lake good clear ice

Ice Report: 33 in
Nice and thick, got a nine pound pike and six 3 pounders

Not a hot spot. 28ft of water fished all day. 1 30" pike no other bites. Seen quite a few large white fish but wouldn't take anything.
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Updates help. There's still a bunch of wrong regs at places afterwards though.

Mine is correct, you need to make sure you hit the check for updates on the more page

No walleye or pike can be kept. This app is TERRIBLE for regs. They'll have the same errors posted for years. Use albertaregulations.ca

So in the regs on here it states that you can keep pike but everyone is saying no keeping allowed ? Someone want to explain please..

Hey guys, Anyone catching the burbots out there? I'd like to bring the fish fryer

Ice Report: 21 in
Ice is nice and black and the fish were bitting

maheigl what end of the lake were you at I was at the southside by the camp didn't even see a fish

Ice clean and smooth, about 22" thick. Caught 10 pike and 1 walleye, all released in healthy condition. Hooked up to 6 other pike but lost at the hole. Seen a second eye on three fish monitor. Pike ranged from 19 to 24 " in length, the eye came in at 17".

Any ice reports? Just wondering how it is with all this warm weather we've been having. Was out last weekend and the ice was good.

Hi mr.k, i do just fine with smelts and a pickerel rig.

No one cares for your comments B - '87

Google it

what hooks and bait r good for walleye thanks

Only caught one walleye in four hours
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Anybody know a good spot to catch perch on the lake?

I also heard that jolly ranchers and starburst candy work good too. Along with cinnamon truffles and rice cakes with jelly on them. Walleye love that😒

It's a good spot but you would want to drop in an. Anchor chicken works good but you probably just sit there and hang out until you get a bi
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Ice Report: 18 in
Fishing was OK I was catching about a fission hour at the far side of the damthere is a pressure Ridge on the water just before the inlet for the dams that in the whole icy shifted about 12 feet and it's up on the bank I wouldn't advise driving on it just yet

North, south?

Ice Report: 14 in
Catching pike all day :)

Any ice reports?

Stay within 15 to 25 feet of water
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Caught over 150 fish between the five of us within four hours

Caught 8 pike in a few hours off shore here
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A HotSpot Marker was added for Crawling Valley Reservoir
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A HotSpot Marker was added for Crawling Valley Reservoir
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Great spot. Nice drop off
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18 to 26 foot water dropout near
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August 6 2016 Fishing was fantastic, 35 Walleye & 3 Pike. BE CAUTIOUS OF LAKE DEPTHS as it can be shallow in places you would not imagine. Hot spots on map are valiD.Jig in 15-26 foot water using worms,leeches or minnows. Tight lines folks.

July 24th. caught 7 pike and stopped fishing after 50 walleye !!!

A HotSpot Marker was added for Crawling Valley Reservoir
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Good day on the lake the 21 st of July 9 jacks no eyes biggest 4 lbs.

A HotSpot Marker was added for Crawling Valley Reservoir
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Great day with the kids, we snagged 6 eyes and 5 pike. Very reliable fishing.

Really

Too many Asians took too many fish.

Anybody hear why the Pike fishing is closed for the year

I was here yesterday with my friend and caught 20" walleye and pike.Good fishing day

8 Pike all over 26", 0 Walleye fished for 6 hours

16 fish 3 pike and 13 wallys good mothers day with my 4 year old girl

Suckers??

with a 0 pike limit, what fish can you catch and keep

There is a limit of 0 pike. Please beware.

Has anyone caught whitefish in this lake?

Any boat access yet? Looking to do a trial run of a boat I just bought.

Fished in the marina today caught 2 small walleye. Ice was good enough to walk on but lots of open water past the marina be careful.

Hey anyone going out to sylvan lake if yes tell me if you can join I'm a guy with a kid with a sled and a orange jaw jacker I'm going out tomorrow come and hopefully we catch fish last time I got 5 perch 1 burbot 1 pike 7lbs and my buddy got a 13lb burbot and later he went out got a 17lb pike

March 9 2016 fishing on East side, slow but still biting. Ice is 12-14 thick still thinner by shore line. Safe to walk but keep vehicles off

CVR is 12" today.. Had a few pike nibble so far but none landed yet

Thanks monsterlander. That saves me a disappointing drive. Cheers

Haven't been to cv but was out at another southern ab resivoir today and there were open spots and ice is rotten. By the end of the day the ice was bending. Only about 6" of ice left. Wouldn't recommend it. But once again I was further down south.

I was planning on driving up here for the day tomorrow. Is there enough ice to make it worth a 2 hour drive. Any feedback would be appreciated. Cheers

March 2 still lots of ice,slow fishing

Spent the night on the ice Saturdsy. Ice is between 14-18". Good ice all the way through. Fished the east side, only ones there. Lots of melt water on top of ice Saturday, but it froze overnight and stayed frozen. Caught tons of pike, a few burbs and walleye. Kept the burbs for supper. Great weekend!

Lots of open water?

Fished east side this weekend, found open water 10ft off shore. 12-14" in most other spots we drilled holes.

Measured 12" of ice on Feb 20, 2016 on east side. I would not reccomend diving on ice.

So we moved around the lake a bit for our 2nd day here. Going on to day 3.

My last post did not show all my comment. It is 2pm on crawling. Ice in 12-14" deep 300-500m north of boat launch on west side. Ice is soft over here. Ice seemed harder by boat launch. It is windy right now and melting surface a bit. Would not recommend driving on the soft ice especially with a large vehicle. Caught 2 sm pike this morning and had a perch hit. Been slow for the last 2 hrs.

I am here right now as well.

I am here right now 17" of ice

Anyone been out today or last few days? Wondering how the ice is?

14 inches

18" of solid ice

Thanks for the info soulfly. Appreciate the help.

Drove down red rock on Saturday. It was muddy on the way out and it was only -1 There was one rutted track past the cattle guard. We fished just before the lake opened up in the bay. 16 inches of ice.

Any reports on the ice condition with all this warm weather. Anyone used the red rock road to go in laitly? Was wanting to go out this sat but not sure if conditions are ok for heading down the red rock road. If any one has been out recently pls let me know. Thnx

Good day on the lake released 4 walleye 21-26"s biggest 4.2 lbs 2 small jacks , I have to say thanks to Mr Armstrong a local for the a tip while he was fishing . HookR

Planning on heading out Saturday. I have never fished this lake yet. Is it safe to drive across the lake to the east islands from the camp ground?

20-02-2016 Caught 1 small pike 6 hrs fishing, slow day.

was out there yesterday caught 2 decent size pike, wondering if anyone knows where or how to get the burbot in this lake?

Sunday 10-01-2016 Very slow day at Crawling Valley 1 jack 18 inches in 5 hrs fishing north arm area.

Ice Report: 16 in
Northerners off lake

Has anyone caught perch here?

1 6lb pike ice at 14"

Ice fishing here not a lot of action at was here for 4 hrs
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This year I am determined to catch a burbot for once on this lake... Any tips on general areas?

Smelts on a jig.

What is the best bait to use for walleye and pike

Ice was 15" North end on Jan 2nd. Fishing was pretty slow. 2 pike 1 eye.

was there Jan. 3. 18 inches with tape. 5 or 6 guys with full size trucks on lake. Reel Froze up lost the only bite of the day. COLD, but nice Clean water.

3 Jack today, saw some burbot. Chilly -20

I drove straight across on new years eve and it was good.

I had mine out there. Nice black ice. But I only went a few hundred yards past the light house

Can you drive a truck on the ice

14 inches in marina 12 inches past lighthouse. Caught 2 24 inch pike saw lots more on the cam but they weren't very interested.

Ice Report: 13 in
South East islands. With tape measure.

We ended up going today caught one medium sized pike near boat launch...the ice was 12-13" about 500ft out.

We r going tommorrow...anybody know how the ice is?..

Ice Report: 11 in
Boat launch and dam islands.

One small pike. Dec 18 2015.

Ice Report: 8 in
Ice was 8-3/4", by the boat launch.

Don't even think about driving a truck on it. It'll be weeks before the ice is 12". I heard its 8" now.

anybody drivin trucks on the ice?

6-7" of nice hard black ice. Got 8 eyes with one of them a real good size for CV. I'd guess she was #3.5 maybe 4.

Ice Report: 5 in
5 inches a couple hundred feet out from the dam. No luck but the ice was solid for walking.

Any ice reports? Thanks

Shore fishing on east side of dam. Caught 1 that was 23 inches ,not a keeper and quite a few bites.Useing lures.
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Caught 4 Pike, and 6 Walleye in 6 hours.

Big Pike
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A HotSpot Marker was added for Crawling Valley Reservoir
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Wildwoods trough
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Last couple times out were great, lots of pike in the shallows and a few nice walleyes.

Fishing near the dam. Lots of weeds but plenty of fish around there. Biggest caught was a 6 or 7 lbs pike.

fishing is excellent however you must be careful of the boats pulling people on tubes around your boat. We are getting lots of big pike and walleyes and it seems like they bite all day. It has been too hot to spend too long is the boat.

You can eat the pike, whitefish, perch, and burbot but no walleye

Are the fish edible in this lake?

Another successful day on CV. Myself landed 12+ pike/walleye. Biggest pike 5 1/2 lbs walleye 4 lbs. Total landed for the day was 25.

Hey guys I've been fishing this lake for a couple years and I rarely hear anyone talk about catching whitefish or perch. Does anyone know if they are still in the lake or not ?

Good weekend fishing. 5 pike 2 walleye for me.

Is there any good shore fishing spots here?

Great day fishing from the docks walleye were coming up like crazy

Good day at crawling, pike and walleye lovin the red and white spoon !

Piogion lake

Awesome day fishing from shore this morning! Loved the jig and minnow

Caught pike and walleye
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Lots of flying , annoying gnat type bugs. All part of the experience! Lol

Are the bugs gone yet ?

Great Saturday , my bro and I caught 40 fish between us . 38 pike , 2 walleye . 8 hours. Love this place !

has anyone caught a whitefish or perch in this lake?

You can't eat the walleye only the pike, whitefish, burbot, and yellow perch

Anyone know if this is catch and release. My son wants to eat his fish if he catches any tomorrow.

Pretty good opening day, 15 pike and a 3lb walleye. Tons of follows.

Any one know the current condition of the lake? Love to get out on the boat opening day!

Anyone know if you can still get on the ice?

I'm planning on hitting the lake once more before closure, this time I want to try the North end of the lake. Does anyone know any good access points, or directions on how to access the north part of the lake? Google maps shows a bunch of offroads to oil well, not sure if we're allowed through.

Ice was definitely starting to rot. Parked my truck and we walked on

That's exactly where we were, SE by the islands, two weekends ago we pulled out 4 burbot and had another half dozen bites all on salted minnows, 2 of the 4 burbot were 29" long, and last weekend we pulled out 2 burbot and lost 2 more at the hole. How was the ice looking? Obviously not good to drive on but is it at least walking safe?

It's a pretty big lake WK. At least you seen some and know your in the right spot. I got one this winter on a #7 rattlin Rapala with a minnow across both trebles horizontal. Yet he watched it for awhile.

Was off by the SE corner with a bunch of islands in 12FOW. Only saw a couple burbs. Couldn't land any. I would have expected more since its spawning season right now?

Thanks MikF, I'm gonna give it a shot tomorrow

Last 2 weekends we've been getting the burbot in about 10-15ft of water on the east side of the res, they don't start biting until after dark. We usually get there at about 3pm and fish until 10pm.

Anyone know where the burbs are in this lake, been fishing by the east islands for the past 2 weeks. Only small pike. Where can I have better luck with burbs?

Ice Report: 18 in
Ice is thick but the quality is poor. A car fell through in a bay on the north west end yesterday.

I measured 20 inches of ice march 7 east side of the res.

Hi walleye fisher is there water on ice ?

Caught 3 walleye one was 5 pounds 25 inches

Hi - anyone out there today? How was the ice?

Was out yesterday (Sunday March 1st). Over 20 inches of good ice north of the boat launch. Caught and released two small jacks.

Caught a 6.5 pound burbot last sAturday

Thanks for the info

Ice Report: 21 in
Various spots east side and north of boat launch.

any one know what the Ice thickness is looking at fishing on the 28th of Feb

Was out Monday. Tried different locations and depths. 8Ft was the magic number, but still only landed 4 pike.

21" of solid ice

Fished on sunday Feb 8. Little slow but did catch pike of 63cm and walleye. Really cold out with the wind.

Fishing Pro sun Feb 8, 2015

Thank's PlayDoh

Red devil123 have a look at earlier comments. Minnows have worked for me & you'll see lots of other people there.

I would like to go next saturday with my wife and it will be my first time ice fishing at crawling ,is somebody would like to tell me where about on the lake i should go and what bait to use , thank's

Ice Report: 19 in
19 inches of ice

35' is pushing the limit where you can safely catch eyes and release them with out harming them

What time of day bouch?

We're you in a shack and stayed late? That's the only one I seen fishing that deep, yet maybe you did mean 35 inches?

We're you in a shack and stayed late? That's the only one I seen fishing that deep, yet maybe you did mean 35 inches?

I'm sure you mean 35 feet

35" of water. Over 10 walleye one 29", 3 over 18", none under 14". 3 pike 32", 16, and a 22. Looking for the perch, depth and shore line type helps. Under water reefs are hot right now, hard to find without depth charts.

Caught 3 pike and had about 10 hits 12pm-2pm. Nothing after that.

Right in front of oil pump no fish caught.. Jan 31st 20" of ice
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whats the ice like?

whats the ice like?

That was 2 pike out of 15 over 26 inches

2 eyes and 15 pike over 26" caught on buckshot minnow in 10 to 15 feet, great day.

The campground in Bassano might be open. I would call the town office and ask.

Jan 24

Thanks Slew. Appreciate it

Why not camp? Plus it's going to be 12+ or warmer. Beats driving home and driving back the next day. I wish I still had my slide in camper

Why would you camp in winter? And the campground is closed anyway.

The campground is closed in the winter. You can either go to lake newell and camp at kinbrook island. Or go to mount kidd and drive up to the kananaskis lakes.

Wanted to know if the campground will be open on the weekend of feb 14th to feb 16th. If not are there any other lakes close to calgary that have a campground that is open and i can ice fish. Need to plug in the camper. Thanks

Hello all.

Start at the 25 ft of water. Use a purple jig tipped with a shrimp or anchovies jig steady . If no bites in 30 minutes. Move closer. Repeat until you are at 6 ft of water. Then head back to 20 feet and try another run

30 ft is a bit deep. They should be around 15' they will cruise the shallows for feeding. Usually late afternoon and evening. Usually fairly easy to catch at cvr

It's my 1st year on hard water, and been reading that in mid winter the eyes move to mid-lake structure around 30' deep. Everyone else I see are still fishing closer to shore and no deeper then 20' at most.

Can anyone tell me a depth for eyes before 4pm? I haven't found any yet until they come to 10' to 15' to feed just before sunset.

Kinda slow again but a bit better than a couple days ago. I'm wondering if the eyes have gone deeper now?

It should be in the next fisherman's quarterly

Slow day, 12-20' of water using smelts. Lots of cracking throughout the day. On a side note, Maybe I don't know the etiquette, but I have had the same group drive between my ice fishing holes two weekends in a row. Is this a common practice? These are holes are clearly marked and have tip ups inside.

Fished yesterday 9-3. Started in 12' of water just west of boat launch, nothing in 3 hours. Moved east of boat lauch, 5' of water, caught 2 pike. Used smelts, slow day.

Ice Report: 26 in
At dam out 200M.

you should post a picture of the 34inch rainbow some where maybe alberta out doorsmen

Yup. Where can i get my prize. Brownlows fishing good today. My auger blew up tho. So hopefully the prize is an auger. Just a warning to other. Do not run the fuel mixture too lean.

@ slew, nice work. Hope you took a picture a 34" rainbow would probably take the top prize in AB year.

Going ing to brownlows next for some more eyes.

For sure. Awesome fish. Was jigging for the eyes. Then bam landed the 'bow.

Yup

@ slew, you caught a rainbow trout in CVR??? Wow. That is very unusual

17" of ice, Caught a 34" rainbow yesterday on a tip up, still can't believe it

I'm going out sunday and haven't fished cvr before. wanting to know some lure/spots/depth to fish in for big pike. big also anything on other fish too would be good for certain places. thanks

18" ice. Was a little slow for us. One keeper pike and caught the same small walleye 3 or 4 times

I caught a bubot on a smelt mid december

Ive only seen perch here once, just on the camera. Never seen whitefish. Ive heard of people catching burbot here but ive never seen one.

Is anyone catching any perch or whitefish ?

Anybody caught burbot here?

Ice Report: 13 in
13-14" 250 feet from campground

Musky hunter I think we are gonna go to chain lakes not 100 percent sure yet

I seen trucks out there, some crossing. You can keep pike over 63cm. Bow river water.

Light house is right at the boat launch at the campground.

coming from Calgary also chuck 28

When u going out there musky hunter

Can anyone tell me were this lighthouse is located in relation to the campground?? Id like to give it a try!

Do people keep the fish out of the lake or no

Ice reports and is there people driving out on to the lake with trucks and ice huts is the fishing still good right now I wanna come out on sat we are coming from calgary

Went out today next to thw light house we got 8 pike and 2 walleye. Was like a hhurricane out there though.

I like the Super-Glo Perch, 3/4 oz (BRS7-20)

Thanks play doe. Any color or pattern?

TJ33 use a buck-shot spoon, with a 12" line between hook and spoon. Tip with minnow

12.5" ice, got a dozen yesterday. 1 pike 11 Walleye, at 11' deep.

I've never fished crawling b4 wondering if someone would share what me and my son could try?

Ice Report: 13 in
Ice was around 13 inches, located by the camp ground. A great day pulled about about a dozen pike all on Herring, and one on anchovies.

There is a way up there (north end), but you have to go through the Hutterite Colony, and ask permission obviously.

Do you have to drive down the entire lake to get to the north end or is there a way on up there?

10 to 12 feet. Walleye and pike. Sandy bottom. Some weeds but fairly clear bottom.
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Ice Report: 14 in

15 through the ice doesnt seem that slow. Lol where abouts were ya? We are heading out tomorrow.

Slow day today. Well until about 3:30. Managed 15. Mix of pike and eyes. 90% were caught late afternoon. Weird day....

Ok thanks

In the dock area.

Walleye

Walleye

Walleye

Walleye

Caught the wallet were you seen the blue tent

Fishing was pretty good, we just went out for a couple hrs, pike and walleye. Ice was cracking like crazy, was like a rock concert.

Where was that location semonal

Went out sunday. Ice was 14 inches. We caught 5 pike and 1 eye.

Where did you get the seven pound walleye ?

Ice Report: 10 in
Was out on Saturday good solid ice and seen a seven pound walleye come out of a hole that my buddy caught it was another good day.

Good ice

Nice same here

Walleye. No i was at the south end. I'm old school. No tent just a bucket and a couple of rods.

Snazeye did you have a big blue tent I think I saw you out there

Out on saturday is some less than ideal weather. Still managed 4 walleye and 4 pike in the morning. Good solid ice even after the warmth of last week.

Thanks for the ice reports guys. Im a long drive wway. So its nice that you guys let us know.

6-7 inches in marina no fish at all Caught 1 walleye, 6 pike 100 feet out from lighthouse good fishing there 8 inches there

Ice Report: 9 in
Was a good day today and only lost one inch of ice from one week ago

The lake has a ton of structure, find those transition zones where it drops from 5-6 feet to 12-15.

Fishingman2. I have only been there once. But based on some research. 10-15 feet of water. And i was using smelts. Small ones. And also jigging white mister twisters. I will probably be out again saturday.

Is there a good Hotspot on this lake, and why should I use for ice fishing

Was out on dec 7th. Between two of us we caught approx. 25 fish. Mix of eyes and pike. Nothing large and the eyes were hitting really lightly. We were in 12-14 feet of water. Bite turned slow around 11 till about 330 and picked up till dark. Not bad for my first time to the lake.

Good luck

Thanks Myhra and Walleye Fly. I'll be out there soon for sure.

Try to get away from the dock and marina find ten feet of water or more try to find weed lines

Ice Report: 10 in

10 inches

Any more ice reports? Can anyone give me a spot to start at please. This will be my first ice fishing trip. Or depths I should looking for?

Ice Report: 4 in
4-5 inches check it out yesterday

Has anyone been on the lake yet? And if so any luck? Also curious if anyone can give some advice on where to catch whitefish.

Cant wait for the first ice report.

Caught a medium sized pike using a Storm wildeye yellow eye perch. Bottom is quite sandy
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Johnny mo, sleeping yet still winning derby. Yeehaww!
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5 hours of fishing near the dam. Caught 8 walleye and 1 60cm pike. Tried the SE shore near the pump house with no luck

Fished for 4 hours and caught about 25 eyes and 1 pike on Sept. 6.

15 lb my butt. It would be 34 inches easily not 32

Fished 6 hours trolling 7 pike 1 keeper Never disappointed.

This lake never dissapoints. Caught 23 fish off the shore a couple weeks back. Lots of fun if ya dont mind catch and release. And a 15 lb walleye? I think you crazt man. Lol

Got skunked over 5 hours from the boat. Saw a dead trout float by

Another good day at crawling,10 fish 8 hrs. One was a really nice sized pike. Put em' back for next time.

No you didnt

Caught a 15.2 pound walleye 32 inches off the dock #4 tons of pike and walleye of the dock

Been out 5 times in the last two weeks Never skunked Fish an hour avg Walleye & pike

10 pike 1burbot 1 whitefish 11 hours trolling, caught most near previously posted hotspots. Some random shallow spots and large weedy areas. All in all good fishing

Always have fun at this lake. 9 walleye and 2 pike in about 4 hours. Guy beside me pulled in over 20 small walleye

Full of weeds and super shallow
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Slow day

12 fish pike and walleye

15 pike, 4 walleye, fished from 9 am -530 pm. Awesome day !

Caught and released 6 pike (1 keeper size), no walleye on Saturday. Nice day and not to much wind. Perfect day.

Caught 12 walleye and pike

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How is the wind today? Worth making the trip out?

Hit the water at 7am and pulled the boat out at noon, caught 3 pike 2 legal size 1 small guy. Lake was slow from compared to opening weekend last 2 years

How is it?

Fishing season is almost here

Ice Report: 30 in
Give or take 30 inches throughout thanks to the last cold spell!

Cold

This is a good fishery, lots of burbott, walleye, and pike. Sizes aren't that great for pike. I ended up pulling in a 10 lb 31 inch pike, the man setting up the curvy for next weekend mentioned it would have won the durby for length. But we caught the first batch on the southeast side, and moved up to the northwest side and caught some great size walleye. Great lake for walleye and burbott, if u want big pike this might be a waste of time. Good luck

Ice Report: 3 ft

The ice is at least 3 feet thick

Where do I get burbot and walleye here having a tough time catching fish this year any help would be nice

Anyone know how thick the ice is right now, and where can i pull onto the lake with a camper?

Getting way ahead of myself thinking about Spring....I really want to get out on the fly ride and float boat on Crawling Valley this year. Next to impossible to get to the back channels/bays from the campground access point. Any other access points further up the lake that are open to the public? 2 more months until ice out.....

Ice auger blades 8"

Ice Report: 24 in
1 mile north of dam

What kind of blades

Does anyone know where is a good spot to catch perch..and is there a place in Calgary that sharpens auger blades

Where are u finding ice that this. Its about 16inches in the boat launch. Was out today and only got one pike. Was a keeper though. Ice was cracking all day scaring the fish away

Ice Report: 29 in

Fishing is good. Only been skunked once out of 6. Seen about 10 trucks on the ice last weekend.

Caught 3 pike and lost 4. Great day of fishing if you know where too go

What's the lake surface like for driving on

We need more feedback on how the fishing is going lol

Ice Report: 21 in

Looking to go fishing on tge weekend. 2nd time ice fishing so any tips would be much appreciated. How do you get on the water and where do you go?

Ice Report: 17 in
South end by boat dock

The best fishing I have done in years
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Hey Cwoods, where did you access the lake based on ur marker pretty much at the North side of the lake?

Must be lots of perch in crawling found a dead jumbo floating 12 inches need patience and just keep looking seems not many people target perch but they are there.Baits Swedish pimples and wireworms tipped with maggots or small minnows,good luck

Lots of pikes on camera
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C/Valley: Was out yesterday Jan 3/13 just off the boat launch late in the afternoon until about 7 pm. Drove on with 3/4 ton ford, no problem except the snow was getting a bit deep. 12 inches of ice and 12 feet of water then moved in to 9 feet - no fishes tonight. The guy that just left was out another 20 yards from me and got into some top water so caution on getting stuck.

Can anyone give me some advice on catching some perch or whitefish. Just started fishing there last year and have had some luck catching pike and walleye but not as lucky with perch and whitefish. If anyone can give some advice on baits or a general area that would be much appreciated.

Ice Report: 19 in
Drove 1 ton dodge on ice no problems north end

Ice Report: 15 in
North End

Caught 1 pike 8 pounds 36 inches

For walleye and pike and perch
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Ice Report: 13 in

3 pike outside boat lunch

36" 20lb pike ice fishing in boat launch. 9 feet of water
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Right in the boat launch. Caught 14 pike 4 keepers. One was 36 inch 20 lbs

Good places and baits for burbot

Ice Report: 10 in
In boat dock area

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Caught 12 pike 10 inches of ice

Ice Report: 10 in
Fishing a bit slow but decent off northern point of boat launch.

14" of ice..... N-NW side of lake by islands no fish but saw a few and missed a couple

4 pike in marina early morning 3 short 1 legal all c&r fun time

Was out today caught 4 pike one was a keeper but all were c+r

Ice Report: 7 in
300 ft straight out from boat launch

Ice Report: 9 in
In marina

What are good baits ice fishing for walleye

Ice Report: 9 in
9-10. Inches ice in boat dock area

Ice Report: 6 in
In boat dock area

Around 6" thick north end.

anyone please provide current Ice condition there?

Good fishing for walleye

Caught eleven walleye today

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Fishing most Sunday and Tuesday June July and August,lot of windy days but fishing was great,three of us one day caught 130 fish. Would be nice if we could know about the wind in advance.A lot of the lake has sand bars and rock piles, learn the lake and enjoy !!!!!

There's a large sandbar in the middle of the lake, no marker
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Accessed through the campground
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How is the shore fishing? We don't have a boat. Any boat rentals in area?

Out this morning for 2 1/2 hours 15 walleye 22 to 25 fow jigging with minnows they hit about a foot off the bottom was a good morning

use big smelt with pike rig off bottom, have to be patient though

I fish here all the time, just moved nearby. Me and the kids catch walleye but few jack. We use spinners with leaches or frozen minnows. Anyone have any advice on catching some big jack?

Was out Saturday for 4 hours 2 of which were spent swimming 2 hour fishing in my favorite spot 19 walleye but small 1 to 2 pounds not normal I have fished there for 7 years and never seen this was a good afternoon and evening though

Had a great day fishing, 3 keeper pike and 15 walleye. Only problem was the wind.

2 hours, caught 3 pike. Smallest 3lbs, largest about 7lbs. Good go before ten.
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Hello guys, i went on last Sunday fishing from shore, lose so many hooks becuase of stone. Anyone have an idea how to aviod that?

Caught one pike very windy went home early

caught 7 walleye and one pike, too bad you cant keep the walleye though.

I was there May 11 and the fishing was awesome. I caught my personal best 34 1/2 inches about 10 lbs. 6 pike and 4 walleye in 2 hours. After that no more bite. Early bird gets the worm i guess :-)

Opening day this week folks, any one been out to the lake, excited should be a good year

How is the ice doing?

It actually opens may 8

Does anyone know if the ice is off the lake yet? I'm thinking about going out next weekend camping& wondering if I should bring my rod or not.

Last entry please check your regulations as I am sure it is closed to may 7

Any one been out lately? How's the fishing? Any ice?

8lb pike 12 feet to 20 drop in about 30ft frm shore
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fishing derby this weekend. march 2nd and 3rd. bring your freinds

was out on sunday, caught a walley in 20' deep 17 inch long, nice fish... near bird island, caught a pike closer to shore at bird island, 8' of water, 16 inches long... freind didnt catch any. the week before we didnt catch any, forgot the minnows at home... ediot... and in january caught 3 pikes, 26'', 12'' and 18'' and missed alot of bittes good fishing

Any body been catching walleye

Out on Sunday. Lots of people fishing. caught two. Slow day.

Was out on sat. Not a lot of luck but a beauty day to be out on the lake. Anyone else catching anything.

ice was well over 20 inches thick. even seen a rv driving on it. cought three pike and one walleye. saw lots of decent fish on the camera. just north of the boat launch by the two islands.

Does anyone fish for whites on this lake? How deep, do you use wire worms, what end of the lake do you fish at. Any help would be great

Slow morning, no bites on west side across from boat launch, moved along at 11 am. Bites came on around 11:30, landed 3 of which two were 70 cm. lost one at the hole. Exciting in spurts. Maybe if the wind had died down it might have been a better day! Still better to be out on the hard water than staying at home!

Went out saturday, stayed on the boat lanch end, caught 4 pike and watched one steal my bait twice without getting hooked.. Good time for first time on that lake

Went out Sat, Jan 12/13 to SE corner.. Lots of ice, 20+ inches, visibility 12 - 13 ft.. Hardly anybody on the lake, Tried 16 ft, no bites... went to 10 ft, saw lots of pike (1 was 20 lbs) only caught 1. Still a great day out of the city.

Going try ice fishing this lake tomorrow just wondering how its been out there latley, ice ect never ice fished it before.. Any input would be great thanks

ling(burbot) are mostly night feeds, eat on the bottom and love cray fish....We fished them every winter back in ontario awesome eating...we froze sticks into the ice and checked them all day and all night and like i said they are very active at night....

Hey guys thought i would share my experince with burbot or ling as we call them....we fished them heavily when i lived in ontario at the cottage... they are very active at night and eat off the bottom we never really caught much during the day and we would freeze sticks into the ice and check them all day and night... they love cray fish if you can get your hands on them not sure if cray fish are in the lakes out here if they are just leave a fish head in a hole for a while and pull it up and there will be some clinging on....hope this helps guys, im looking to head out myself see if i can get a ling there great to eat

was out today again. caught two big walleye at 14 feet. still dreaming of a burbot

ice very thick. at least 12 inches. fished from noon to four. caught one baby pike. would anyone like to volunteer where to fish for burbot on this lake?

Water visibility 1ft. Camera useless. Landed a couple small pike. Done really well in summer but horribly in winter. Ice 14-16 in south end. Has anyone done well through the ice here? Can't figure it out. Hit them with everything in the book.

thanks master baiter and deep hole angler for ur responds , as i said i was going there today morning , seen a huge crack in the ice in the south west side , still drove into the lake , messured the ice thickness in defferent 4 places ,they went from 10 inch to 15 inch max , heard lots a ice cracks while fishing , i cought a 70 cm pike , probably around 4.5 pound , then it got little winddy so i left .

December 15 Fishing was slow till noon and than picked up. Never drove the truck on the ice but there was 15" of ice. Landed 4 slough sharks. Next weekend the truck and shack are venturing on the ice. No permanent shacks on ice and there was one set of tire tracks on ice/snow covered lake.

Was out Saturday and got 3 pike in the SE corner. The ice was 15" so I'd say its good to drive on.

im going tomorrow morning ,i was woundering if its safe to drive on the ice at this time if any can help ty

11" of ice, caught 4 pike and 2 walleye along the SE islands, bites in the morning and evening, very slow in the afternoon

Burbot

What do you use to catch burnout

Was out today caught one 16" eye lost one pike at the hole.

Was out today by the south boat launch, ice was only 10 1/2 inches thick. Caught one small walleye, in 10 feet of water.

Was out on the ice today 20 inch thick ice two pike on jigs

12 inches of ice, 3 hours one 5 pound Burbot, two 4-5 pound pike

Does anybody know if there is a public boat launch at the south end of this lake?

Just wondering if anyone knows the ice thickness?

Can anyone give me and ice report

Fishing was great caught a hundred walleye at 30 feet of water. go fishing . No on fly all on shiners with 3/8 oz jig.

9 pike, and a good day on the tube. 20" - 7" I got the spectrum all on the lucky red devil :) No bAit :)

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Went out sept 2 - wind was horrible - kept dragging a little anchor around in a more controlled drift lol. but walleye were slamming. Fished 4 hours and got 4 pike and lost count of eyes after 40. kids had a riot. Awesome boat launch at camp ground.

Lots of weeds lots of bites
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Between me and my dad we caught 10 walleye (7 for me 3 for him) on August 11. They all seemed to be in 10-15 feet of water in weedy areas

1 decent pike and 1 average walleye, that's all from 9am to 4pm fishing at 20 ft depth. July 1st 2012

A lot of weeds. Bites are good. Eyes size is big at the inlet cove

North side of the lake, 100 ft from shore, non-stop action. There is a rock pile be careful.

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I love fishing here. Mostly catch 5-10lbs walleye on rig with smelt or minnow. Walleye go into feeding frenzy and i catch 1 every 5-10 min. Great spot for lots of action. Downside - can get quite windy and quality of fishing goes down

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Fished for approx. 6 hrs and in that time frame caught 7 pike. The biggest pike was 5lbs and we caught 5 Walleye. The biggest Walleye being 4lbs. Good day of Fishing.

Water good visibility. Caught 4 pike 28" to 30" pike fly used by casting into bay and slow strip down into deeper water.

Went out on Monday and never caught a thing. Neight did other boats. OMH where were you fishing??

I was their a week ago and cout a 10 pound pike lost a couple good day fishing

Went fishing Saturday. First cast 7 lb walleye. Lots of bits. 16 fish brought in 3 6 1/2 walleye 3 6 1/2 lb jacks. Lost just as many good fishing early morning smallest was bout 2 1/2 lbs

Lots of big pike 3-7

Derby here this weekend call your buds an come out mar.3-4

Good to know thanks , any big pike in this lake or just snot rockets

Try around the se side my brother cuoght a 3 puond over their

Thanks s man but we are after pike in this derby any pointers

On the south side of the lake I cought a 6 pound walleye

Headin to derby on march 3&4 any pointers where to go in the 1 mile area ?

9 till 3 four pike ice 14 to 16 inches

Ice is about 14 inches had 3 fish on none threw the ice

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As of Saturday Jan 7th-2011 Ice was 12-14" Caught 11 fish. 2 nice Walley and the rest Pike.

the comment of ice being 10" on the 29. I was wondering with the warm temps how the ice is now

Lots of big pike and walleye

Cought a six pound walleye

Ice about 10" and fishing was good in the morning but slowed by 12 noon .

Sept 31..the bigs ones are biting.

Was there on sunday august 28 am for two hours. First 10 minutes pulled a 20 inch walleye. Last ten minutes pulled a 22 inch pike. Always had luck there. There are some places that seem hotter then not. Try close to the under water rock piles. Good luck!!

Fished for 4 hours with a pickerel rig in the NW area of the lake, not a bite. Guys in the boats didn't seem to be catching anything. Only luck I seen anyone having was a guy spooning a belly-boat just outside of the weeds.

Came out yesterday caught 9 fish biggest pike was 26" and biggest walleye was 22" from 6:00-11:30am all on jig with minnow

Hogwild..where were you fishing

Nice day Tuesday but the fishing was slow. Caught 4-20" Walleye and 2 Jack. Jig with a minnow.

Went out around 6 till 930 caught 12 walleye couple 20 inches . Slip bobber or pickerel rig with minnow or leach

Caught a few pike an a couple walleye. Shallow Rock bars are not nice to have to worry about all the time.

Went it today and got 3 nice walleye and a small jack; all directly across from campground boat launch in about 15 feet of water. Overall pretty slow though. Lots of pike will follow a spoon to the boat, but then back off.

Me and a buddy went out at 6:00-10:30 and caught 2-24" pike 1 to small and a 28" all casting or trolling with red and white spoons lots of bites if weather was better would have stayed longer! Tell next time!

Ice is all gone as of May 8th. Very slow going. Should be nice once the weather turns around.