Karen and I drove out east of Red Deer to Kerbes Pond that is south of Erskine about 25km. It was a bone chilling day with a north west wind that could cut right through a poorly dressed fly fisherman. Karen and I wanted to try out some different ice minnow patterns, photograph snow geese and see if there was any signs of running the aeration through the winter. We did not have a lot of time but we decided to go for it anyways!
When we arrived, a new sign has been added at the entrance to the parking lot that suggests that the ACA will be aerating in the winter. That is fantastic news.
We double layered our coats and started to fly fish with tiny size 14 ice minnows tied just on jig hooks and using head turner beads. We dangled our ice minnow just 18 inches below our strike indicators! We caught lots of rainbows including several larger specimens! We were thrilled.
We had to tangle with mud along the shore but we were able to wash off our boots after fly fishing for 90 minutes. We should have brought a towel to dry off our hands after releasing the rainbows we caught!
One of the bays was frozen already and we spent a lot of time photographing snow geese that were passing through!
Forage Fish!
Can you see the frozen back bay?
Massive pods of forage fish were along the edges in many places.
Snow geese were passing through. They are a big distraction!
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