Gull Lake Fishing Reports & Feedback

Got my first walleye trolling
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Thanks Fishingmike. I will go tomorrow see if any luck. Are you going there tomorrow?

@Fishingmike

Fishingsport. We caught many off Sandy Point Lighthouse where the bottom goes from 17' to 22'.

Thank you @LRD

Fishingsport The walleye will move. Over the past month we have caught them in 3' -> 24' using smelts on rigs, spoons, and plugs. At times they are right off the bottom at other times they are suspended. Sometimes they go to structure (drop off) other times they like the rocks and we have caught them along the weed lines. Gotta hunt!

@fishingmike could you please tell me the best spot for Walleye? Thank you!

Timidhc, we were using minnows like the ones at the Store. Shiny silver ones. Black jig.

@Fishingmike I was out yesterday as well and couldnt get even a nibble between the two of us. Tried everything in my tackle box including jigs with smelts.

3 of us out today at our favorite spot. We caught about 20 walleye, a few small pike and 1 long. All released. The walleye were consistently over 4.5 lbs, with a 7.75lbs the heaviest. Jig and a minnow.

Filled another tag. 24.5" 5.04lbs. We caught over 30 walleye with almost half of them legal sized. Wonderful day on the lake. Jig and a minnow in 17-21 fow.

anyone been on the lake recently? hows the fishing?

Some said 23 inch walleye catch was good eating? Maybe check your regulations :

I haven't been in to Sunset for about 5 years. Last time they were seasonal renters only I believe.

Thanks LRD V8R!!!! Much appreciated! How's the campground at Sunset Legion?

A HotSpot Marker was added for Gull Lake
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Raymond shores marina is so good jig it I got 5 fish in 30 min go on the right side of the marina and cast out into the open water

Does anybody know if we can fish from shore anywhere around the LakeView Campground? How about some tips for finding and catching Burbot and Whitefish at the lake? Thanks for any info/help!

Just jig it. On the east side of the lake there is a point...known locally as Pelican Point. Stay at least 100 yards west of that. Just 100-200 yards N of Pelican Point is a shallow rock pile.

Thanks Icefishinguy! I truly appreciate your help!

Just jig it, for me, the biggest risk is on the north end of Brownlows, near the new marina at Sandy Point. At that corner, going south and east - there is a long ridge that is rocky and shallow. I shaved a bit off the ol prop a few 100 yards off shore there. Go wide around there._Other than that, I haven't found any shallow spots, that aren't obvious (close to shore all around the lake tends to be shallow)_Hope that helps

Albertafisherman. You can fish from the shore at Parkland Beach. There is an old boat launch there. Good place to cast for little "hammerheads".

Can anyone tell me how many sand bars and where there located in this lake? Looking at going here sometime this summer but don't want to wreck the boat. Thanks in advance!

Meridian beach canal is now closed for shore fisherman. Called fish and wildlife to see if we can fish under the bridge since there's a public bench there and they said no if caught you'll get a trespassing charge,a fishing suspension and all your stuff taken away. Anyone know of somewhere else I can fish from shore on gull lake?

Blinejames we were fishing off Sandy Point in about 17-19 fow. Today we each filled a tag with 25" and a 23" walleye. Tasted excellent for supper.

Fishingmike. I'm out for the weekend. Where abouts were you fishing? Thanks for the help

Great opening day. 2 large pike, 4 ling and about 8 walleye. Minnow and a jig for all.

Lake open today for the summer fishing season, free new boat launch at west lake road. Open today 9 30pm until 1 pm only, frozen bait in stock and hooks. Be safe on the lake and remember the water is freezing brr

Hey Shifty, a heart felt THANK YOU from people around Gull that you do that! Have safe summer!

I would like to thank all the fishermen that were on gull lake all winter for doing a great job of cleaning up after they were all done . Again this spring I went out on a quad with a trailer and picked up garbage left on the ice . Only two bags is all I found ,mostly coffee cups and minnow containers ect. Please remember to remove fire wood from the lake . There was so much left on ice I couldent attempt to remove it all. My concern is kids hitting floating logs ect while tubing in the summer . Otherwise I was pleased with the small amount of garbage however none would be awsome.

Ice fishing on gull lake now closed. This season i have had many ice fishermen /women and children coming into the store, I wish to thank those who helped educate me more about ice fishing. Please note : around the lake it is very shallow and now with the warm weather and Rain this evening be aware it may not be safe going out onto the lake. See you when the open water season starts Mid May

Thanks "Find me fishing" for the tips. Landed some good perch today (my first perch ever). They liked the yellow ww more than the whites. Did not catch any white but my friend caught a 2.7 lb white just next to me, so I will take this for success. Becaureful with the access guys. An SUV was stuck at the Brownlows access this afternoon. Ice was good though. See you guys on the open water season :)

How are the accesses? Still good enough for a truck? Hopin to get out after work for the last time! Been a good season

Please follow the rules everybody. Keep the regs with you. Need more catchandrelease than ever. Hope to god the people who caught 70 did not kill 70.! 3 whites per day. Killing 3 or 4 inch perch is detrimental to keeping a good lake population. As is any kind of poaching. Be sure u have licenses.

For those whites, I've been having luck for the past few weeks catching them at a depth of about 8 feet. Try wire worms of various colours to see what they're going for at that given hour. Tipping the hook with a couple of maggots sometimes helps. Check the hot spots for this lake to find a general area to explore and drill holes until you find the fish. Good luck on the last day of the season!

Heading to Gull Lake early morning hoping to catch my first whitefish before the season is gone. Any advise is very appreciated (spot, bait, time). I hope the ice is still good for my little car.

How do I get to a good whitefish spot anyone ?'

Only two days left of this ice fishing season, a few called in store to report still catching whites and pike, open Thursday @ Friday morning 8am until 1pm, take care on the ice, still have some maggots, worms and frozen bait in stock.

Ice Report: 26 in
Lots of ice and not very slushy on the weekend drove around in two wheel drive

KRONZYFISHBATTER...Where is it?

Burbot spawn is winding down but the whites are still biting great !!!! Well over 70 fish last weekend

Yesterday in Sandy Point, lots of sh*t around me and very stink!!! Only stay for 2 Hr, I got nothing but my friend caught 2 White & 5 Perch.

Great fishing huge perch at Brownlow big fish came around 6pm

Last week of ice fishing and reports coming into store past few days, some catching decent size whites and pike this end of lake. Some however not catching ! At all. Keep safe and enjoy this last week if you ar going out. Open 8am until 7pm today, 8am until 4pm Sunday, maggots, dew worms and frozen bait in store.

Wondering if I could get some info on depth and where to fish please thanks

Well tried Parkland and no whites. Pike and walleye...but not busy at all...Went to Brownslow got on some nice perch few pike came around but not interested... So all in all not that great of a day..Ice is good as are the accesses where I went onto the lake..

@ScottW, why would you want to walk on instead of drive on? @AlbertaKid, how hot is it in the Red Deer region!?__I don't know about Gull lake, but around Edmonton, it hasn't been nearly warm enough to melt over 30 inches of ice.

Any reports on the ice and how the accesses are holding up would be appreciated

Kronzyfishbatter. I assume bottombouncer? Heading to rr23 tomorrow.

Could you share a location that I can get my first WHITE before end of the season?

do you think with this hot weather i could get one last trip out on saturday??

Smashing whites at the burb HONEYHOLE

Might want to try one last trip before the melt. How's the ice looking for walking on and how's the fishing been.

Largest eye I've ever caught at Gull. 29" 7#. What a great day. Oh ya, lots of smaller pike and eyes as well.

How's the ice at brownlows?

Thank you to the ice fisherman who called me at the store last night to report, nothing doing off sunnyside marina ! Slow at sandy point and brownlows. Hopping he has a better fishing day today. Reports off RV heaven Marina ( north end ) were more positive with variety of fish species being caught. Any one else with good fishing please post. I do have gold / silver bells in stock and fresh and frozen bait

Thank you to the ice fishermen who called in to see me and report their catch today, both parties fishing straight out from the Marina at the north end of the lake,one. fishermen caught Limit in whites, pike and perch, his friend on had one nice whitefish. The other two fishermen reported catching whites, pike and Waleye. Whites are biting aggressively, stay safe and enjoy if you are out this weekend. Fresh and frozen bait in store, open 8am sat and sun

Lots of ice at brownlows last weekend I would say you should be good

@RHINO_RAIN - where can one buy these gold bell hooks?

Hey I'm planning on heading out to Gull this weekend. Just wondering if anyone knows how much ice is out at brownlows? Thanks

Slow day at brownlows yesterday, 2 8 inch perch

Ice Report: 28 in
Birch Bay

Thanks for the info rhino rain! I may try your advise tomorrow!

You have to find a sandy bottom. Bang the bottom with a gold, yellow or green bell is about the easiest. If you pulling up burbs the white fish are near. Remember also you may have to drill 30 holes depth to shallow to find them. Many anglers drill 1 hole fish all day with no luck and blame it on the fish not biting. Hope this helps.

Where are the hotspots for Whitefish?

Can hardly wait for the nice weather aswell @RHINO_RAIN Any tips for a new angler trying to catch her first whitefish?

Very cold day yesterday. Limited out very easily on Whites. Lots of Burbs in the area. Gear up for next week... nice weather coming!!!

Not many out on the lake the last three days, today two separate occasions fishermen in store reporting it's picking no up at this end, one caught two whites and a pike saying they were aggressive. Temps not great so if you are heading out make sure you dress extra warm, fresh maggots arrived today, worms and frozen bait in stock. Open 8am next three days. Please if you have been out report ice conditions for all to be aware.

Fishing has picked up a ton on the north side. Avg 15 perch 3 jacks 2 walleyes.

Fished meridian beach area and north point of lake 3 weekends, seen a few jacks a few whites and perch only caught one jack last year fishing was bad this year beyond pathetic

How is the lake fishing today?

Fishing reports this week was slow but seeing fish, let's hope this month pick up for all out fishing on the lake. Still got some maggots, worms and all frozen bait. Open sat and sun 8am

Lef what side of the lake you fishing

Havent had a slow day on this lake all year. Tones of pike and walleye all winter long. If you dont get bites withing 20 minutes move 20 yards. You will find them

It was quite this end of the lake during the week, plenty heading out this morning (sat 25th) enjoy the day and stay safe, open until 7pm today, 8am to 4pm Sunday. I will report back later today if any customers report catching !,be aware skidoo poker Rally on today around the lake organized by the Monkey top Bentley.

Who else is on the ice today I'm heading to gull Tight lines men tight lines :)

27 inches of ice at brownlows, caught a 22" walleye and caught a few and saw lots of small perch

Thanks for the info @carrot123

Hey everyone just wondering if the water is still pretty murky and hard to see at brownlows

Hey humam you're welcome. Yes same spot as perch. I use a little 5 of diamonds with maggots or meal worms. Good for perch and whites. Use a smelt on a tip up first pike. Middle of water column . Wire worms for perch and whites too. Bare or with maggots

I was out last week between birch bay and sunnyside campground and caught 3 pike all keepers, on a soft body yellow jig, maybe try over there I threw them back so they are still out there.

Someone please help me find some pike! My second day on gull this winter, tried birch bay and currently at sandy point in about 10 FOW and have only seen the odd pike, landed none.

BTW big thanks to mountain man for the response; it really helped me out . I appreciate it. How did you catch that white and pike ? Same spot as the perch?

Hi guys. Out near parkland beach today 1 white all day. Where exactly are you guys catching whites and how. Thanks

A couple nice size pike caught at brownlows today including a nice 35" 12.5lb pike. Also some good pike action out by meridian canal today aswell. I got word today from a local home owner that as of April 1st the canal will be closed to the public. You can't go off the walking paths,anyone know if this is true?

Sorry for the late response hum 6 inches off the bottom and maggots are good on a five of diamonds. Small meal worms are good too. Go to brownlows go straight out 1000 yard's than hard left go towards shore. And stay back 600 yard's from muskrat hills. Find 6 feet of water. Good luck. See this is what this app is about.

Great day got a limit of whites!!!! Smokertime!!!!

Ice Report: 27 in
Brownlows

Fishermen not reports coming in yesterday, good size pike and whitefish off sunny side and off the Marina here, today fishing derby at brownlows good luck everyone who has entered. Ice bike racing and competition very north end of the lake today from 11 30am until 5pm. Take care out on the lake and enjoy. Open today until 4pm and tomorrow 8am until 4pm, plenty of fresh and frozen bait in stock.

I am not experienced with catching perch. I will be going tomorrow so could anyone tell me what depth they are at and what they are taking in terms of bait. Thanks to whoever answers.

Was out yesterday at brownlows for my first time. Went left at entrance approximately 600 yards too muskrat holes. Nice perch Acton 2 biggest were 11 and 12 inches. Limit out on perch. 1 white missed another. 2 pike and a burbot. Yes the burbot was released. I think we were in a hole or a channel didn't need to move. Perch action all day

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Toad9414 around Birch Bay surface water is pretty much froze. Won't get feet wet. Tight lines!

Good fishing for pike and walleye off the SW launch sitting on the shelf with jigs and smelts. Anyone have word on ice thickness after this warm snap?

How much water is on top with this warm weather?

If you are thinks no of fishing this family weekend, no licence needed so give it a go, all other regulations apply. Open sat, sun and MONDAY 8am, fresh and frozen bait now in stock, please take care on the ICE and enjoy

Ice Report: 21 in
Ice 21 inches lots of water on top

Yes yes yes was able to carch my 1st whitefish today and missed another one. Also caught my limit on 5 medium size perch. Was fishing near birch bay about 150 Feet out in 10 feet of water ...... Going back tomorrow to the same spot for more whites :) Wish me luck .....Fish on!!!!

How's the snow melt? Flippers or ice cleats on Friday?

Browlows 5-10 feet wireworms of various colours

Kinsmen Ice Fishing Derby on February 19th at Brownlows Landing. 1600 Meter area. Prizes for heaviest pike, whitefish and perch. $20 Adults, $10 Kids. Family event, free fishing weekend no license required. Registration starts 7:30am at weigh station/registration tent.

hey KRONZYFISHBATTER Where did you catch the whitefish. im wanting to catch whitefish but no luck yet thank you

Got a pretty good limit of white fish this morning now going to head out to see if I can find some perch

Caught 3 pike. 2 of which were keepers. Also caught a burbot. Missed a few tip ups, as well. Released everything so they can be caught another time. Fun day on the lake.

Thinking of going back tomoorow Monday. Who else is going to be there ?

Small perch nothing exciting
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Fishing was great for some yesterday, whites and pike reported and good sizes, others not seeing much let alone catching any. That's fishing for you.

Was there today 4 legal size pikes under 70 cm And I've caught perch for the 1st time ever . Lots of nibbles Had a bite I missed it fish took my fishing rod under Anyone catching a fish with a rod attached to it let me know Lol

Beautiful weather out on the lake today, quite a few customers reporting not much doing this end of the lake so far today ! If it changes I will post update

Ice Report: 21 in
South Bay

Bigworm709 I've caught all my pike this year using large sardines from Cabela's but you can also get them from superstore. I used large smelts but I find the bigger pike aren't too interested in it. As soon as I made the switch my average pike I pull out when I go is 7-8lbs and my biggest is 12.4lbs this year

Any comments on the statement ".. to pull big pike through the ice, use big baits and cut holes that you know the fish will fit through. ... "

whats everyone doing and using to lure big pike

Anyone going fishing in the morning. My friend just cancelled on me. Would be nice to fish with someone and get new tips Thanks

Anyone willing to point me in the right direction about where the decent spots are for a lot of fish and then for big pike

To guest men tommrow a bad day for me thinking out going sunday if there a way to meet u some were on sunday

hey DANW im heading out trying my luck for whitefish tomorrow I dont mind paying 100 bucks for a whitefish fishing lesson lol point me in the right spot and if i score 3 whitefish ill give you 100 bucks i also appriciate the help from GUESTMAN. new fishing buddy from the same country

This is the guy who offer 100 $$ I will show u I have a few good spots

Guest man Text me we can set something up 403-619-6206 Sorry if not writing in Romanian Not as good as I used to be Multumesc ;)

Te pot invata eu Bacau_Ro. Nu trebuie sa platesti nimic :-)

I am volunteering to pay someone 100 dollars in cash to help me teach and show me how and where to catch whitefish I'm wanting to catch whitefish Thank you very much

Sorry this is ridiculous, keeps getting cut off. Just seeing if anyone can point me in the right direction of where to go on gull for possibly some perch but mainly bigger pike. Thanks !

hey everyone, sorry my last message got cut off. I havent ever fished gull before and just wanted to head out there this weekend for a day

Hey everyone

Thanks got my chores done. Booked a hut for next week. Let you know how it goes.

Ice Report: 22 in
400 yards out from Parkland Beach.

Ice Report: 26 in

Hi fishnut Yes we sell bait and expecting fresh bait today, no reports instore last few days, keep safe and enjoy the day

Forgot to mention, bring ice cleats. If you do not have some, go get a pair.

ScottW. Check out adventureicefishing.com Rates and pics for both overnight and day huts. Drive straight on and park door to door. Really all you need to pack is a sleeping bag, food and drink. They even supply a fish cam. As for bait, minnows with a straight hook. Hardware is turning them away. Good luck, I can't encourage anyone enough to give it a go.

Hey parkland beach store...do you sell bait?

Heading out on Thursday. Thinking about hitting meridians beach... was there in December and there was a huge heave and no one found a spot to cross it yet. Anyone know if you can get across it now?

Hey "done my chores See ya" Been thinking about booking a time with those guys. What all do they supply. Such as bait rods tackle tip ups etc...what were you using as far as bait and tackle goes. Were you able to park your vehicle by the hut or did you have to walk out on the ice? I have a 4 x 4 Half ton. Thanks in advance

I've never fished for whitefish before. How deep should I be fishing? And should I be over weeds like those at brownlows

Spent the weekend with Adventure Ice Fishing. Fantastic time. All in all, 13 pike with 5 keepers, 2 burbs, 4 walleye tossed back, lost count of the perch but zero keepers, if it's not 12" or more we toss them back. A dozen or so whites on the camera, just couldn't land them. Hats off to Jarred and Trina. Great on ice experience.

Thinking about bringing my daughter from Athabasca to the derby in February anyone wanna team up never fished gull before.

Spent the day bouncing around the lake. Small perch at brownlows in am. Few perch at Sandy point. Finished off evening an a ton of good perch near brownlows entrance. No pike or burbot even seen. Gf lost a white at the hole on a tungsten perch lure.

Wire worm is basically the same as San Juan.

Had a great day fishing in about 11fow north of Aspen. Lots of 20" walleyes. 24" of ice. Used a jig and minnow.

Thinking about heading out there mid February. I notice guys talking about wireworms(online). Is the wireworm like the San Juan worm for flyfishing the hook with the wire wrapped around it. Or is it referring to bait.? Not looking for the big ones just some action from whitefish or perch. Thinking about Aspen beach area any tips or suggestions for bait or jigs/lures?

Good luck to all those in the fishing derby today, it was pointed out I wished all fishermen good luck !! Not women so to all those fisher women good luck also lol

Another solid day 5 pike 2 walleye 5 perch a ling and even a white on jig head

Lakechaser...more like dreamchaser! Cuz that's the only place you'll beat me. In yours dreams!

Put some time in at Brownlows Pre derby today. Headed to the right (EAST) first and had a super slow morning until my old buddy Sledgend stopped by and told me straight out from the boat launch and to the left of the croud is money. Mrs slew jr and I packed up shop and headed left to the west of the croud. We werent there 5 mins and The mrs had her first white on the ice, steady action all species until dark. I landed a 12lb jack on 6lb test with a green wire worm. Thanks Sledgend!

Hey Fishnuts, looking forward to showing you how to win a fishing derby tomorrow. %uD83D%uDC4D

I was there Jan 14th fishing whatever would bite but in search of whites and my 2 boys and I caught 25 - 30 perch with 4 keepers and a jack. We were fishing sandy beach straight out from that lighthouse type structure in about 8 - 10 FOW. I hope this helps. Gold spoon.

Hey guys any tips on where to perch fish in this lake? Would like to get on some schools tomorrow.

Coming down tomorrow

Brownlows 500yrds east entrance to lake 23" of ice very slow fishing though, still beats holding the couch down at home

Only update on fish caught the past few days, two fishermen tout of parkland Marina caught two pike and four whitefish Tuesday morning, good size but put back, to all those in the Monkey Top fishing derby, have a great day and may the best fisherman win

Anyone have an ice thickness update around brownlows?

Hello my fellow fishermen. It will be my 1st time fishing at gull lake. i want to catch burbot and some whitefish. could someone give me pointers on what to use and where is a good spot. please text me at 403-619-6206 any pointers would be greatly appriciated

I haven't been to Gull yet this year. The last two years it was always murcky water. Is it clear this year?

Reports coming into store Sunday,Fishing picking up , stay safe out there open today 8am until 7pm fresh bait in stock

Any ice heaves at brownlows north to the point?

beats , where are you getting the perch?

24lbs pike, that is very impressive! I hope you took pics! I was on the lake yesterday and caught 10 keeper pike, kept 3 around 8-10lbs ,tons of walleye and perch also. Great day on Gull.

Where on the lake did you catch the 24lb pike? That's pretty impressive

24lb pike outta here yesterday!!!!! Released to let someone else enjoy her

Solid day caught 4 pike 1 ling 1 walleye n lost 6 on tip ups (terrible I know).

Anyone cook any whitefish only to find it kinda mushy?? Caught our limit at sandypoint but some are kinda soft. Never had that before..?

Reports coming into the store that fishing picked up the past two days, off the Marina and off sunny side fresh Magotts and worms delivered this morning !, open until 7pm today

You had a good day of fishing! Where do I go to get on at Sandy Point? Thx.

Fished 17' at Sandy Point today. 5 jacks and 2 wall eyes. Buddy caught a couple of jacks and a ling.

Saw a couple large jacks and half dozen good size perch. Nothing interested in my hook. 18 inches of ice, 6 ft of water sw corner. 9 F today. Better than working. Good luck guys. Jack guy.

register your ice shack https://www.lacombecounty.com/index.php/news-releases/2017/1323-take-it-off-program-for-gull-lake-ice-huts-launches

Very slow day at Wilson - North. Started @ 6ft, then 10ft & 16ft, didn't see any fish on camera. Got one keeper pike on tip up.

Sunbreaker day. Caught and released 2 ling. Saw 1 pike and a couple of whites. Did not see a walleye all day. 16 fow, 18" ice.

Fished north of sunset legion drilled multiple holes only 1 jack 90 cm

Went out around birch bay - 3 of us fishing caught 11 pike - 7 would have been keepers

Uncle Ben nope lots of trucks go across just follow the paths north and you'll see the spot.

5 lb walleye :) 2.50 pm

Off Raymond, south a bit caught a nice white and keeper jack.

Hey...let's leave reports...12.37 pm....nothing so fare

South East there nothing so fare :(

Hi Noob89. I assume there's no problem drive over the ice heave at Wilson? Thx

Go north of wilsons if anyone looking for a spot. It's been really good out there

Fishing did pick up for some yesterday out of parkland beach road by the marina, one report two pike decent size and keepers. Please keep reporting to help others looking of where to go fishing. Have a safe day I'm open until 4pm today but closed every Monday

As well as 2 ling a walleye and a handful of perch. It's been awesome lately

Fish are defiantly biting on the east side. Caught 4 pike two were nice 8lbers

Ice Report: 21 in
450 yards east of Parkland Beach

Any fish today

Open early every morning 8am bot please remember I'm closed on Mondays. If anyone is catching here on gull lake please post.

Ice Report: 16 in
16/18 off Meridian Beach

Fishing was slow all week

Been out at brownlows all day today and yesterday! Hardly a bite.

Hi all, Doing and Ice Rescue course this weekend on Gull Lake and looking to find out what the ice thickness is. May need a longer saw than I have t cut the hole.

Gerry, Sorry about your polar bear dip experience. I share your angrish & glad that you are safe. For safety's sake, I urge all ice fishermen to be more responsible & courtesious.

I assume you marked it? Where were you? How big a hole was it? Sorry that happened man

Dmack if you're looking for sweet sweet burbs there is a drop off to the north side of Sandy point. Drill from bottom to top. As mentioned most of the action has been on the deep side. As we get closer to the spawn ya gotta work it though.

Where could I get some walleye in this lake?

Head out to Gull for the first time tomorrow . Any pointers on were to find some walleye. Thanks

Thx Fish Slayer55. Looks like U were at Parkland Beach on the N-end of the lake. Thx again.

Hey uncle Ben i am not sure what the name is but when you come on the ice by the store on the west side the lake there a building there on the lake with a dock you go out right from there and it a sandy bottom and not vary deep till you get way out there and I was about 10 feet deep

Hey Fish Slayer55, sound like u had a good day. Appreciate if u would share where & how deep u fished? Thx

Went out yesterday got 3 white fish and one Jumbo perch and one 33 inch pike

How deep at sandy point should I be looking for?

Wilson Beach: Can you drive onto the ice over the heave now? I couldn't a few weeks ago. Thx.

Hi Eugene, I'm at Brownlows but haven't had any luck all day. Not even a glimpse. Was wondering if you don't mind letting me in on your location. Thanks!

5 whites using the Kastmaster. 3 eater perch. 2 fow. Billy I used to fish with red a long time ago. He was a great guy. Red is dead. For about 15 years. Now. I haven't been down there since the 99 barn dance at the Ole hall

Been getting some decent Burbs around Sandy point in the deeper water. Big minnows with Dr Juice thumpin the bottom with a good pause.

Thanks for the info white master I set the shack up today about half way to the drop off, about 5 fow. Hopefully I'll have luck Cheers, Tight lines

Hey Hogchaser been going on at willsons right of the entrance quite abit this year caught a few seen lots but they just dont seem really interested. Best luck as alway been mid February when the Burbot get ready to lay eggs then we bounce a meadium size Wetaskiwin off the bottom. Good luck.

Brownlows. Southeast end. 5 pike all on tip ups. One 12-14 pike. Didn't see 1 fish on camera till noon. 14 ft water.

Ice Report: 18 in
East of brownlows

Does anyone have luck fishing the shallows around wilsons beach 2-6 fow. Im looking to drop my shack off there but I've never really fished there. Always went to the drop off. A yes or no would be good enough but extra info would be much appreciated

Slow day at brownlows and very murky water but still pulled in two burbot so we are eating good tonight!!

What places are working for everyone this year? Baits? Lures? Water depth? Let me know what's working for you guys! Cheers to 2017!

Kastmaster Jig? I bought a very small silver one. Is this what everyone is using? Do you Jig utility white comes in then hold still. Thanks everyone.

Been out for about 3hrs here at brownlows. 1 bite. Pretty slow right now. Was hoping to have the new aquavu camera here before the weekend, but no go, so I can't even tell how busy it is under there.

Hey Brad420a, I would love to see that footage. I wouldn't be opposed to seeing other footage too! My buds and I still can't figure out whitefishing. We finally got a camera, so at least we have seen a few whitefish, just can't get them too interested.

Fished a few hours at the south end, about 6' of water. Caught 1 wimpy pike; then 30 min later line got snapped by a monster walleye. Any advice for catching whitefish? Been trying for years with no success.

Fished at Meridain for two and a half hours water murky didn't see a thing

Hello guys. Glad to see everyone is having good luck on the lake. I have been using a kastmaster aswell but with no luck. I was wonder if someone could help and say what colour and how big. Hope everyone has great lick in 2017.

Nice day at the Lows. Brownlows that is. 8 whites . Using the Kastmaster tipped with a red maggot. I met slew today. He was hammering the whites. He was using the Kastmaster too. 3 fow

Have a trailer on ice by merdian beach since dec 26/16 was broken into -db

Lots of Ice out there - Big papa, get er done! Not very impressed with the murky water though for viewing fish coming to the hook...

How's the ice at brownlows enough to drive a f350 on with ice shack

LRD yep good pike n burbot. A few perch no whites tho

Large Pike. Burbot. Walleye.
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A bit slow today at brownlows. Cool thing tho. 4 whites came at same time to look at the Kastmaster almost in a X pattern. Then a monster hen swam thru and ate one of the whites. Going to download off my camera. And see if I can sell to a fishing website. It was totally awesome. 2 whites landed on the day.

Anyone endowed enough to cut a path across that heave North of Wilsons yet? Had to head all the way to Meridian on Monday.

Noob89 Is that at the dropoff?

started at aspen... nothing.. went to brownlows.. nothing.. moved to timmies,.. got an extra large dark roast double double!!

lots of pike action north of wilsons been catching a bunch each time I go out

There's a bunch of cabins with a boat launch u can get on at. I can't remember wut the areas called tho

or do i have to drive thelake from brownlows?

Is there any place to get on the ice close to aspen

Great day at aspen today. 7 perch, 1 burb, lost a pike and another half dozen perch in a couple hours. 20ish inches of ice.

Skunked at aspen today. Tons of junk on the end. Only saw a few whites couldn't manage to make them supper

Slow day on the lake. Lots of bites in the morning. Ended up only catching 1 pike around 2:30. Hope you guys are having better luck. Maybe better luck tomorrow.

nothing at aspen either

Anyone catching much today at browlows? Was near the permanents, 1 pike maybe 3 pounds other then that nothing

27th on Brownlows, West as you come on the lake, 8fow, weed bottom landed a few pike. Today went east and moved every hr if nothing 3rd move 15fow, landed 3 nice walleye, few perch and had quite a few bites. Try again tomorrow..

Fished Brownlows from 3:30 to 5:15. No bites.

Skunked at parkland today 1 bite but it took my hook white ww with red maggots

Ice Report: 17 in
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Been out for about 2 hours. USINg a ww and red maggots and not a bite. ABOUt 10fow What's the secret out hare?

Ice Report: 17 in
Birch Bay gull lake

Fished Birch Bay today 6 fow we caught 2 perch. Tossed back. 1 tip up went off no strike. Saw one pike and one burbot. 17 inches of ice. Hey it's a good lake I was late to start and to lazy today to move around. Should of Fished 2 fow and go out to 20 fow or stop when the bite was good.

how far off the shore I should start drilling ? Im new to ice fishing , sorry if my questions are a bit silly ,

any luck on the north side of the lake of range rd 11? thanks

hello_im planing to go to the north side of the lake,_any luck there before?

1-6 lb pike. Not much other action
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Brownlows today roughly 13fow lots of perch few decent sized ones, lots of like and one really big walleye. All in all good day.

love the info for a newbie. now have an idea for bait. hate see them swim up, reverse and swim away.

I was sitting on them all day at 15 fow. Lots of Littles. 4 eaters

what depth are the perch holding at? in the summer i was finding them at 12-15ft..

Marko you need to read instead of asking so many questions. The info is out there you just need to find it. Some people....

No luck with whites where is the best to fish for them at brown lows I hear they like to hangout on a sandy bottom but only saw weeds at the bottom with the camera never have caught white fish would like some tips

Ice Report: 17 in

Thanks for pulling me out of that drift Billy. I guess I shouldn't be texting while driving on the lake. Lol. Lesson learned. Good fishing today tho. Fun day

Marco. .. just read. 15 fow. Lime green ww . Red maggot. Shrimp. Kastmaster. What more do you need?

Is anyone catching today at Gull lake? I'm at sandy point in 8 fow and can't see a white. Been here since 7. Some advice would be greatly appreciated!

I think I'm right beside you. Lol. I'm in the Chevy. Black 4man tent. I'm sitting in the truck for lunch. I seen you flip out that jumbo. I caught 3 I'm using the kastmaster. Seen about 8.

Thanks for the tip with the shrimp. I'm in 15 fow. But sticking with the lime green ww. Seen 25. Caught 12. Camera fishing. Foot from the bottom. Some big pike cruising by too. Tons of whites. Landed a 5lb jumbo. Biggest ever for me. I'm at Brownlow. Red Eskimo tent. Grey Toyota tundra

Is anyone fishing at Wilsons Beach? Thx.

Matheson is a Kastmaster a spoon. Just curious how you fish them. I have only used wire worms for whites. Thanks.

Mikey brownlows is on the south west part of lake just south of Sandy point

Seen 54 whites but only landed 29, Silver Kastmaster at brownlows 15 feet tipped with shrimp.

Range road 10

Where is Brownlows? Probably where everyone else is fishing but just wanna know what part of the lake to head to instead of driving all the way around it. Thanks

K we drive on yet?

Any ice thickness / quality info? lookin gto go to Brownlows tomorrow am

A few layovers wanted to go out again . 12 whites 2 pike and 2 burbs. 8 fow. 5 of us. Cold. Ww tipped with red maggots. Lots of little perch. At the Brownlows

Hi Keep wrapped up if you are fishing the lake today, good reports on 24th out off parkland beach Marina, not sure about yeasterday !, open until 7pm today and plenty of bait in stock keep safe

How deep of water are you catching the whites in??

Took the relatives out to Brownlow for the Christmas family derby. In total 10 of us. 22 whites 7 pike and 3 burbs. And lots of little perch. Biggest hen was.8 lbs

Hi I'm going to fish Birch Bay on December 27. I'm taking my 5 year old daughter out for her first time. Just wondering if people are catching tons of little perch in the bay still? And how thick is the ice? I'm also taking 2 more rookies out so any feedback is appreciated. I will give a detailed report after my day

Hey wondering what parkland is like?

Good day on brownlows, fished from 8 till one and pulled 8 pike and 6 eyes, biggest was 7.5 pounds, lost a burb right at the hole

Brownlows Dec 22 got on top of a perch hole, 16 perch between two of us only one keeper, huge pike stole a few hooks, caught a 54cm pike and a 3 pound burbot. Water is getting merky. All in all good day.

Don't forget attititude fishon. Whitefish are like women and confidence is key. Sure there's a bunch of other studs out there but you are the one. You have to believe it.

Any recent reports about the ice?

Whites moving real nice. Full limit of whites. Party of 4. 2 burbs at sun up. Good black ice. Lime green ww. Tipped with red maggot

At brownlows since 0700, packed with ppl and vehicles, not even one bite. Wire worn ( Jim jigs..red, white ..etc) 2 maggots.

Slow this morning lots of good ice. Zero fish movement.

What color wire worms working for the whitefish ?!

Well if anyone catches a pike with a rod hanging out its mouth. Let me know. Good day at Brownlows till rod went with the big guy down the hole 6 fow lots of action good 12 inches of ice and safe for the one ton

Thanks BBB, I'll be sure to post a review tomorrow evening of how i do, regardless it sure beats a good day at work!!

Brownlows is on southwest part where B_Villeux added marker. Wilsons is on the east indeed. Good spots to access lake but both are busy.

I was also wondering the same thing. I looked at the map and I believe brownlow is in the NW corner and Wilson is a park around the midde east side. I was planning on going there tomorrow, but not sure which place. I was kinda hoping for somewhere that isn't packed with ppl, but it looks like it's a pretty busy place! Would like to hook a white....haven't try one before!!

Where is brownlows or wilsons??? On gull lake?!

at Brownlow today 18" Ice about seen in couple pi early th morning. Nothing since people started showing up

bringing the big red barn out soon

The biggest problem is with bo snow on the ice people have do less moving around and you make shadows under the ice. If you can sit still the fish will come but if you have tons of people it makes it hard for others. So remember folks less movement more fish.

Went for a morning of ice fishing and some peace and quiet but instead was greeted by about 150+ people. Very crowded fishing was poor.
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How thick is the ice at Brownslow? Able to drive a pick up truck out yet?

Beerbabes...... I was out there hauling the hut out ice is 17" thick 300 yards out. Tons of ice

Fishing wilsons for the 4th day 2 guys 6 whites in 4 fow

Step 1- find brownlows Step 2- find your little piece of heaven Step 3- engage wireworm (two maggots) Step 4- keep the foot noise down and wait. If you get fish comin in but not committing pay attention to where they are coming from and move accordingly. If no pattern change hook. Step 5- post details of banger day on iFish.

what are your tips for whitefish i can't get them to bite???

Anyone have ice reports for the east shore north of wilsons?

I'm planning an ice fishing trip here for a gift. What type of fish are in this lake?

Where's the hotspot for the whitefish on this lake How deep should I be fishing??!!

Great day at wilsons got 5 whites let 2 go...lost a major big pike over 10 pounds for sure on wire worm lol no chance!

18" thick at aspen

Report from two fishermen who Calle down in earlier for burgers, They had there Limit on fish and a good day for whites,out off RV heaven marina area, although friends with them had no catch ! Today. Fresh maggots now as well as frozen bait, weather looking good for fishing but take care on the ice

About a 4ft ice drift all along the shore on wilsons. Gotta go north to haul a hut out. 16" of ice 250 yards At wilsons as well as north end.

Anything happening at wilsons

Does anyone know if fishing shacks have to be registered on Gull this year? I heard they did on sylvan. Any info on it would be great. thanks

Is it just me or does it sound like alot of people are not following the fish limits on Gull?

Where could I find some white going out first time tomorrow.

Where do you register icc shack for gull lake

Ice Report: 11 in

Also got a couple whites a ling n walleye. But hoping to get the hut out on that side but when I drove there no trucks out on that side.

Fishpoop how's the ice on the north went to brownslow had a decent day 2 pike

Ice Report: 13 in

Hey going out tomorrow wondering how deep at Wilson's for whites or perch?

What about u slew got the civic on at brownlows yet

Was at wilsons on the 14th ice was 11-12" one guy was on it with 1500 will b going back sunday and will b driving on it with f 150 for sure its safe now just test holes and b smart.....safe trips all!

Yes there is very big walleye in full. I have a spot in park land and caught a 32" eye in the Summer trolling a crank bait. I never got a weight because I was alone and never wanted to hurt him. Gave me an unreal fight. Good luck on your search!

@Abfisherman thanks for the clarification I love chasing big walleye and sylvan just doesn't offer that? I'll have to try my hand at tracking them down in gull. Thanks Ps: is this slew guy for real lol seems like quite the fisherman looking back in the thread

Anyone been out to Wilsons how thick is the ice. hoping to haul the shack out this Sunday.

Jaylive you heard correctly. There is 8-10lb walleye that were caught this past season. I seen 1 guy pull out a couple nice 9lb walleye right in the canal. There's also big pike in this lake as last winter there was a few 22-25lb pike being pulled out of the ice

Slew me and you gotta meet up and fish together for a few years now you out fish everyone else, I gotta see what your doing

Have heard of some 8-10 pound walleye caught in the lake is there any truth to that? What are some of the bigger ones have people caught this past year?

How deep are you guys fishing for the burbots?

Are there a lot of shacks on the ice? Going out this weekend and wondering whether to bring the tent or shack.

Fresh maggots in today and open 8am for all the early fishermen. Should be warming up a little for the weekend. Stay safe and hope you have a good fishing day

Another great day a gull iced 3 pike lost one hammer 2 big burbs and got on the perch was almost a gull Lake grand slam. Where are everyone going for these elusive whites

Updated report Thankfully no one went through the ice or lost a skidoo on Sunday. Stay safe and remember to check depth of ice regularly. Thankful to the emergency dispatch persons who did make sure no one had gone through the ice, despite the very cold tepretures.

Wilsons beach today 4fow 2 whites and 4 burbs let 2 go good day

Any ice reports for Wilsons Beach? Thx.

What depth of water for the whites? Shallow?

Has anyone been out at Wilson Beach? How's the fishing? How thick is the ice?

Rumour has it someone went through on a snowmobile near the north end, but no reports yet to make it a fact

I think it was a bull sh#$@ call

Sad to report stars ambulabce was dispatched to the lake around 4pm yesterday. Please ! Please be careful out on the lake and stay close the shorline. If anyone knows what happened please post updates, truly hope everyone was OK.

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Wilsons beach 2 guys one hut limit on whites saw about 20 landed a burb missed a few berbs and lost a pike at the hole cold but thats what we do

was out at aspen all day 3 burbot over 25" little slow and the water is murky but still a good day on the water gonna be eating good tonight

Is the water clear or murky?how was the first day fishing?

Ice Report: 11 in
Approximately 100 yards out on Brownlow's landing.

How is everyone making out today?

Oh this Dang app. 12" at Aspen till about 300 yards then she drops to 8" Brownlow was 10-10.5 till about 200 yards then I drops to abou 8" s black Ice s looking good. But I wouldn't be driving very far out. Stay safe out there guys

Looking good for ice depth on the lake, customer / fisherman reported at 4pm Saturday 10th dec, 11 1/2 inches about 100 yards out from sunset. Lease keep safe and hope you all have a great start to th season. I'm open 8am here at the store tomorrow morning, no maggots till next week but other frozen bait in stock. Large selection of wire worms as usual

Just drilled. 12 inches of ice 400 yards out

What did you find out today troutbum?

Ice conditions:

Driving out to the lake tomorrow to check ice will post details

What's the ice thickness? Thx

Thanks for the update pud hopefully this cold snap keeps up...sure hope no one is catching anything until the 11th

Have not been fishing since Gull Lake does not open till the 11th of Dec just checked the ice

I hope not, or they too must have a hard time reading the regs.

How has the fishing been so far? The ice sounds good. Anyone catching anything?

4 to 5" 200 yards from shore as of Dec 5

What's the ice like at Gull lake?!

sure we are all getting pretty anxious to get out right about now.. a week and a bit before she opens . does anyone know how the ice is coming along took a burn out last weekend and there was still a lot of open water

How's the ice coming along on gull?

Gearing up for the coming ice fishing season,lake starting to freeze but late this year !,open now and have a good selection of wire worms so call in during opening times,

I still caught plenty of pike and burbot 2 weeks ago, had to take a more subtle approach with lures/bait to catch but I still caught 18 pike 5 burbot in 4 hours, they are still there just won't be very aggressively feeding on crankbaits/spoons

Been fishing the canal all summer and I always go home with my limit of both pike and burbot including a 9lb and 13lb pike I caught 2 weeks ago. Since that tho the fishing has been dead, usually there's tons of minnows and pike jumping but last couple weeks there's been hardly no action. Fished 3 days ago for about 6 hours and only caught 1 fish

.Well I was out at the canal last week cool windy weather. fishing was slow. I came in from the south side of the canal it has not been developed there yet although the street is paved.With fifty years of fishing under my belt I have always respected the outdoors public land or private land I always carry a bag with me and try to keep the shoreline cleaner than when I arrived there was a few things that I did pick up and take home but I have found that this summer every where I have gone it is the same it is a shame people cannot pick up after them selves well back to fishing I did catch a six pound jack. tight lines to all and remember to have fun.

Has anyone been to Meridian beach canal recently? Is it still open water or starting to freeze? Any info appreciated.

Enough BS how is the fishing

09Cabelas I am glad to see a response where some one is looking at facts and regulations. You are correct, the lots do not go down to the waters edge. However the development company that started Meridian Beach owns the canal banks and was the developer of the entire Meridian Beach association. They are the private land owners of the canal banks. The public access in Meridian Beach of which there is access, is at the beaches that are maintained for both public and home owners recreational use at the home owners associations expense. The canal is a man made structure and the public water access rights for everyone is accessed by the lake. To get to the water other than by boat requires you to leave the public walking path and walk across private property. I ran into issues where we lost access to fishing at the Pembina river. The new land owner would not allow the public to access the water from his hay field to the waters edge. This was his right and the crappy part was we lost the ability to get to the waters edge. Honestly, it was not an issue a few years ago. Over the last 2 summers it has gotten out of control. There are honest people respectful of private property who were not a problem, unfortunately between the property damage, amount of dead and mishandled fish, poaching (the FW people are busy here) and overall attitude of people when asked to respect property, the community has come to the end of its wits. Thank you for your input.

I do not fish the canal or intend to but I wanted to jump in. I looked at the site plan for meridian canal and actually property lines are not to the water line. In Alberta under common law there is what is referred to as riparian zone, so the way I look at it people can actually fish from the shore as that is still considered public land. Look at the site plan and there is also a website called healthy shorelines.com. Maybe I have interpreted this wrong.

Flyhand you posted on Sept 17 that if you are fishing the canal you will be asked to leave- maybe i rear this the wrong way- i thought you were talking about evryone but now i am guessing you are talking about people fishing off shore and on your docks. I do apologize for not reading this right and i am 100 percent behind you with respect to people coming onto your property and you asking them to leave- Sorry guy

Piclicker; No where did I say that people cannot fish in the canal on their boats, this is the water access rights that all citizens of Alberta enjoy. So for you to take it that way, and say "too bad for me" I do not know where you interpreted that, I told Doyle to enjoy the "hot spot" in the canal, with his boat. This could be an example of the knee jerk reaction most people have over a topic like this. I am referring to the people on the canal banks and the canal banks alone. These are the people causing the issues and they are on private property, again nothing about the water itself in the canal accessed by a boat. This is exemplifying what is being experienced out here by everyone at Meridian Beach. This has become a property issue, not an access to water issue with people in their boats. I encourage you to keep coming in your boat, I would not say anything as there is no issue with that. I encourage you to re-read the posts and perhaps educate me on where i indicated that "to bad for you... you cannot fish in your boat in the Meridian Beach Canal water". Constructive feedback is always welcome in an educated dialogue. As an aside, in reality there has maybe been 4 or 5 times all summer that we have seen people anchor up and fish in the canal. Obviously you were one of those 4 or 5, I hope you enjoyed your time in the community.

Flyhand i agree totally with gloveman but as far as me fishing in the canal with my boat too bad for you as you have no say AT ALL on this one. I will continue to fish the canal no matter what you have to say.

FlyHand- I too have fished in the canal from a boat. And I too was raised differently. I would never think of walking on the private property of anyone's or using your private boat launch. I agree with yourself and Doyle that most of the shore fishermen are very disrespectful of both the private property and the attitudes they have. Im sorry to hear that this is an ongoing problem!

Doyle, You are correct, no one has rights over water, they all belong to us and I think that is part of the issue, people assume that because the canal is beside the water, they have free access. The water where you park your boat is public, no contesting that and you are right, it is one of the hots spots "in" the canal. Canal banks and the lots people walk across are not. Again, it is a matter of respect for property. We were raised differently. Telling someone to f.$#%# off when asked to leave their dock would have gotten me an ass whooping by my father or grandfather, different times I guess. We have picture this year of someone who actually backed their truck down to the edge so they could fish off of the tailgate.... I do not know what to say about that one, and after a person sunk their truck through the ice in the canal last winter going for a drive from the lake, i do not know what to say about that one either.. Enjoy the fishing in the canal, we do as well.

sorry pushing buttons ... was wanting to say ... you should exercise your rights as an owner ... I know I would ...thank you doyle

flyhand .... no need to get upset ... I saw the same thing that you witnessed ... the shore fisherman would drag the fish from the water onto the rocks .... drag them on the rocks/shore ... and then have no idea how to take out the hooks ... etc. ... as for myself and any other person that joins me fishing ... we have never walked onto the docks or any land at the canals ...so we are not trespassing and wouldn't think of doing that ... since I respect the "ownership" thing ... as far as the fouled mouthed fisherman/women ... I can't control that .. and you can't either ... if I were you I would call law enforcement and exercise your right as an owner ... I am very respectful of any fish ... and always practise catch and release .., all the time ... the time I was there ... every fall for the last three years ... and the other night ... I counted no less then 15 people fishing from the shore ... yes you may have a problem ... that would be like someone (without my permission) to have a picnic in my back yard ... but one thing you don't have is "riparian rights" ...is why I will still fish in the canals from my boat ... and last time I checked ... no amount of money can buy the water .... and I and anyone I am with will respect the fishery and your private land ... you have a nice day ... and at the end of the day ... you should excersis

doylejhansen don't get used to going to the canal,we homeowners are done with people fishing on private property and are shutting the fishing down as people have a lack of respect for us. I know for me personally getting told oh whatever f&@$ off I'm fishing when asking them to leave my dock is frustrating. And for how people handle the fish is a disgrace I have watched fish get drug up the bank be out of the water for up to 5 minutes and then over hand thrown back into the lack. So no don't go to the meridian canal to go fish as you will be asked to leave.

this message is for tkulyk ...__ go to the meridian canals ... just got home from there .... place was on fire .... pike and walleye ... we caught 40 fish from 7 to 9 pm ....__ walleye and pike ... best place to fish ... is at the intersection of the canal entrance ... then it goes right or left ....__ all you need is the husky jerk HJ12 or hj14 in the fire tiger style about twelve dollars from Canadian tire ...__your kids will catch fish ... if not they can watch all the pike, walleye and ling(s) breaking the surface chasing minnows ...__we drove our boat in ... but all shore fisherman were all catching fish .... using 5 of diamonds and the Cyclops ....__this always happens ever September until the close of the season to 10/31/16 __have fun .... cheers doyle

Looking to take my two little boys out fishing this weekend. What would be the best bet to try fish for this time of year?

That's what I'm saying its dumd people like that, they ruin the lakes keeping fish they shouldn't. I see all the same boats out there almost every day. There a few of these guys that catch and release fish under sized or limits of 0. Some are and hats off to them. The others that are not kick in the nuts for them. I have spoke with FW about these issues, I was told to take a picture of boat, get the #s of it and call, they will search properties of people who are suspected of poaching. So I am now carrying high powered camera to do my part.

Sep 3 more people got caught with illegal fish including walleye at the Meridian Beach Canal. This was the second time the Fish and Feathers came out in a single day. I was told by a home owner that they will be restricting access to the canal as it is private property. Thanks for actions like this, losing a good place to fish

Any body keeping walleye should be kicked in nuts, limit is 0. Miss guided people should not be allowed to fish, these people are the ones that ruin lakes.

I've been fishing Gull lake for almost 6 years now and never caught whites in fall time. Any thoughts where to catch them during this time of the year? We will be at Aspen beach this weekend and will try to catch them but just don't know where to anchor my boat.

Thanks Shane...are u on OutdoorsmenForum.ca? Happy to PM u my coordinates for some big pike on Gull.

8 - 10 ft of water..

just off the swimming area at aspen beach.. using a small black jig head and half a minnow.. yesterday in the same spot we caught 4 walleye, 4 pike(not keepers) and 13 perch.. three of which were over a pound.. great day!!

Shane Moore Nice job! Where did you find the perch and what were u using

great day yesterday.. 2 pike, 8 perch, and 6 walleye, one of which was 6.5 lbs!! all walleye released to fight another day..

If you can't figured out the regs, stop fishing and get a new sport. Snap a picture and let them go watch them grow

Lrd. Thank you very much

picliker the water condition is very good.

anyone know of the condition of the water out at gull blue/green algae or clean

May 15 to Oct. 31 and Dec. 11 to Mar. 31 – Walleye limit 0

read the regs guys. nothing confusing about it. don't be poaching.

http://www.albertafishingguide.com/location/water/all/gull-lake

3 pike over 63cm. No walleye. 5 perch. 3 whitefish. 2 burbot.

I have a question, does anyone what's the catch limit and size regulations in Gull Lake, Alberta... I looked it up, but it's so confusing.... It would be really helpful if someone answer.... Thank you

A HotSpot Marker was added for Gull Lake
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Best day on Gull ever. Found a spot with some fish on the finder, anchored, and caught 23 walleye (11 over 20") longest 23". Didn't have a set of scales. Also caught 4 pike and 1 ling. Jig and a minnow.

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Familyfishin PM sent

LRD V8R, i just did with the same name. Greatly appreciated!

Familyfishin Burbot are easier to target during the hard water season. But they can be found in Gull during the summer too. Are you on Outdoorsmenforum.ca? If so, I can pm you there my burbot "honey hole".

Awesome! Thank you very much! Next question for you would be, where is the best spot to find burbot on this lake? My kids have never seen one so I would love to catch one to show them what they look like!

Familyfishin Gull Lake Storage on the NW corner would work. Check out RV Heaven and Marina too. Best boat launch

Hello! Just wondering if anyone knew of any boat storage lots around gull lake that would be recommended! Looking to store my boat for the summer up there!

opening day action, three pike, one walleye, one burbot..not bad for a morning on the lake!!

I did

CALL RAP...If you don't call it in... Then in my eyes your just as guilty as the guy doing it...

Out getting boat ready for tommorow, opening day. What do I see dumb buggers fishing, I hope these people get caught. Make it hard for the guys following the rules. Top it all off theses are most likely the same people saying the lake is fished out

Any friend has been gull lake? How is ice and is still safe?

Anybody know where the spot is for whites right now?

Was out today. Shallow water has less ice which is normal ( 14-15 inches ), We went as deep as 15 fow and there was 22 inches. All measured with tape. Good solid clear ice at deeper holes. Very sketchy near shore. Lots of vehicles out but I walked. Shore conditions are at point where they could rapidly change through day and could see evidence of someone breaking through in shallows by entrance. 15 + perch each for me and my nephew. Missed a decent walleye first thing. Pike were not biting though.

We fished at Wilsons Beach and the ice is still fine. We drove on as did many others. Only caught perch today but a ton of them.

09cabelas you are so right. Ice can be 15 in but if its all candles aint good

Wow, thickness of ice?? why aren't people talking quality of ice. Ice is poor quality is my update.

I went on at Brownlows on the 23rd and my partner and I drilled in excess of 2 dozen holes throughout the day. I measure the ice by placing the end of my scoop under the ice and marking the handle. I found the ice thickness to be anywhere from 22" to 27". Lots of ice but I can't say the fish cooperated. Curious if the i ce thickness shown at 15" to 16" is an actual measurement or a visual guess. Thanks

Thank you for the update.

March 23 went to brownlows drilled 7 holes to check ice thickness all 7 holes measured 15" of ice

Has anyone drove on the ice lately at Wilson's Beach?

Hmm not sure what that guy is going on about. Was out Saturday and Monday at brown low. Lots of ice still looking at 14-16 inches in about eight feet of water. Was a parking lot of trucks out on ice Saturday morning with no issues. Obviously less people out Monday but still spotted a few 1 tons on the ice. Stay back of old holes and you will be perfectly fine. Saw lots of whites and pike and a ton of micro perch. Enjoy it while you can guys the forecast is for more warm weather.

Ice is still good.

We were at Wilson's on Saturday. Ling have slowed down considerably. Only got about 12 Whites. Lots of ice on the lake, about 20 vechiles out in the morning and then thinned out around noon. Zero pike, very weird.

Still good to drive on, stay back from the old holes. Happy Fishing!

How's the ice? Going tomorrow

Hey all how's the ice doin... is it still good to drive on.... was going to plan a trip for the weekend.....

Fished sunny on Saturday. 3 12"perch and many 4-8". Saw few whites and one lunker pike. Was great day with good ice. Access will be rough if weather continues.

Ice Report: 20 in
Lots of trucks, even one with a trailer, on the ice

How's the ice around the south Shore might head out there today

Good size pike! Got first one within 20 min
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Watch for ice holes and shallow areas. We still have 28 " of ice in Wainwright Area still but there are holes forming in ice from dark debris ( leaves, mud ect ) melting into the ice from warm sunny weather. Shallow areas are getting sketchy too near shore / accesses. One Hole I found today is 18 " x 6 ".

planning on heading to wilsons tomorrow. Anyone have any reports on ice conditions? I'll be driving a ram 1500.

Please be safe out there on the lake, report in this morning, off Sunnyside two good size pike caught and kept.

My daughter went fishing there March 10th and the ice was still good to drive on. Still fish huts on the ice.

Hello all you fisherman. Want to head out for the first time to Gull on Saturday, would appreciate anyone updating me as to the Ice condition for Thurs/Friday. Walking on should still be very safe. Looking to fish in the Brownlow's area. Anyone can let me know as I am driving in from Stony Plain. thanks for your help. Rob relaxin&fishin

was on the lake yesterday very poor ice sluggy with drilling hole ...I drill a hole about a foot deep just to put in my fish and within 20 minutes my hole was full of water not good ...got my limit on white but ice is getting soft...

little late but we were out saturday. had close to 25 perch 3 were over 7" also had a 9lb walleye and 2-3lb walleyes.. awesome day ice was 25" not sure what its like now

Anyone have an ice report?

Shacks off by the end of the month. Just suggesting earlier because of the weather.

di i hear they changed the date when the ice shacks have to be off the lake?

Tjohnson I like to jig a spoon with a smelt and my set my tip up or "dead stick" with a jig head with a tail (best luck with a white tail) Throw a smelt on it as well keep it within two feet of the btm

Hey guys I was fishing all day at wilsons yesterday and caught 3 tiny perch which was good but could not seem to get any jacks while others were what's everyone using for pike out here?

24" @ brownlows. Confirmed and measured through 12 holes. Ice is clear and healthy. Drive with respect and no issues. Slow fishing but managed a 24.5" walleye. Beautiful. Gone to breed again. Cheers.

Ice Report: 20 in
Still a ton of ice! Hard to believe after all this warm weather! Lots of trucks on ice today including my half ton

Hotdog fisher good job on what u did. Helping each other out is what it's all about whether on the lake or in life. You should be proud of what you did and if ever in need drop me a line and would be more than willing to help you and anyone else that's what's it's all about guys.

HotDogFisher more importantly, congrats on the whites and thanks for the pulling that poor soul out of the lake. I'm sure that cut in to your fishing time!

HotDogFisher...there are rules, and severe ones: The Alberta Conservation Association is warning anglers of the potential legal ramifications of drilling holes on a frozen lake and casting a line during Alberta's long winter months. "The likelihood of being charged is very low, but the severity of being charged is very high. If you do get charged, then manslaughter is the likely result," said ACA President Todd Zimmerling.

I've always had great luck with pike at meridian beach

We're is the best place for numbers of pike.

412 dollar cab ride, if anyone would like to chip in that would be great!

got the ol ford out of the water had to cab it back to the city thanks you all for the condolences

Probably drove into an unflagged whole after some idiot moved his shack

Leroy as fishin for life said was out on Sunday and ice was excellent. Drove everywhere. Where the heck did u break threw

ice was very safe when i was out sunday, couldnt have changed much since. Im curious as well to where abouts you went through?

is it still safe on ice with car and truck?

Its a ford......no problem lol

Leroy Jenkins - where abouts did you sink your car at Brownlows? The ice was solid last weekend and I doubt it changed that much over a few days. Please advise.

Sunk half my Ford Focus in the lake about an hour ago. looking for any help out at Brownlow's

Went out to Brownlows last Saturday and got into the whites. There were quite a few swimming around, but only caught 3 in about 6' of water. Loads of small perch and seen a monster jack swimming around. Lots of ice still and safe enough to drive out, but watch out around shore as the days get warmer.

How so Flyguy ?

am i the only one wishing c.o's would patrol this more often. seems like we have alot of anglers playing by their own rules

Sorry about the f150 Washanski forgot about the whole marking my hole thing I owe you one bud!

22 perch on the lake today! Didnt even need a tent... Solid bucket and a half full of em.

Caught 15 perch, was s good day

Where a good spot for perch

Scott drive is the entrance to aspen. 18" of ice at Wilson's. Extremely slow day at both places, didn't have a single bite and only saw once person actually land a fish today.

How to driving on ice on Aspen area

Caught about 50-60 perch in 6 feet of water, kept 5 of the biggest ones. Saw big jack, ling but no whites.
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Awesome Day on the lake. Started fishing at 8:30. Caught 10 small Perch. A good sized Whitefish and a Burbot. Overall an awesome day!!

Yes the aspen area

Thank you fishin4life, it's getting really confusing as ice was deemed way less depth several days ago, fishermen in store and fishing off Sunnyside reporting 24 " depth ! Stay safe

Out at aspen right now and ice is still 24" here

Hi 86 chevyhotrod ? Where on the lake is it 26" ?, as reports coming into the store is nothing like this ?,

Was out Thursday we were sitting on 26 inches of ice. Not sure where people are finding 14?

Ice report for Wilson's beach?

Great day 5 10" perch numerous little guys and a 9lb and 4lb pike

Not many out as mild weather continues, 14 " ice reported off Sunnyside this morning by fisherman who visited the store lunchtime and fishing slow !, one pike caught and released. Be safe out there

I sure hope every body is abiding the fishing regulations. Numbers are way down. Please practice catch and release. Only 14" of ice at Aspen Beach. Not safe because of the mild weather. Better to park over shallow water and walk to deeper water. Avoid bunching up vehicles. Give fisherman and their vehicles wide berth. Thnx

Hi I have a place at Raymond Shores and I am interested in findingwhere brownlows is thanks Clayton

Regarding the 2ft x 4 ft hole, I'm not generally a fan of government interference, but maybe it is time for Fish and Wildlife to start requiring permits for shacks to stay on the lake overnight. At least then there will be a way to keep people accountable for their negligence.__In the meantime, maybe post a marker on this site, and maybe somebody could provide a lead.

Feb. 19th 2016. 4 of us Fished on the south side of lake for 8 hours. Never caught one pike or walleye. Just seen three pike on the camera. Unreal the amount of small perch. Very boring day!

Thats terrible man Some people just don't use there heads Did you have anything to mark it once you were out where abouts did it happened?

Fished by brownlows over some weeds, no bites or sightings

Average day at Brownlows, My son and I caught 9 whites, and a few small perch

Just in case someone picked it up....I lost a 20lb propane tank with a little heater mounted on top of it. Tailgate bounced open leaving brownlows. Noticed right away and spent the next hr looking for it. Someone must've grabbed right away. If you see it or have it please let me know

Small perch from 3 areas of lake.

Driving on the ice at wilsons,on the main trail.....saw two trucks coming towards me so pulled off trail to let them by and got stuck. They just cruised right.....awesome thanks so much guys. Especially the fact I had my 3 small grand children with me.i guess common curtesy is a thing of the past. Finally flagged down an older gentleman about an hour later who was more than happy to tow me out. A big thank you to you sir. You restored my faith in humanity. As for the two d bags that left me stranded I hope karma has special plans for you.

Never heard of it. Where is sandy point_

South of Sandy Point today well its was great till noon took home 8 large Perch and 2 Big Whites then it was dead.

Has anyone seen worms in the whitefish this year. Last year I had a couple that had worms

Lots of little perch at the brownlows

Feb. 17 - white bite was really on between 9am and 11am. Landed 6, marked a bunch more. 11fow, north of Sandy Point. Moved to Aspen around 1pm and got into some perch. Biggest was 27cm. Also landed 2 walleye. Better than average day for us!

Pretty Dead for Action today at Sandy Point and Brownlows. Everyone driving on ice. No problem.

Ice Report: 18 in
18" south of the golf course. Starting to get slushy at shore

Any perch

Hi friend: Where the lake is just two ft water? Could you mark a location you were fishing. How far is from the share side?

Would you be able to drive a car on this lake fairly easy? Thanks

Hey Everyone, Looks like not bad fishing. Does anyone have an updated ice report? Looking to go out to Gull for the first time this year.

Thanks for directions,will try there

hows the ice condioton

Thank you!

Hey Billy. Travelling east or west from Bentley?

Where is Brownlows?

13 small perch yesterday at brownlows, 11 feet of water

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Good fishing reports yesterday on the lake, bait in stock and open 8am every day except Monday's, open today though a sits family day until 4pm.

Calhoon. You must be to the right of lake access?

Going to head to Sandy Point for the night burbot bite. Also like to congradulate Knuckles Mc D for winning smallest and Little Jo for most fish. And thanks to Snow drifter and all the families that attended the invitational. Good time had by all. Enjoy the Valentines day Fishing and goof luck my fellow fisher persons

How thick is the iceman gull lack today ? Wondering about driving 1/2 ton onto lake

How has sandy point last couple days?

The Slew Jr invitational went pretty good yesterday. Congrats to skinny G, Sledged and all the others who landed fish and took home the prizes. Couldn't have asked for a nicer day. Thanks to all who attended and a special thanks to Mrs slew for organizing. Iced too many fish to count and it was great to see the wee fishers catching perch and having a great time. Always fun to watch someone catch their first fish.

did stay out for an hour after i cleaned everything up Lb.. My head just wasnt into it after that..but all is good:). Fishy, thanks for your offer for materials. I have quite a few tanks kicking around so i will think about building another in the summer.. Thanks guys! Happy fishing and be safe! Cheers:)

Good day at Gull Lake with the family, little slow, but a big jack brightened the day!

Double C sorry to here about the theft. if you need some material to build new one. I have a couple of old propane tanks you can have. and i hope you still have a great weekend

DoubleC did you and your boy get some fishing in today despite the bad morning?

Good day today at brownlows. 20 or so perch. 2 pike. Nice fat burbot. 1 white to top of hole but got off. Father in law had great time. He doesn't get out fishing much so all in all great day. Hope everyone else had fun too

Unfortunately there's all kind of losers in our society but worse is they still have nerve to call themselves "sportsmen".

Going to gull for first time tomorrow. Anybody out today with an ice report? Also to the dirtbags who took that guys stuff. You suck and your only chance to be a decent person is to put it back.

Thankyou for your support guys and gals:). I really do hope that the stove gets returned, but im guessing thats a long shot! I dont care about the rest of the stuff that was taken. Just really sad that people think its ok and fun to steal others belongings. We all need to look out for eachother out there, although its hard when it happens in the middle of the night. This happened at Aspen beach so hopefully everyone else is ok. Cheers and have a great family day weekend:)

I hope you and your son can still enjoy the weekend

I am very sorry to hear that you got robbed. I don't understand how people can do things like that

Too the person or persons that stole & broke and entered into the fishing shack please return the stuff. Especially the stove. Do it at 2 am or something please if you have a heart just do it.

Yolo, it is open may 15 - oct 31, and dec 11 - mar 31 with 0 burbot limit from feb 1 - mar 31.

Just a quick note to the lowlife or lowlifes that broke into my shack and stole my wood stove that my son and i built together, and the nice chair and lantern that i got for Chistmas .. I forgive you for not being raised by parents that taught you right from wrong. It is really disheartning when you show up to spend a day filled with joy and memories on the lake, to find that someone has violated your property. This is a tearful morning for a grown man and a little boy who likes to spend his time with his dad.. Enjoy your new stove:) it was made with love:(..

Ifishalberta app says open may 15 till October 31 is that a error?

Hey whisky, follow the rules, poacher

How's Wilson's Beach producing lately?

ice is about 15 inches.

Went out today, really nice day out at Browlowns, a little slow to get going, but the action really picked up in the afternoon. Caught a bunch of whites in 4 FOW.

Can anyone tell me what the ice thickness is out there?

You guys want some good pike head out to meridian and you'll get some! Non stop action all day yesterday!

It is a big lake, instead of complaining about the noise, move. I can sit in my tent with the generator all day if I want. It is not against the law.

I don't know how someone could not be outside to enjoy the weather we've been having!! I went to mulhurst on pigeon lake.. Do not recommend. About an hour into fishing there happened to be an ice track right by us. So if you think a generator is bad listening to half a dozen quads and side by sides is much worse

Its funny how everyone is catching but no one can say where so others can have some fun. Funny...

Big day big fest, 16 whites 9 mariah 2 pike

To much bs on this lakesite get a grip and be men allready

16 inches of ice. 81 cm, 76 cm pike and a few smaller pike, a burbot and tons of perch ( biggest about 9 inches ) between me, my nephew and my uncle. Non stop action all day. Seen a white and a couple walleye on camera but they were not interested in what I was throwing.

Heading out tomorrow nevet fished gull b4 looking for whites any info as to where is good spot appreciated...just a couple aged anglers not looking to steal your honey hole only go once or twice a year just looking for a bit of advice thnx

F&W on the ice, start shoving your excess fish back down the hole!!!!

Slew junior as his prodigal are not idiots. They seem to have some fishing knowledge( They may be the same person. Who knows, and who really cares.)

Can you drive your truck out on the ice these days?

I was just on Google Earth planning our ice fishing trip to Gull. Went to our fav summer spot on Google Earth (last imagery date: Aug 22/15) and there in our fav spot is our boat. My son and I were fishing on Sat Aug 22...Google didn't even go, "Say Cheese!" :-)

Ice Report: 15 in
West side of lake, lots of small perch

Looks like slew Jr. is an idiot to, let's see some pics, then maybe someone would believe you guys

Where can you find shalow water in sandu point looking for 5ft and less

just wonderin how much bull goes with the directions hahahah

Where are you guys getting your bait at??

Jr - You should make some mitts for the MRS with the muskrat fur

To get to the muskrat mounds from brownlows entrance: immediately head left and follow the shore line, after the houses and boat lifts the bull rushes get a bit thicker keep watching the shore line and you will see the mounds just in side the reeds, watch close they are easy to miss. Its about 1km from the entrance by my estimation, 6' out from the reeds you should see our holes. The boiled muskrat stew didn't turn out as good as we would have liked and knuckles is have a heck of a time getting the smell off of his hands. We're gonna eat it either way but maybe try BBQ next time if the opportunity presents itself again. If you kill it or keep it you must eat it. Good luck my gull lake friends!

This is my first year out ice fishing and I have no idea how fast ice thickness can change with warm weather I know that a nice weekend won't kill 16" of ice but a few weekends in a row of 3-5 degrees and sunny week days sketches me out. Has anyone had to stay off the water before the end of the season due to ice conditions? And how long does it take for warm elweather to seriously effect the ice. Thanks

Where are these muskrat mounds located? Thanks for the help

Luv your reports Slew. Between you, the guy with Civic (your brother?) and FISHLIPS (on other threads) there is enough content to create a book titled, "The World's Greatest Fish Stories!" Tight lines Slew JR. But most of all, keep the stories coming!

Anyone know how to cook muskrat?Knuckles figures we should boil it.

Been out of commission for a few days after suffering a horific leg wrestling injury. Went out for the burbot last night and glad I did. Caught and released 22, biggest was 9lbs, fat with eggs but not quite ready to spawn. Straight out from the muskrat mounds in 4 fow. Thanks sledgend for the tip the other day that you had been seeing the burbs in shallow by the mounds. Started biting good at about 6:30. Had knuckles Mc D with me and he was a skeptic of the shallows but after catching a couple more fish than me is now a believer. Hitting shrimp on live forage rattle jigs and orange jig head, green tail about evenly. Darn muskrat swam up Knuckles hole and scared the jeepers out of us. Good night all and all.

Caught 11 perch, maybe 4 were keepers. Saw a monster burbot but didn't even glance at my line Couple decent jacks hanging around too

How much ice is out there ? Headed out this weekend ( weather permitting )

Was at brownlows today. Saw a couple big burbot and a pike or 2. Didn't catch anything though.

thats a good question.. where are the muskrat huts?

Hey Sledgend been going to the lake for years not sure where the muskrat huts are but glad to hear someones have fun. Anyone know of a good spot to get some Whites as the young lad loves catching them. Good Luck everyone.

All my whitefish activity yesterday at sandy point was first and last light. Spent the mid day with just tip-ups for pike & burbs. Managed 1 pike about 5lbs mid day. Went back to the shallows for the last 2 hours, lost a white, then stayed till dark for walleye & burbot. Gave up at 630pm, reeled up my line, pulled my minnow off and tossed it in the hole. I was packing up when I noticed a line on the flasher and heard a splash, couldn't believe it but there was a burbot in my hole! His barbells were out of the water and he was trying to eat my minnow! Scared the hell out of me, lol Rigged back up and fished after he left but only had one fish come in and I couldn't interest them in a bite with either a spoon & minnow head or a jig & minnow. I'm guessing a walleye the way it hung around and followed my bait on the flasher.

Not much coming through
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@goldeye. The ice will be fine. It takes several weeks to rot ice, not a couple days.

Forgot some equipment out on the ice including a camera

Hey guys, can anybody tell me the thickness of the ice? With the Chinook coming in this week. And wanting to go fishing there (gull lake) this weekend feb 06 but the winds 40kms. Waiting for next weekend weather looking better, will ice be too thin by then ?

Good spots to go by brownlows??

Such a beautiful weekend, I called into work sick, paid another night at the hotel and extended my weekend. Headed back to SW bay near the large muscrat mounds again as the perch were much larger there. Had a limit of beautiful perch once again. Seen some whites as well but they weren't too interested in my wetaskiwin. My old chow chow had a great time chasing muscrats around all day, sorry to the guy that came buy on the old yamaha, Ralph don't like skidoos too much, I'll get him in the truck if you wanna come buy on Saturday. Can't seem to find red maggots anywhere lately, let the white ones soak in ketchup over night and it seemed to be home run with the perch and those pesky jack fish as well.

2 burbot. seen nice walleye.18 plus FOW.Wilson Beach. Not catching alot but always seeing fish

Where can you get wire worms close to Brownlows? I'm not from the area and am looking to fish for whites. Any color and size suggestions would also be appreciated

Ice Report: 14 in
Aspen beach area.

2 legal pike, 1 walleye and too many perch in 14 fow at Aspen beach area. All perch were small.

Seeing nothing yet
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Jumbo Perch
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Feeling a little rough this morning, was a late night at monkey top. Mrs slew Jr sure can 2 step. Big thanks to Slew Jr for saving from the local boys, was chatting with a nice local buckle bunny when my lazy eye got the best of me. Heading to the old rock pile today again. ( I'll try pin on here for you all)

Entered the Monkey top derby today. Fished a bit out of my comfort zone and stayed away from the bay and the whites. Fished deeper water in search of Monster jacks. The Mrs and her friend spanked the fish and we are on our way to the Monkey top to meet friends and collect their winnings. I was a bit under the weather after we got into the dandelion shine last night. Thanks to the Mrs and her friend for picking up the slack for me.

Wanna meet up civic slew? Would love to meet ya!

Must have used up my character limit. Sorry about that. What I was saying: big post derby get together at the monkey to tonight. Meeting slew Jr & Mrs slew Jr down there after my supper. Please stop by out table and say hello. I'm wearing a old precision drilling Jean jacket, red proban coveralls

Busy weekend out at Brownlows Landing Forsure. Left the old homestead 2 hrs before light and and had my hikes drilled just as the sun peeked out of the horizon. Getting pretty busy in the SW bay, hope all who took my advice had great success on the jumbo perch that area has to offer. Find were the bigger fresh water shrimps are and you'll find big perch. Changed it up a bit today, went to the "sunken island" Just NE of the sandy pointe boat launch. 100 meters east from shore slightly north. Lots of large rocks and structure below there. 2-3 FOW below ice. No joke 50 - 60 perch. 5 jumbo in the bucket. 2 decent whites that I released. Have the oerch all fillet up. Freddy the cook at the hotel deep drys my perch for me as long as I order a pouting with gravy. Big post derby get together at the monkey top tonight, slew Jr

South of brownlows on the bay 4fow pretty slow, caught a few little perch

How thick is the ice?? I figure everyone must be driving by now?

Went out half the day. Started at SE launch and worked our way up. Nothing but a few small perch none worth keeping. Everyone we ran into on east side of lake wasn't having no luck neither. Big Derbyshire today too. Shame

What were you using for those big pike? Never seen one come out of there that big

The Mrs just saw over five whitefish in the last half hour. Hooked one and almost brought it out of the hole. Had her hand on it but by that time the head was pointed down and gone. Bronze wireworm with one maggot.

Massive pike. Me and a buddy out for two hours caught five pike. All over 20Lbs
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Seen whites and some pike north of the sand bar. Nothing biting really.

Pretty Dead here for sightings and action on the sand bar by Sandy Point. Lots of fisherman on the ice for the derby by Brownlows.

Perch not much else
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Thank you slew jr in trainning. Are you talking about the sand bar right before the sandy point bay? i fished there couple of years ago it was a good spot .thanks again

86 perch (4 keepers), 1 white and a 14lb pike today. Not a bad day. The little perch were annoying more than anything. Beautiful day luckily cause we weren't on the lake an hour and Mrs Slew Jr put a leg in the hole rite to the curly ones. I definitely out fished the Mrs today as she spent half the day in the car warming and drying her wet pants, boot and foot, at least she'll have a good story to tell at bridge night.

Talking smack with the boys, we debated what is best whitefish lake in Alberta, One said Wabamun, one said Slyvan, and three of us said Gull at Brownlows. What does everyone think?

Back out on the east side o n the 25th.8 Fow.More small perch a few whites but they turned from the old reliable.released 1 - 24" Pike.The 26th about a100 yards from yesterday pulled up one white in 5 min. lost another ten min later.A hour later had a white go after my hook like she was blind,she then hit old faithfull on the jawjacker.Fed the perch later on just little guys,but there fun to watch slowly take apart a small smelt on a treble.all the action must have got a nice 28"pike to come in on my fresh bait.amazeing to watch them gills flare as she sucked in that smelt.so all in all another couple of great days out.Great weather some good action.Tight lines to all,and have fun.

Super day at Brownlows, limited out at 915am, spent the rest of day playing with the whites, Landed 14 in total.

Well I'm making the hour drive again tomorrow to try again should I be fishing over weeds or find sand benches and I was fishing at the mouth of the creek in about 10' of water and tips for where to fish and what's the rigs everyone's using and if your fishing off the bottom? And thank bully wahshanski for the tip. Any more tips would be very helpful really want to get my dad on some white fish

Young fisher. Don't give up. A couple of tips - use light line 6lbs or less. I find anything heavier the whites swim on by. Jig your hook to make it looks like it is swimming around the hole. Try different colours. I keep 30 rigs with different hooks/colour ready to go. Change colour if a fish rejects

Tried fishing in the shallows, first two holes I drilled into the mud, finally got a good hole in at 3ft of water. Caught 5 nice sized whites.

Got in on the afternoon fish iced 2 small pike, 2 whites and a bunch of little perch. Wish I could have made it out earlier. Sorry to hear you're out of commission for a bit slew, hope I get a chance to try your Kielbasa. John the Hunter I am seeing the most whites in shallow water, about 3-6 fow. The most consistent spot for me is about 3/4 of the way to sandy point from brownlows. There's a sand bar that comes out about 300 yards off shore, I was about 100 yard from the shore in 4 fow Sunday and today. Saw plenty of whites both days. Same spot me and the Mrs got the van stuck and had to spend the night last year. Good luck.

Brownlow report - Fished for 4hrs in 2.5 feet of water today, caught and release 9 whites. Beautiful day on the hardwater

Has anyone been using precooked shrimp rings I've been using them over by the canal. Slaying that perch. Also inject your worms with air using a syringe. Makes them fatter and bubble a bit attracting the crankers.

When should I take my shack off the lake?

There are some perch there! http://bit.ly/1ZRcsOB

Aspen dead today hope tomorrow is better seen one big pike and caught and released one average perch. Sorry Young Fisherman it is usually a lot better hope they get going in the PM _

Brownlows is where you get on the lake if you are fishing at aspen most likely. Just a little bit north west of aspen beach.

Brownlows Directions: Go through Bentley, brown sign ~4 km down the highway, silo on the left of road. Turn left, then keep going straight, on past the stop sign onto dirt track. You should see ice fishing shacks everywhere.

I am fishing at aspen beach and haven't caught anything not even a perch tried 2 feet or water to 12 feet and nothing but fish on the camera on top of some weeds any tips ?? Could really use some and again where is brown lows

Nice day at Brownlows. Fishing above average. Was wondering why guys were fishing so close to shore, until I read the comment below. Going to have to try that next time out.

was out at brownlows on saturday at noon and stayed till sunday at 10 am.tried everything i have read on here that people say works and three of us fishing and not one bite..saw lots of perch on camera but nothing at all...no whites or any other species for that matter..time to find another lake...

Mostly fish at Brownlows, sometime Aspen

Billy, what area of the lake are you having the best luck? Brownlows?

Good to hear Glenrose that it worked, A few years ago an older guy would always fish in the extreme shallows, I took his lead and have been catching fish in a few feet of water ever since. Pretty wild how the come blasting thru the hole without warning. I think they are shallows for the sole reason of feeding so they bite readily

Thanks flash for the tip were on our way out there now good luck fishing

I have my shack on aspen seeing and catching a ton of perch there some big ones to. I am in 6 FOW.

Hey fellow fisherman, any tips you guys can give me to catch some perch first time fishing on gull not really interested in whites but would like to get my father on some perch what's the best sport to enter on the lake I was thinking aspen beach?? And what's the brown lows everyone is talking about ??

Thanks Billy for the tip, fished this afternoon in 2 feet of water, caught fish after fish. I can believe there are that many fish in so little water. Thanks again Billy, learned something new today

Haven't been to Brownlows in years. Hearing very good reports. How busy is it out there.

Slew and Slew Jr. Your fishing adventures bore me to tears. Keep fishing.

Sunday at Brownlows caught a bunch of nice sized 9-10" perch, saw a few whitefish but were not interested. I seen a couple of guys fishing really shallow, must of been you Billy Wahshanski, good to hear someone found the whites. Hey slew I hear there biting at Slyvan

Jr in trainning, where did you catch those whites? I went out sunday morning. And did not see any whites at all. Caught lota of perch but im looking for whitefish.

Wow, some real wing nuts fishing at Gull this year. At least it is humorous. Now here is a true fishing report: The whites seemed to pick it up a gear the last week and are really moving. Fish 2 to 4 FOW. No luck deeper than 5 FOW. The fish are just hammering the hook in the shallow water. They seem to come in schools and are feeding heavy. Good luck everyone

Made it out for a bit in the afternoon yesterday. Thanks to the Mrs for sharing her bridge winnings with me so I could get to the lake. Whites were moving pretty good, have had better afternoons but was still able to ice 6. Didn't keep any cause the Mrs says she's done cleaning fish for a while. Lost my rainbow wire worm to a good size jack but green and orange seemed to work as well. That sure was an impressive bucket of perch that you had Sledgend, some of the bigger ones I've seen this year. Wanted to stay for the evening burbot bite but Mrs slew Jr was adamant that I be home for sloppy Joe night. Good luck fishing this week and enjoy the beautiful weather all!

Wood69.i use small jigs or small wireworm with maggots. 6-8fow.

How do u catch perch and what u u use for bait at gull lake and what's a good depth

How and where abouts would I catch perch and what u use for bait

Wow what a beautiful day on the old hard water. Too many perch to count. Brought home the limit though of 12"ers. 2 - 3 fow in between some lager muscrat mounds in the SW back Bay of Brownlow. Running a beach ball colored wetaskiwin with 2 red and 2 white maggots alternating consectuvily opposite on the 4 prong treble hook. Bit too much snow for my 2wd Chevy so just tugged the old calf sled along, tried to get my old chow chow KING Ralph to give tug for bit but the old stubborn bugger wouldnt dooer. Slew Jr came buy today, On his way off ice, told me what lures had been working best on the whites for the day. I'm more into perch personally than white fish but what ever floats your boat. Was worth the long drive this weekend to Bently and the staff at the Bentley hotel were excellent as usual. Off to work for the week hope to be back next weekend . Cheers all.

Ice Report: 18 in
Pulled one pike right at 63 and one ling cod east side of lake

Superb day at brownlows Whitefish are really moving. Fish were not interested until I put on a lime green wireworm. Landed 7 until I broke my line, fish would not bite anything else. Heading to the store looking for some more lime green hooks.

Mixed reports coming in at the store, some having caught limits of white and perch ! Others not seeing a fish ! Enjoy the day no matter what the catch !

Sorry to hear about the auger and the tire slew at least you got some fish. Hopefully the auger can be fixed The Mrs and I did alright last night with the burbs. The Mrs got 2 and I got one, maybe the shirt helped. The smoked whitefish turned out good and was a great midnight snack when we got home. Thanks to the nice guy that gave Mrs a couple smokes. Sorry she's always bumming we're on a budget gas or smokes. It sure makes my day more enjoyable when she gets her fix. Hoping to get out today but getting pretty low on gas cause the Mrs bought smokes. Good luck today sure have met some nice people on the lake this year, I'll stop by for a visit next time I see the civic and we can swap some fishing secrets?

you guys that are on slew guy u know he is just looking for attention.leave him be and maybe he will go away.maybe some of u have lost the meaning truly fishing.Imean it is not about how many fish u can catch in a day .It is about comradery out with your buddy having fun bsin with each other.or just out by your self having some time to your self.if you see fish and if you can catch them that's a bonus.its about passing on the knowledge to a young one or even a stranger.you will fell good about your self.when you can see the appreciation in there face.tight lines to all and remember to have fun

Thanks so much for the legal clarification brad4:20. Soon with this new Trudeau government you will be legal also. Anyways was out the old hard water today pulled in a few perch. Just enough to keep me coming back tomorrow for more. Think I met mrs slew Jr today, nice lady in a homade cloud shirt, gave her a few smokes.

To access Aspen travel 1 km west of the Gull Lake store.

Hey everyone what's the best way to access aspen beach. I've looked on google maps and it looks like maybe Scott dr but not sure if there is lake access or not any advice would help as I'm coming up from Airdrie

Is there a derby on the lake today? I've never seen so many people fishing gull before, hopefully people had more luck than I did all week long or there's gunna be a lot of disappointed fisherman.

"The number of fish of each species you may possess at_the end of a fishing trip, regardless of the number of days fished, is_equal to a 1-day limit at the water body fished and includes fish stored ( prepared or unprepared ) at home."__So, _ if the limit for possession of Whitefish is 3 and you have two at home in your freezer you can only keep one more.__This is for both slews. And Yes THE LIMIT IS 3.

Heading back out with Mrs Slew Jr for the evening burbot bite. Mrs made a delightful batch of sucker chowder with white corn to bring out for dinner. Going to try Brownlows. Mrs slew Jr wearing a black shirt with sparkles for the night bite. I don't feel that the fish look up as much at night but we will see. Just need to add some more jack Daniels wood chips to the smoker and we will be on our way. Feel free to stop by for some chowder we have lots.

Ice Report: 11 in
Wilson's

Good to hear the lake is not dead like some people are preaching. What are they biting on? Heading out in the am. to give it a try. Stop by and say hello, I will be in the white F150

They should change the name of this lake to whiner lake, because what I see on all the posts about this lake is a bunch of whiners and cry babies. Most lakes have sensible and helpful feedback but whiner lake (gull lake)seems to be all whining and gossip

Out yesterday close to Aspen boat launch. Caught 11 walleye, 2 small pike, 2 ling and a perch. Too much fun. All caught using a jig and minnow 6" off bottom.

Got my limit of whites and one sucker at sandy point 6 fow. First sucker on gull, wasn't even sure there were any in the lake. Bare hook turned sideways, meal worm tipped with a piece out white corn. Headed home 9am to wake Mrs slew Jr up so she can clean my fish. Going to get them in brine ready to smoke. Going to try the sucker as well. Anyone eaten sucker before?

It would be nice if all this BS could be screened from this column. Yes you can still catch whitefish on this lake but it takes patience,knowledge of the lake,knowledge of the fish habits,and an ever increasing amount of luck. I have enough experience on this lake to KNOW something is wrong. By the way,cook your whitefish thoroughly,the last two batches I cleaned had roundworms in the meat

Where is sandy point

I agree with Calhooooon. I was raised on a farm outside of Bentley. I have been fishing this lake for fifty years. The lake is still a good fishery. I think people are using this forum to discourage people from going fishing. I been out a three times this winter, once was very good, the other two times were poor. That's ice fishing - some days they are biting, other days they don't

No bs, almost every time I've been out at sandy point I've been catching, mostly I get my limit

Fished off the point yesterday very slow only one keeper!!!

Please take a picture of fish you got next time showing so many fishes. Let us look at how luck were you. We wait for 4 hours and even see nothing.

Please take a picture of fish you get. Let us look how luck are you! We even can not see any white for 4 hours waiting!

So just a wireworm with a maggot? And thanks for the help!

Hi Whitefish 18 well what I used was a wire wrap with a maggot figure out what depth they might be cruseing at that's a guessing game then sit and wait and wait try jigging another hole while u wait and wait hope this was helpfull

This message is for anyone planning to go to Brownlows for the first time every or this winter. Don't bother it's slow slow slow. Some of us have had the odd good day but the fishing has really died there and continues to get worse. A lot of us that fish there have done so for many years and myself I have been fishing there for close to 40 years and it's not even close to what it used to be. I laugh when people say well we're just not very good fishermen but many of us could wright a book on how to ice fish including me. Alberta fish and wildlife has dropped the fishing limits but it's not enough,they need to drop it to zero for a few years to let the lake replenish and until they do it's only going to get worse. Please disregard anything that carectors like Slew like to post because he lives in a fantasy world and does not catch the limits he posts and there is a few others but he is by far the worst. I cannot comment on North Gull lake because I don't fish that end of the lake but most of us are very frustrated that fish the South side. As mentioned some of us do have the odd good day but if you consider a group of 4 people catching a total amount of 3 fish in eight hours combined good,which we don't on course. I personally do not keep any of the fish I catch I throw them back so another fishermen can catch them but you can't catch what is not there anymore. Do yourself a favoure fish elsewhere as I have and it pains me to tell you that.

Slowest week on the lake since it opened for fishing this winter. Hope it turns around soon, this is painful.

How did you catch a white on the jaw jacker? What were you using? I've tried and couldn't see what I was doing wrong

Slew the only rimming I know was when I had the sandwich in Pattaya.

Caught 50 giant whitefish and had to club off the multiple 30 lb pike that threatened to destroy our whitefish hahahaha!! Seriously though, I caught one nice pike and hubbie flipped over a whitefish. We were fishing a couple hours out in deep water

You are right Jason. People keep going to this lousy fishery. Day in and day out. Ice fishin season is too short people. Go somewhere where you catch something. Sitting for hours hoping a white swims by is pretty lame

Was out near the mess of shacks at browlow. There for8 hrs . Drilled 14 different holes and caught 1 prech. I think there's a lot of bs being said on this fourm

Was out near the mess of shacks at browlow. There for8 hrs . Drilled 14 different holes and caught 1 prech. I think there's a lot of bs being said on this fourm

Had ago at the east side yesterday.A few small perch lost one pike looked and felt like a keeper.Jawjacker caught me a whitey around noon.Thats a good little rig.other than that fairly slow.

Lazylike - do you really not know rimmed mean. Ask the guy at the store

Fished Wilson's today, saw a lot of whites lost count. Caught 7 whites between Mrs slew Jr and my self, rimmmed and lost as many. Saw a couple burbs but had no interest in my rainbow wire worm. Fishing picked up when Mrs slew Jr and I put on our sky blue and cloud colored shirts, never hurts to blend in. Thanks to the guy in the white ford that gave Mrs slew Jr a couple smokes.

Hmmm what does Rimmed a Whitefish mean. Sounds like Slew lingo to me. Are you his brother or cousin?

Finally some decent weather and some hot fishing. Nice to see brownlows finally heat up. Superb morning seen 39 whites this morning, landed 9, rimmed 4. Throw in a couple of perch and a pike, non stop action. Tight lines

Anyone wanna let me know some good baits and lures to use this year?!

Thx fishin4life for the up date.

I've had good luck catching perch at aspen this year. Caught a good sized walleye and bourbot. Haven't seen any whites there.

Hi, has anybody fished at aspen beach area. Thinking of going there next weekend, most of the posting I been reading is Brownlow. Thx,,,

thanxs for the tips syluriux..much appreciated!

Could anyone tell me what that point/bay on the north east part of the lake is called. And if the fishing is worth trying?

Fished pelican point this morning. Two whitefish got sucked up by the auger and spit out on the ice. Wonder what colour auger I should use for the eyes?

Smels for pikes and wire worm for whites._Try diferent colors for wire worms._Good luck.

Hello I was reading up on ice fishing gull lake and I was wondering if anyone had any useful tips on what to use for bait and rigging this time of year..We are doing an overnight trip soon and we are rookies at this so any info would be greatly appreciated.

Wow

Tough day at meridian. No fish! Goona try somewhere else!

Monkey top derby is Jan 30th. Abandoned the bay today and headed to the right (east) of Browlows , super slow caught 3 tiny perch, no one around catching either. Saw the Civic on the lake but it was far too cold to stop and visit. Go easy on slew haters is it that inconceivable that someone is a better fisherman than you. Jig on Slew!

Does anyone know if there is a fishing derby this winter? If so what dates??

Just did a check...I was right...found other posts and I for sure know that its a young fella...thanks google search

One troll using 3 profiles...probably and most likely some teenager or some guy with no life dreaming in color

Too bad one cannot check someone elses profile...pretty sure one could weed out the bullcrap stories just by seeing when they joined and discrepancies

Was at brownlows and then headed out across to try other side on Jan 15 very slow saw very few fish the hole day in several spots. Glad to hear some of you had some luck the me and three other guys only got a few VERY small perch for the hole day.

Can anyone tell me how thick the ice is ,

Fished Brownlows today in search of the legend. Wasn't able to locate my mentor Slew but caught my limit of whites and a 9 lb burbot. lots of small perch and released one small eye as well. Give a heads up when your out next time slew. I could use some more great advise.

Pics or it never happened slewwithanewcivic...;)

Was at brownlows yesterday. Water seemed a bit murky. Still landed 9 whites and 2 pike. Whites still moving real good.

Fishing not to bad yesterday for some fishermen coming into the store, photo of a fisherman with a nice whitefish on store facepage and he caught several more along with his friend.

Ice Report: 16 in
Brownlows 16". Drove the duramax out.

Slew your an idiot %uD83D%uDC4D%uD83D%uDC4D%uD83D%uDC4D%uD83D%uDC4D

Good idea to go deeper I think. Caught a pike that came blasting in and she had no food in her stomach. Will report tomorrow

Agreed...pics on Ab outdoorsmen message board or it didn't happen.

I agree. This guys been trolling this board for far to long. No one cares how many fish you "catch" your full of sh**! Thanks for everyone else's honest input.

Hello Fishermen just want to comment this web site is great and for most It can be very helpful if all of us would post the truth but unfortunatly there is some of us that like to post some really silly stories. Case in point Slew why do you do this it really needs to stop and all others like him please. Slew has caught more fish in two of his last posts then some fishermen catch in a complete winter season at Gull so slew your not fooling anyone here. Do you have ice fishing shacks you rent that might compel your stories,not sure but please STOP. Can we please just post the true and most of you do and for that I say thank you.

Great Mr Slew You seem to be the only one catching. My kids are going hungry. What's your tips

Good at brownlows today. 8 whites. 3 eyes. 2 pike. And a burbot. Lots of perch. A brownlows grandslam

Can someone tell me you my flasher is not picking up my spoon let alone anything chasing it is picking up depth and ice but no spoons or fish do I have to turn something up or....plz help

I was out fishing at the Gull last weekend, fishing was great. There is a spring running in at the far north end. Big whites, pike, ling, 10 walleye, Ive never caught so many fish

I have been out ice fishing gull lake alot this year I started in 4 feet of water and now I'm in about 15 feet of water been seeing lots of fish in the deeper water and there has been a few whites as well all swimming about 5 or 6 feet from the bottom of the lake

Hey Slew you seem like a sociable fellow. Perhaps you could reveal where you're having all this great fishing so we could come and visit. We promise to take our boots off before coming into your house

Huskyfisher16. Brownlow was not to bad today.

I was out last week never seen a single fish of any type. At birch bay

Mr Slew I am fascinated with your fish story. Do you have any photos?

Don't get out that often but have been fishing Gull Lake since 1970, often have been skunked but never have I gone out and not seen a whitefish, where are they? Caught a bunch of perch but all too small (7"-9"). 5 yrs ago I never saw a perch in the Lake???

Went out from first light to 1 pm, south end, didn't see a single whitefish

slewwithanewcivic at first glance it looks as though you are well over your catch & possession limit. I am hoping there is more to your story, like the four other licensed fishermen you are speaking for and the hearty fish supper you all had Saturday night.

Good weekend at brownlows . Whites really moving. 12 on sat the 11 on Sunday. 3 burbot and 4 pike and tons of little perch. No eyes. . Browlows has overall fished very good this winter

Talked with a fish & wildlife officer out of Wetaskiwin today. I asked him if he heard about a collapse or partial collapse of white fish in Gull Lake. He stated that he had not heard anything. He also stated that he and a fellow officer out of Red Deer spoke two days ago.The Red Deer officer stated that he was out checking at Gull Lake and the people that he checked had their limit or very close to having their limit of white fish and perch. That is the message I got from a fish & wildlife officer in Wetaskiwin today. I can not give an opinion because I have not fished Gull Lake this year yet.

Wow that is interesting feedback on this lake which may provide clues. So far everybody is alarmed about the poor sightings and success rates this winter. Maybe you have provided a critical note of information. Will be interesting for the Red Deer office of the Fish Management program to chime in and tell us the truth. If we have a collapse of partial collapse of whitefish,then hopefully they will be proactive and save the whitefish. Does the fishing need to be shut down for this winter?

Hello I fishers. This is my first post. I've been reading several posts of poor white fish catches This winter so far. I ice fished Gull Lake every winter for the past 10 years. I normally dont fish for whites so wouldn't notice any decline if there was. Not sure if this is a result of the poor whitefish catch but 2 summers ago while camping at Sunset Legion in the first week of August I took the kids tubing and we seen hundreds and hundreds of dead whitfish floating on top of the water. We only seen dead whitefish. Kids were grossed out. We seen the dead whites in Birch Bay, Parkland Beach, Meridian beach and out towards the center of the lake. I reported it to Fish and Wildlife but never heard back from them on what would of caused the fish kill. Somebody back at camp mentioned there was a big thunder/lightning storm over the lake the night before and said that probably caused the fish kill. ????

Wilson Beach Ice is 10" 1 small jack

Thx for the up date,what is fishing biting on that is working. Smelts?

Any one know how thick the ice is around sandy point resort can you drive on from there

About 14 inches ice at aspen

Hi can anybody tell me how thick the ice is by aspen beach

Just got back from Meridian Beach. Very slow. Saw and caught 2 whites. Saw nothing else. No one reported seeing anything around here at all.

Whitefish bites really slowed down. Skunked on whites for the first time ever at Gull on Jan 1. Checked my logs from previous 3 years and I was shocked at the results. Here's to hoping there will be leg up on the whitefish action before it completely dies down in Feb.

Aspen beach 9 feet of water seen a couple of whites, one pike, and a ton of perch at sunset. Having tomato soup for supper though. Maybe tomorrow.

Was at meridian today and got skunked, caught a lot of of perch and a few big jacks at sunset yesterday though

Great fishing at brownlows. All species all day long. Limited out on perch and whites in 2 hrs. Just gotta get away from the gong show of shacks.

http://esrd.alberta.ca/fish-wildlife/fisheries-management/fall-walleye-index-netting/index-net-survey-reports/default.aspx

Check out the fall walleye index netting for al species of fish in this lake.

Really enough of the BS and back to fishing reports please

Anyone have some ice reports? Trucks on the ice I take it....but curious.

Due to increasing concern over lack of whitefish in the lake, I for one will be doing some research and will report back at a later date.

Spoke with a Biologist in Sherwood Park Office that generated the last official survey in 2009. I got the message they do know there is a problem but the Red Deer office had the jurisdiction now. They need to survey fast for the latest data and change the lake management approach if the data is aligned with what the majority is finding. NO WHITEFISH in the same numbers being seen as before.

I'm seeing lots of perch. some jack and burbot. with the camera just not interested in biting.Wilson beach. 15 FOW

Parkland store owner-I'm sorry if I offended you. I get a little more concerned with this whitefish problem than I mabey should. As for interacting with fish and wildlife I have spent hours in communication with them. The reoccurring themes are insufficient money,lack of manpower and insufficient data I would like to add lack of responsibility and ownership

On gull lake for 3 hours and not even a bite anyone know a good place to go

Alberta conservation is brutal, they need a major overhaul of all there fisheries there should be a zero catch limit on this lake for a few years! And maybe they could put some money into a few more wildlife officers..

BTW Ifish Guest is a mod. He has deleted comments on other lakes if people start talking on here about fishing issues topics. I would ask him to define a fishing report and what he deems acceptable ( at least let us know what you are taking offence to ). Also Please do a survey to see what people would like to see more of or less of on this site in comments. I think they would be surprised to find more people would like to see more discussion and information on this site.

Out at birch bay today been here 3 hrs and nothing yet..fishing for pike and burbot 15 " of ice 12 fow. Can't see bottom but ice is good for 3/4 ton Cummins. .anybody catching any lings out here?

For most of us, we appreciate everything you post Owner of Parkland. Guys like you that help keep fishing enjoyable. On a happier note, lets all get out, enjoy the lake and have fun. Any updates on water clarity? Brownlows was a bit dirty last time I was out.

Please whoever you are YIGAF who stated I own the store ! You should also know I live within this community and this is my 8th winter. I do care about all aspects of community life and the lake. In light of your comments have you contacted fish and wildlife to gain updated information. If you think I do reports for monetary gain then you clearly know nothing !

To the person who said this is not a forum and keep it to a lake report. Everything any one can add about a lake and its conditions, fish, water quality, ice quality, or general comments is important to many of us that do fish these lakes. I want information that's why I go to this site. Now some reports are full of bull and have to be ignored. Gull Lake whitefish are a major concern to many of us everyone that casts a hook or drops a line is responsible for the care and use of our fisheries. I want my grand kids to enjoy fishing as much as I have but we need fishable waters for that.

This is what happens when you get 100s of people fishing daily keeping every white they catch. Not to mention the warmer summer probably did not help.

Ice Report: 10 in
Went to Brownlow's and pulled a 26.5" Pike up through the ice and 6 small perch

Ice Report: 10 in
Birch Bay has good thick ice to drive on drove my 1500 Chevy pick up on with no risk of going through. Pulled nothing throught the ice my buddy seen one white fish and that was all.

A Lake Report includes all observations and interpretations of where the fish are to help each other. With all the fisherman on the ice and dismal sightings and catches of whitefish is it not obvious something has changed. A few sightings on camera in deeper water does not mean everything is normal. Historical surveys done about seven years ago showed solid harvest week by week. Let's see what another moon change brings but it's almost time for a declaration that the whitefish population in Gull Lake is indeed COLLAPSED due to poor wildlife management in the last six years. I hope I am wrong!!!

Fish report for Ifish guest. Jan 3. Sandy point. Two hundred people in this bay. Saw four whitefish caught. Let's not talk about this,maybe the fish are hiding in a hole some where else in the lake.

Please keep comments to lake reports. this is Not a forum.

Brad,I wasn't aware Alberta banned commercial fishing in all Alberta until you mentioned. Lake McGregor years ago had a good white fish population but greatly declined over the years due to commercial fishing. Looks like 2015 was the first year there was no commercial fishing. I'm interested to see if the white fish population come back.

Shane, Walleye diets consist of perch and minnows. When Walleye got fished out of all the lakes in the 80's lots of lakes became " good perch lakes " due to lack of walleye. As walleye numbers increase perch will decrease. The lakes will need to re-establish equilibrium. Opening up walleye would just fish out another species ( like what is happening to whitefish ). Alberta has closed commercial fishing due to declining whitefish numbers in Alberta Lakes ( as well as the other species caught in nets not surviving.

I do agree with so of the points made but I do believe over fishing has more to do with the decline than people think. As someone that grew up in the area and knows more than one old timer that fish mornings and evenings and keep their limit each time. So do the math if you take your limit ever day for a month that's 150 Plus or minus A few and times that by a theoretical 50 people that equals 7500 fish times that by 4 months = 30000 fish. Just a theory and I have fished that lake a lot over the years and on any given ice fishing weekend more than few people are working the lake. More than one Alberta lake has been over fished and damaged .

And it's funny they lowered the limit twice

Fishingmama, it's funny they fish out the ocean and have a shortage on salmon, and years ago when we used to go there the white fish would bite anything we would put down the hole and as for the shiners I'm sure they were there years ago to,

Hey Shane. I am in total agreement with you on your points. Husband and I caught an average of 5 to 10 Walleye each outing this summer, with an average weight of 5 to 7 lbs. I even caught an 11 pounder this summer. Also noted that water appeared to have dropped close to a foot by the end of the summer. Many many factors come in to play overall as to why the fish do what they do.

maybe we arent seeing any whitefish is that the walleye are taking over, like what happened to pine lake.. pine used to be a great perch lake.. not now.. lots of walleye, no perch.. they should open up walleye fishing for a reduced limit..i caught lots of large walleye this summer.. no reason to continue this absolutly no catch limit..

Husband and I caught 8 perch and 1 pike today. Kept one perch approx. 12 inches long. Rest of perch and pike were too small. Lots of large perch around our area but they would just bump the hook and then swim off. Had 5 large whites toying with us also. As for lake being fished out, I find it hard to believe that a lake that is approx. 20 km long is fished out. Did any of you happen to see the minnow show in the lake this fall? Thousands upon thousands of them on the Meridian Beach end of the lake alone. Have you ever thought that maybe the fish have plenty of live food in the lake right now that hooks aren't appealing??? I actually caught a perch today that had a minnow still in its mouth.

I went out today, only caught a couple little perch.. But the other day I went out and managed to catch 3 whites. All were massive.

When the limit was 10 whites and the March slaughter was on,I had a lady who said she was from Falun come up to me and try to give me whitefish. I'm kicking my husbands ass " she said. "He's only caught 28 and I've caught 37 I need to give some away". In 30 years fishing gull I've been checked by Alberta Fish and Wildlife three times. Hell of a deterant

Well it sure didn't help having the limit at 10 for a number of years than 5 now 3 this province couldn't manage a goldfish right, but they will say "due to fishing pressures " instead of saying dam we didn't manage this lake right, and let's keep the breeders to that's a brilliant rule too I could on and on but won't do no good

Must be collapsed like you say. Nobody is seeing any whitefish. Another good lake down the drain. It's going to take years to bring it back. Nobody is even seeing anything.

Why would the owner of a store/tackle shop want you to believe the whitefish population is still healthy??

Whitefish are out there !, spawning still at Christmas so takes longer to get interested says one long time fisherman on this lake.

Fished meridian beach yesterday. 7 Fow, hardly see the bottom. Nothing at all!

Continued...but there is absolutely no doubt in my mind that we are witnessing a collapse of the white population. "All in all it seems to be that you don't know what you got till it's gone"

Well folks when are we going to admit it? This lake has become a victim of its own success. I have enjoyed decades of very good whitefish fishing on Gull lake but the last two years shows an indisputable result of overfishing and poor management. Sure I caught my limit a couple of times as the whites are still concentrated in certain arrears after their spawn

Fished at Wilson. 200 yards out. One pike. Went north about 1km. Didn't see a fish. About 7 feet of water. And 11 inch of ice

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Entered like a brownslow and went left. Fished in about 8 to 15 feet of water for about 3 1/2 hours. Must've caught over 80 perch between two of us but nothing of any size. Saw one Jack and no whitefish. Perch for mainly biting on a little copper red tipped wireworm with a Mealworm on it

Any luck for whites today?

Ice Report: 10 in
Meridian beach, no sign of any fish

Thanks whiteguy, might have to give it a try if I make it out yet this year

Flyfisher08 I get my white at Willson beach strait out 200 yard and south 100 yard 4 to 8 ft water .. bin getting lots on red wire worn .generally with a maggot, but this year no maggot seem to be best ..

Second year I've been trying to figure out the whitefish here, have yet to see even 1. Went to brownlows yesterday and saw 2 pike, cousin caught a 6" perch tho, never seen any whites. Not lookin for any hotspots but any tips for the whites would be really appreciated!

at brownlows on new years eve 1 pike, and about 30 perch, kept 5 , 11 inchers in about 12 fow

Happy new year and enjoy fishing today, open until 5 and have live bait

Went to gull new years eve good day one perch I got a shiner on a white fish set up then the pike were there I got a 28",a 30" and the big one 36" 12 lbs so sweet we were at (Willson beach)

Stick to the common areas,we skidoo'd around the lake today and there are areas where water was on top of the ice/we never broke through,but there was water being kicked up,along the east side of the lake.

Heading out to brownlows in the am. Hoping to find the perch and mybe some big pike. And ideas on colors the perch are liking this year

Ice Report: 10 in
Aspen beach

Went fishing twice at Sunnyside. Oncertainly in about six fow and then in about ten fow. I didn't see a thing. Thinking of heading to brownlows for my next trip. Good fishing there?

We are fishing at Brownslows on New Years Day. We have a 1 ton truck. Can we drive on the ice and where is a good spot to see whites

Also they all went back in

Well just got back from browlows I guess I was in the wrong spot again never seen one white and only to catch 12 very small perch. Till next time

Brownslows fishing good for the whites. Seen about 30. Iced 10. Add 2 burbot and an OK day. Good ice at brownlows

Between Brownlows and Sandy Pointe

north or south on the west side dewey15....

11 inches of ice over on the west side - I drove on with a 3/4 ton