Sylvan Lake Whitefish

It is election day in Alberta! Today, we are voting for Mayors, City Councillors and School Board Trustees. I hope you made a point to vote! 

After Karen and I voted, we got out to Sylvan Lake to chase lake whitefish. It was a cold day but fortunately for us, the wind was low so the 8C air temperature was just fine. We wore lots of layers and we were never cold. Once we hand launched at Palm Bay, we had to walk our pram out from shore until the water was deep enough to use our 55 thrust electric motor.  Our Muck boots were perfect for this. We set up in 7 feet of water and tied on our trusty blood worm flies and fished them one foot off of the bottom! The action over the next three hours was excellent .The whitefish were quite active. We did notice the whitefish were in shallow. We settled on our usual depth to start and we never moved all afternoon! Well our three hour fly fishing window had us back on shore at 4:30 pm. As we motored back to our car, we saw lots of lake whites in shallow water in Palm Bay. As you can see below, the water temperature is dropping fast. The fish should be putting on the feed bag!

Don't forget that many lakes in Central Alberta will close on November 1st until mid December. That includes Sylvan, Gill, Pigeon and Pine! Be sure you are acquainted with the regulations!