Anyone fish here yet this year? Coming on the long weekend. Looking for tips for the kids(and myself).

Ice Report: 20 in
North end by the day use area was very snowy, the ice is still nice and thick.

Ice Report: 12 in
Clear ice with about a foot of snow cover at north end of lake.

Ice Report: 14 in
North end

Can inboard boats go on this lake ? I heard just smaller boats can.

Beautiful day. Fish must be enjoying weather some where else. Slow day. No bites. Trying everything. No luck

Ice Report: 14 in
At north end near day use.

12" of ice about 200 yards out from day use launch set up to shallow today so a bit slow for fish action, try again another day

Anybody been out on the ice???

Only spot we found jack in four days. Caught four 28" in ten mins.
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Big 14-18 lbs Rainbows back in the day
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Late evening! Perfect for big 10 lbs pike
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Used to be a great perch angling lake up to 2 lbs if you look at the derby trophy at the cow lake store.

Perch are weak. Pike fishing is ok at best. First few years got some nice gators but seems like entire lake is petering out.

Anyone catching perch recently?

80-90 cm. none big enough
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camped out at cow for two days. great action. 25 fish at least. no i didn't keep a single one. most around 60 - 80 cm. they do have a no fishing from boat dock sign but they have also put in a new dock just for fishing beside the boat dock so can't blame them too much.

Seen lots of under size pile getting taken home this weekend make sure u check your regulations

Cow lake is a heavy action pike lake that can prove to be fruitful if you are able to quickly figure out what the northerns are biting on at the time. From May 15 till late June the fish bite over and over, then it slows down when the waters become too warm, till mid August. This is one of the last successful shore fishing lakes in the area, and even that much is dwindling, as the staff that run the campground on the lake have asked that people no longer fish off of their best dock, it is solely for the purpose of launching boats (brutal). In the fall the pike are fewer, but they are larger, which makes the trip just as exciting.

Hello fellas! Looking to go fishing this weekend and setup camp for Friday to Sunday. Any word on what to expect for shore fishing at all?

Hey rainbow seaker. I was speaking of last year. The gates are currently closed, how would I even get in there with my boat. SOME PEOPLE!

Hay squidlip. Just heads up next time u at cow try reading the big white sing .. . Lol .. lake is still closed. . Till Thursday before may long. .lol some people!

Love this lake for catching Pike

Trolling along weeds for pike at medium speed. Caught 4
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Can you take quads on cow lake?

Does anyone know of a spot to drive on to the south side?

Kaleh01 is there a public area to drive on the south side of the lake?

Caught 4 and lost 1 pike. Biggest was 36" & 10lbs. Fished all over the south half of the lake

Ice Report: 14 in
north 1/3 of the lake is mostly affected by slush and floodwater

Some floodwater on ice now, 4x4 recommended or stay on beaten trail.

15lbs Pike
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Any recent updates on ice conditions?

Ice Report: 12 in

Dec.20th went out and caught three jacks! Biggest was 90cm

Anyone out ice fishing yet? Thinking of heading out this weekend

Fished this August long weekend. Catching lots of pike from 16 - 30 inches. No sign of any disease.

Caught a small pike off the north dock, nice lake to go to if you want to catch some fish from shore and meet some good people. Looking forward to fishing there in the future.

So sad. Used to love catching perch in Cow Lake. Then fish and game decided to put pike in there. Why? They eat all the trout and perch and anything else that moves. Diseased pike with big sores that I caught last year. What`s with that? UGH!! Leave the pike in the big lakes. _

Fishing was okay. Caught three pike

Cow Lake
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Who in their right mind would eat fish out of this slough? They drill all around the perimiter of this lake and the fish are covered in tumours. Let the fish go so others can enjoy them. This lake could be a trophy pike lake if greedy people kept their mitts of the fish.

I like fishing here went fishing there lastnight never got a bite I was using a spoon

Caught about 20 pike the other day among 4 fishermen in our new boat. Only fished 2 hours, biggest about 8lbs. Saw several big dead spawners, but otherwise no sign of winterkill

Anyone know if the ice is gone yet?

How's the perch fishing?

Ice Report: 11 in
Good ice 100 meters off shore

10 " ice nice and crisp. 100 meters off shore Someone even built a nice skating rink Good times

Ice Report: 10 in
Good crisp ice 100 meters from shore, Someone even built a nice skating rink , bring your skates

No cow lake (near lac la biche) is 2 pike any size. This is cow lake near rockey

You must of read the one below cow lake.

No cow lake in ES2 is 1 pike of 100 cm still. You read it wrong. So that nice pike you put back was a good choice. I just checked the regulations.

This page says size limit 100cm on pike. Regulations states you can keep 2 any size. Very sad. Just through a good one back because it was shy the 100cm

Ice Report: 10 in
This is the depth near shore. Be cautious of thin ice out further from shore.

10 inches of ice in places, some flood water last week havent caught anything yet tho.

August 25th caught a few pike 4-6 ft one nice. one 30"... large growth in the mouth

What more could a guy ask for? Blue skies and plus 27, it's what memories are made of. Caught 11 lb pike on the fly rod today. No unusual growths on this fish!

was on cow today for 4 hours and caught 12 pike between 1 and 6 lbs, great fishing but I keep hearing stories of big trout, hard to believe because the lake is only 9 feet deep, does anyone have any pics to prove it?

Fished cow today, fantastic day on the lake. Tried to find the perch with no luck there, did catch 10 pike. 1 30 inch, 1 32 inch, the rest were average. ALL very healthy and very beautiful. Fishing the weed beds in 6 ft of water. Great day

tons of 10 lb pike, 6' of water.
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fished cow aug long weekend, had excellent time with pikes! about 30 caught all within 60-90 cm & 4-8 lbs. didnt catch any with the tumors! clean healthy lake!!

What do you mean by not healthy pike?

Cow lake use to have lots of perch, never had any luck with trout, and caught many sick pike. Sick as in not healthy.

Lots of pike, but to much sick pike there...

Was on cow lake fishing the June 1st weekend. Caught 28 between two of us.

No luck for the last chance of ice fishing. Was out for perch, nothing moved over for pike, nothing. Good day though sunny and calm. Ice is melting quick.

Caught a 135cm pike out of cow on the south end near the dam.

A HotSpot Marker was added for Cow Lake (near Rocky Mountain House)
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I have heard there is plenty of perch. Any truth to this rumour? If so where would I take my kids for the day?

Went fishing today about a dozen people on the ice one group caught a pike that I could see,for myself didn't catch anything after five hrs I called it quite.overall it was a nice day to be on the ice it,s been a while

G.f caught a nice pike, few other bites, saw one monster

16" of Ice, About 15 of us fished yesterday really slow. Few pike caught biggest was 10.5lb. Great day for the kids on the ice.

Anyone having any luck catching pike through the ice, and what set up are you using

2 -7 lbs trout and a few nice pike under 100 cm
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Was out on Saturday caught 4 little pike on spoons on the shore on the right hand side of the boat launch. What are you guys using for the 8 pounders ?

We couldn't get over the size of the pike in this lake. We caught nothing less than nine pounders.

Had a pike today but he got away next time

Lots of small pike but not much else

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4weeks ago I got a 5 lbs rainbow out of nowhere considering I've caught hundreds of fish there and never a trout. Regs aren't lyong

Good pike fishing got 34 today only 2 with disease

Went there yesterday and caught two nice size pike, there is a sign telling anglers about diseased pike. The two I caught did not have any signs of disease , however not taking chances, plus they weren't legal size to keep. Fished off shore by boat launch with smelts off bottom. Good times!

Lots of pike 20 - 30 feet off the bank. Good for trolling or casting.
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Troll for jack fish back and forth
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Caught a wack of perch there on august to along north west shore but was fishing for trout the whole time. Didn't see a single trout. When the pike were introduced it really stressed the trout population.

Diseased fish. Turned me off from there forever!

Why does conservation introduce pike to a healthy trout lake to reduce perch population? They in turn reduce the trout poularion as pike will prey on fish as large as 1/3 of ita own size. Seems the opposite of a sensible conservation method. I can catch pike almost anywhere but trout and perch on the same water much more satisfying to angle.

I have been going to this lake for ten years plus and have been able to catch our limit in perch allmost exertions unti a few years ago they introduced pike and I haven't been able to catch a perch since but apparently that was the plan to reduce the perch population

did not stop by but want 2 so i can see what its like! hopefully i get a chance this summer