Reid Stoyberg Breaks the 50 Pound Mark at Great Bear Lake

Reid Stoyberg has been guiding at Great Bear Lake for 7 years for Plummer's Arctic Lodge. He is a top notch guide. This year, Plummer's Arctic Lodge was able to have a limited Canadian guests only season. Reid saved the last week of his guiding for several members of his family, including his dad, cousins and uncle. During the first few days of their week, the fishing was slow but on day 4, Reid's dad hooked and landed a 41 pounder and on the last day in the last hour, Reid's Uncle landed that magical 50 plus lake trout. Reid told me that the number of 30 plus pound and 40 plus pound fish that their group caught was mind boggling! Reid motored almost 28 miles to the mouth of Bloody River on the last day and that is where the magical moment happened. How about that for excitement for Reid and his family! Wow, double wow is all I can say! Way to go guys! I bet the smiles on the guys' faces will be there for a long time.

 

Who Are Best Fishermen on the Lake?

I love watching osprey on a lake looking for a tasty snack! Fish Lake next door to Nordegg has several osprey and a handful of loons that feed primarily on the stocked rainbows in the lake. It is quite fascinating to watch their hunting and feeding behaviour. The osprey in particular smash the water  and their razor sharp talons grasp their lunch. Loons just seem to cruise around looking for an unwary rainbow. Often the loons hang out close to the fishermen. When a rainbow is released, the loons try to chase it down for a tasty snack!

Have an awesome Labour Day long weekend!

 

Catching Rainbows Under a Rainbow at Fish Lake

A foggy morning at Fish Lake and one of the resident loons!

Fish Lake from the Summit of Mount Baldy, aka Shunda Mountain

Fish Lake is just a stone throw away from Nordegg! There is an excellent provincial camping area there as well with many "pull through camping sites." Our provincial fisheries program stocks this lake with over 20 000 rainbows each year. I do believe that the rainbows from last year did winter as well. The rainbows are not large but they are plentiful. Karen and I took our grandkids, relatives and friends out on the lake while we were camping there for almost two weeks. Late last week, Karen and I decided to launch our pram just after dinner. The evening rise is always a lot of fun! Just after launching the boat, a rain shower came over Fish Lake. It was a brief shower and we were treated to several rainbows as the showers tracked east.

Small micro leeches always seem to give us lots of action. Catching rainbows under a rainbow was a lot of fun!

Our grandkids love Fish Lakes too! We usually just put a micro leech on their spinning rod line under a bobber. They always seem to do well!

Rainbows Under Rainbows