Any action out there?

Plenty of people out today. Tons of ice. Guys driving everywhere but I have heard of springs here so I walked on. Fishing for a few hours from 11am to 1pm. No bites on either jigs with maggots and also no bites on tip ups with minnows.

Ice Report: 20 in
Lots of ice. Safe for vehicles

Any recent ice updates? Heading there this weekend

Where is a good place to catch perch here? Have some relatives in town this weekend that have never caught a perch and would like to try. I’ve never been to this lake. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

I was there on saturday with the kids for only 2 hours, a couple of bites and one small pike..

Yes there are perch in this lake an yes they are large. But be prepared to put in many Hrs/days into finding them. Then finding what they are biting on and then keeping they pike away. I have personally caught nice perch there including One day with 6 in the 15" range. A nice perch but still not 2.5lbs unless it been eating lead. More like approaching the 2 lb mark. For my money I would try south buck in deep water 25ft plus. Use a small five of diamonds tipped with maggots or small yellow jig. Had much more success there.

I've been told there are only pike in this lake yet some comments below are mentioning perch. I've also been told there are two devils lakes. Is the one east of Onoway the one with perch?

The kids and I went fishing on Saturday for 4/5 hours. We caught 7 fish and lots of bites. We caught one 27.5 incher. Fun time for the kids!!!

Finally hitting the perch on a regular basis picky buggers but so far nothing under 2 lbs thus lake has the jumbo Yippy

Only small jacks in that lake, Use minnows

I plan to go tomorrow with the little ones :-) any recommendations what to use? This is my 2nd year ice fishing... and I have had zero luck so far...

Great weekend at Devils Lake. My son and I caught 22 fish in two days. Four keeps and one 10 pounders. Lots of bitess!!!

Finally nailed a jumbo perch 2.5 lbs 15 inches . I was jigging for hammer heads lol

Was here last week, no keepers but released 30 or so fish all 60 cm. Fun day.

It's purple not the drugs

I was out 01/04/2018 ice over 20" few people out don't think anyone found a keeper, my concern is I fished 20 holes all over lake and every hole ice had a purple color in displaced ice and in hole. I am told it is from high Phosfate and Nitrate any one else experience this or am I on drugs.

On the lake all day. Couple bites nothing landed. Ice was 16"

Ice Report: 13 in
Lots of people driving on ice. Small pike nothing else.

How thick is the ice. Can you drive on yet?

10 inches of ice. Some real nice pike today. Caught 6 and 3 of them were in the 50 to 55 cm range. Fished in 18 ft of water. Don't bother bringing your fish cam, water is too murky to see anything.

On the ice from 9 to 12. Lots of bites, got 6 pikes most are small, biggest one around 50cm great day. 11 feet depth

Hi jawkacker. That wasnt a net. They were testing a new design of a jig that is used for setting nets. But they didn't set any nets.

Caught 22 pike from 9-1. Then a couple guys showed up and set up a net. We did not catch anything from 1- 4. This lake is so small I can't believe they are allowed to net on this lake. I can't believe netting is allowed in Alberta period. Don't bother going to this lake as I can't imagine anything being left after the nets take everything and every size. No way to track what is being kept when nets are involved. Brutal.

Fished here Saturday Nov 18. 8 inches of ice. Caught 8 pike. From 1 to 3 lb.

Tks Bilbybud appreciate the feedback.

Ice is currently six inches on south side of lake. I still didn't drive my quad on it yet but definitely ok to walk out

Devils lakes is ready. Caught 11 pike on Saturday with one keeper that we fried for dinner. Caught 17 today between 2 of us! No keepers but great fun. All caught on smelts.

Hi all I just moved to Edmonton and I am new to ice fishing when will it be safe to fish Wabamun lake or devils lake pls. Tight Lines

Thank you Bilby. Good luck

Drilled multiple holes and it's around 5 inches. I'll drill a couple more holes tomorrow and drop my lines in

I'll check again tonight and post.

3.5 inches 2 days ago

Would love to hear what the thickness is. With the weather we've had there should be roughly 6 inches by know.

I am thinking its worth the drive to check out I am sure you can at least walk out now

Anyone have an ice report for devils yet??

Cast out 10-30 feet past the weeds on the right and bring it in to the left. Caught 5 Pike in 45min. 8-9pm
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Nice day out. Caught some pike around 2-4 lbs. 4 perch that were 11 inches. There are still some nice perch in the lake. Just find the spot and use small jigs with minnows.

by the bridge you can ish from there

Is there any spots to fish from shore??

anywhere to fish from shore ? i been here lots on boat but would like to come back for shore fishing also would like to explore the river that runs out any access to that as well??

no, just went to east pit lake instead

but did you fish it anyways

was here today, no ice, clear water, but i forgot that no fishing allowed to may 15....:/

Boat launch NE corner. Can't miss it coming in from highway 37

where is a good access to the lake?

Any Algee on the S>E> side??? Anyone put a Camera down there??

Very slow.

Slow day on the lake yesterday. Only a few bites all day and none on the ice. Few people around us caught some but not much.

U all set up over there buddy

OK I'm on my way out

Wood69 u go down highway 37 turn onto township road 550 and follow it down and its just on the right. Cant miss it. U will see other vehicles there. Just make sure u go past the jehova witness church.

How do u get to the boat launch

Was out today and caught 6. Only one keeper. Lots of action. Fun day. 34" of ice

Will do man I'll be there around 8

U get on right at the boat launch then u can go anywhere on the lake. Just watch when u come on there is usually a big bump. Ill see u out there. Ill be in a silver dodge caliber stop and say high. Ill be just off to the right when u get onto the ice

Going here on Wednesday where is a good place to get on at

Devils on a Sunday, 10-15 fow working out here?

jdmwapiti im in a little dodge caliber silver car. Im hoping to get out on Sunday if there isnt touch much snow. Shoot me a text 587-988-7338 and maybe we can meet up and go out. I dont have anyone else to go with usually just by myself anyways.

Mikey , what do you drive , I will look for you next time out. I am in a black F150

Caught 19" perch here on back to back trips. Jumbos everywhere. Don't even need a hook, just throw all your bait down the hole and they'll swim up n outa the fkn hole.

Ifish may I ask what you were using? I caught a couple on a little silver jig . then nothing. Should I be using bait?

The wife and I both managed to find some bigger ones. Ended up going home with 10 perch all over 10". Including one 13.5" fat female.

Where r u seeing the perch at? Would love to catch some as well. All i can seem to catch are Pike and the little minnows. Lol

seeing so many perch WTF could they be biting on, Only got 2 seen 50 have to figure this one out

Just go anywhere around the shore line. I use my tip ups with a pickrel rig and two smelts and they bite. Ive been fishing in about 17 feet of water. They are out there so u shouldnt get skunked.

Off 633 to rr 41 near bridge caught 3 keeper pikes 27 inch ice

Three times skunked. Not even a nibble today.

Ice Report: 28 in
Good ice, no one bite in 5 hours here.

Great day on the lake today. Another 6 hrs, caught 12 and 2 of them finally were keepers. 4lbs each.

Had a pretty good 6 hrs on the ice today. Brought in 9 pike all to small but had one that was 1 cm away from being a keeper. Lots of people on he ice today. I just use pickrel rigs with smelts on them with the tip up but also used it on the rod today and worked perfect. Still cant find the perch though.

Thank you, Mikey1781

On the ice at 11:30. Slow - not even a bite so far.

Fishing2016 everytime ive been out there ive gone on with my car. Havent been out since last snow fall but it should be ok.

Anyone knows if a car can make it on, or is there lots of snow that I need something bigger like SUV or truck? Thanks in advance.

Mikey, I was on the south side of the lake in aprox 20 feet of water , Did not see a school but thery were coming and going from elsewhere .. AM only by just after noon it stopped

What part of the lake did u find the perch at? All ive been finding is Pike everytime i go there. I usually stay by the boat launch area but wondering if i shouldnt try on the other side of the lake.

Finally hit a couple of keeper perch today , seen a few more in the camera . No school all singles . Still on the hunt . Good sized.

Any luck locating Whitefish? Heading out Saturday

63cm and larger, pic up a regs@@

What is the size regulations for the pike on this lake?

Ok! Thanks Jdmwapiti!

Fisha the is is okay 20+ where I have drilled some great cracking going on yesterday sounded like thunder at times

How's the ice since last week's warm temp? Still good to drive a truck on?

been here 5 times in the last 2 weeks , always have lots of action from the pike, have not located the perch or burbot yet. Still in search of. yesterday i could not keep them off my line running from the tent to the tip up for 2 hours.

was out all day Sunday brought in 5 pike lost a few more , no keepers . action all day, West side 15' water.

I have caught perch,pike,and walleyes from this lake

No Fish here, spent 5 hours with smelts, jigs, spoons and lures. Didnt even see a thing down the hole swim by or on tip up. :(

Always have awesome luck especially on the hard water

Two hours out caught one keeper and numerous others got off, not too bad
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Is pike the only thing being caught here? Thanks

Mikey 1781 that gun you heard was at the onoway gun range. Fishing was good yesterday caught 8. 1 keeper, lost about the same amount.

Think its just been pike is what i heard. But not exactly sure.

Has anyone been catching white fish out of this lake???

Was a busy day on the lake today. I also caught 7 jacks, 4 on the tip up 3 on the rod and a few others got away. Even caught a little minnow as they were attacking the shrimp i was using. Ill be going back again. Hopefully the person shooting the gun all afternoon wont be there again.

Caught 6 jack today was a blast
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We had a good day today caught 8 small jack tip ups were busy kid enjoyed it going again tomorrow

Terrible lake

Terrible lake you barely catch anything and when you do they are all under 63cm guaranteed. When I went out we only caught 2 fish between 6 people and we were out their for 6hrs or longer.

125 yards in from the north shore 18 1/2" of ice

Thanks I'll try over there Albertafisherman.

I h8 weeds. Where the parking lot is go left about 200 yards Infront of the second cabin about 60 yards from the shore. Little minnows on a single hook works amazing I was also using tip ups with large smelts and those work good too. A lot of fish are small yes but you get the off big fish 8-10lbs

Albertafisherman. Where about were you. When I go it's always hit or miss.

Terrible lake you and your kids won't have fun, you might as well lake the extra 20 minutes and drive to lac st anne, or Jackfish lake

Honestly don't waste your time with this lake the water dirty, its small, and not many fish the ones you do catch look like goldfish.

I've never fished this lake before. I'm thinking about taking the kids there in the morning. Any advice would be appreciated.

Went out today and was incredible. Fished for 3 hours with my buddy and together we caught 27 pike. Everyone on the ice today was catching fish non stop,most under legal size but still limited out with 3 nice keepers for each of us. Very fun and exciting fishing at this lake. Very easy and constant fish action. There was a couple guys by us also who caught afew nice size perch

Brought three pike up to surface today, all under legal size (I don't keep them anyway). Lost count of how many I saw on the camera. A few that looked to be around 5lbs. Saw a couple little perch, too small to catch.

Tons of pike on the camera
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Ice Report: 16 in
300 yards south of boat launch

Terrible lake no fish were detected on my ice fishing flasher

Sorry that last comment was meant to be put on lake Athabasca, I tested out devils lake no fish I was using a fish finder didn't see anything and everyone around us was catching nothing. Overall terrible lake

I went out with 3 guys and we caught 16 fish total. We caught them not to far from the parking lot/ boat launch. The ice is at 14 inches so it is thick enough to drive on but don't disrespectful and speed pass people fishing because it makes waves in the water and scares the fish away!!!

Anyone catching anything out there?

Ice is 14" straight out 75yards from the boat launch. Lots of cracks in the ice. Only one person brave enough to drive out. About 20 people out today.

Ice Report: 14 in
14 inches on the south side of the lake

Any ice out there yet?

Anyone been out to check the ice at Devils yet?

Usually find them under the ice... Much better lakes around to be able to get something legal to keep.

How was ice fishing for you guys last year? Where did you find them?

There is no dock at the boat launch. You can put any motor in the water there. I've used electric trolling motor on a Jon boat and my 120hp gas motor.

Whoops - my comment didn't seem to post correctly. Meant to ask if there's a dock, and secondly if small electric trolling motors are allowed here?

Can anybody confirm:_1) Whether or not there is a dock by the boat launch people mentioned at the northeast part of the lake

I've just seen people fishing from the bridge

Can't fish from the bridge. Nothing but weeds.

As far as I know the only spot to fish without a boat is the bridge, but I never have fished from the bridge just from a boat or through the ice

Anyone know where I can find whites in this lake. Trying to target a different species but having no luck

How is shore fishing here? Only ever ice fished

Yes on the north east side

is there a boat launch?

Well, went out tonight and caught at least 25 or so pike, all on spoons. The paint on the spoons is just scratching off from all the bites!

Anyone catch anything off the bridge ? Heading out tomarrow and wondering of some decent places to try ?

Never was any good size...

Any good size pike left here ?

My nephew and I went today for 2 and half hours. Landed 22 between the 2 of us, with 1 being a keeper. All in all it was a good couple hours.

Went out this morning for 3 hours. We only had 2 small pike and a couple other bites. We were south of the boat launch and then on the south west side of the lake.

Anyone been out since the ice melted. Might try it Monday.

I'll answer my own question :) Ice was 18" and getting soft, but still easily supported my truck. Fishing was slow till 1/2 hr before sunrise, then flags went up... Landed about 8 small pike (6 lines in with me and two kids). No keepers, but we didn't get skunked.

Couple questions.... Anybody pull anything up today? Would I be able to still drive on tomorrow afternoon?

12 lb Jack north/west bay

Ice report please an burbot r they biting

i been going here for a while now for quading in the area, i have got lots of pike but i was wondering if any of you have went down the river where it opens up , if so how was the fishing whats down there? eyes?

Four pike today seen about five or six Lots of minnows around but no perch Fished in fifteen feet of water

Any luck with perch? Looking to take the boy out this weekend. Thanks !

Went today. The only thing that would bite were 2" shiners. Sat there and played with my hook the hole time. Saw a small perch and the guy beside me saw a jack. Not much action at all.

Fished yesterday afternoon and landed four medium pike and lost two.

This lake is weird this year. There is like a milky cloudy level of water 2-6 feet off the bottom I saw with a camera on the north shore in 25-18' of water very gross

Tried for 4 hours on Jan 31. Not even a bite. Very strange for this lake. It usually produces at least a couple 50 cm pike. I tried anchovies and shiner minnows for bait. Dead-stick and jigging.

Ice Report: 18 in
Down near the boat lanch

Very slow fishing there. Pike got a lot of shinners there to eat

Hey guys I'm thinking of bringing my daughter fishing at Devils lake for her first time. I'm just wondering on what kind of bait you guys use. I haven't done much ice fishing. Thank you

Sorry folks, thought it was wabamun I was on haha. I take my nephew here and always land small ones. Nothing ever to brag about but it's always guaranteed.

8 pound slough shark yesterday and a bunch of other pike about 4-5 lbs. Try again today for the bigger one. And fishlips should stay at home and quit complaining about this lake. Go fish elsewhere and quit whining.

I'm a smoker & I never leave butts laying around, they get packed out with me. I too used to take a white shopping bag along but I've since kept a large green one in the truck because it is totally disrespectful of our environment when you see the amount of garbage. Sadly if these people have children, they set bad examples. People need to realize that fishing is a privilege, not a right! The majority of people I've met fishing are genuinely interested in preserving the resource for our children's children. Remember that we all teach by example :) With that said, I wish everyone awesome hard water fishing! and remember to take a kid fishing :)

Just got at 9.3 lbs. I would tell you my secret fish lips but you know how that goes. Good luck in your bathtub.

Might aswell fish in your bath tub because you aint catching anything here but a cold!!

I agree 100% with jello and nemo

I'm with you Jello. Would be nice if there were a majority mature enough people out there to clean up after themselves. It is a very big pity that people cannot take care of their surroundings. Such a shame. Can only hope karma comes around.

Would sure be nice to have a lake to go fishing at that is clean no thanks to some of the Fisher guys that are going out there and leave ing their garbage in and all around there hole on the ice cigarette butts and just plain garbage all over the ice I cleaned up a Safeway bag full have a little bit of respect people lake is for our convenience not just for you

Not a bad day yesterday. No keepers though but ok pike action

Just off of boat launch to the left maybe 1000 yards 10 feet of water at the most seen two nice Jack on camera and one right close to the hole but they just weren't interested in anything I tried to give them Will try again tomorrow only in a different spot

How are the fish biting theses day was hopeing to get out there this saterday.

How are the fish biting theses day was hopeing to get out there this saterday.

Recon73 The only access I know of is the boat launch. I think the rest of the land around the lake is privately owned.

Where do you access the lake on the south side?

Nemo77. The one that got away was a nice sized pike. Around 28-30" mark and had some girth. I think my line got cut on the side of the hole. He yanked hard right near the hole. Poof! He was gone.

i have been here before got lots jack but wondering of a ok place for burbs? anyone help out thanks

I h8 weeds. No problem buddy, glad you caught some goodies with your son. That's awesome, one that got away, did you manage to get a look at it least? I had one break off, no idea what it was though. :-(

I went yesterday from 8 till 3, I cought 7 pike and one burbot. I catch and release ! I was on the south end of the lake just east of the fishing shacks. I have a strong feeling that there is an under current from some where in this lake, on my flasher I saw heavy activity at about 15' non-stop and total depth was about 18'.

Out for 3 hours. Steady action for the first two hours. Struggled to hook a few. Landed some 20" -22" pike and had a larger one break my line and take my favourite lure. Thanks for the tip on a great spot Nemo77.

Thanks Nemo77. I'm headed there this Friday or Sunday. My son and I got skunked last Sunday. Hopefully we'll have better luck this time.

I h8 weeds. Sorry forgot to mention, a guy has a semi permanent ice shack on the ice out that way, I was East of this shack and roughly the same distance out. There are pike galore there and the perch active too. :-) Throw a second line on the bottom and try for a burbot too. I will be doing this there from now on. Hopefully out there again next week fingers crossed.

I h8 weeds. I was on the South side of the lake toward the East end. I was not to far in from the bank. Lots of minnows so if your bobber is constantly going I found dropping the hook by about 6 to 8 inches worked well. I was roughly 12 to 20 inches off the bottom. I found bites were very active when the sun is on the lake so from roughly 10:15am to 3pm.

Nemo77. Where you catching the pike? Want to take my 10 year out for the first time and give him the best chance so he enjoys it.

Had lots of Jackfish in the last week. Had a descent size perch and unfortunately lost an okay fish on a rod that was baited on the bottom. I was hoping for a burbot. LOL. Cliche I know, the one that got away. Ha Ha

I have also seen burbot swimming at the top I'm not sure why tho

Jimmy. A friend of mine caught a burbot there last week. Straight off the dock about 100 yards. It was right at the top of the hole. Kind of weird it was at the top?

Has anyone had any luck with burbot on this lake?

Was out for 6 hours on the 2nd. Two fish. Couple bites. Pretty slow day.

Good ice. 13" about 150' from shore. But no fish on cameras or flashers.

What is the ice like today?

Going out there today for the first time hopefully is awesome

Has anyone seen or caught any perch? Are they making a comeback in this lake? Thanks

Yup drove on yesterday

Ice Report: 12 in
Down the boat launch side

Anyone driving on yet?

I was out in the morning till 4pm caught 10 pike and saw lots of perch and white on the camera but could not get the white to bite at all any body know the trick?

Ice Report: 10 in
10 inches of good ice

Any luck for whites?

Landed 6 decent pike(for this lake) in 30 mins. Straight off boat launch. Over 6" of ice. Plenty safe for walking.

Boat launch 4-6 inches. 2 pike

Caught a few Pike around here
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Caught 2 Pike from the boat launch area in 45 min. Beautiful spot.

3 small pike in two hours.

Any one catch any thing off the bridge

This lake works best 8 you have a boat. If your standings on shore.....not gonna get any thing.

Yes there is blue algea

Is there blue algae in this lake?

Lots and lots of little pike. Caught a decent walleye tho.

Thanks a bunch can't wait to get out and try this lake!!

There isn't much in the way of shore fishing. The only spot that works is a small bridge on the north side of the lake. You'll know it when you see it (look for all the old fishing line hanging from the power lines) lol. The bridge gets pretty weeded over later in the season. The lake works best of you have a boat - the launch is on the Northeast part of the lake - just down from the bridge. God luck!

Is there shore fishing?

Any place to fish from shore here??

12" of ice

how is the ice here still? worth it to go out on foot tomorrow ?

Anyone heading out tomorrow? Have a day off and would like to spend it on the ice :)

Ice Report: 20 in
Thick ice, but the top four inches are soft. Puddles on the lake.

Ice Report: 20 in
Thick ice, but the top four inches are soft. Puddles on the lake.

Figure we will get another weekend or so on the ice? Anyone have an update on it?

Ice Report: 21 in
Consistent on most of the lake

Are you still able to drive a truck on the ice here at Matchayaw lake on March break???

Went out today caught one 17" pike and lost one fish and lost a perch and lots of bites

I'm thinking about going out some time any tips for me?

no fish on sunday but usually this lake is good for a few a day of pike

I live in legal is it worth coming out there

Small pike slow day.

Hey. Just curious if anyone has been able to catch any perch out of this lake?

Is there burbot in this lake

Lots of small pike, has anyone had luck for the whites in here?

Fished at the mouth of the river for a couple hours before the super bowl...landed 7 small jacks and a nice 78cm 11lb keeper with a 2lb whitefish in his gut...fishing in 20fow

Very slow for perch last week,I fished from 5ft to 26ft and caught only two small pike and two shiners.I did however mark many fish suspended 10-15ft over 26ft,possibly Whitefish.

To the but head who left his fishing tent (cardboard box and some poly) on the ice. You can come back and get it any time.

Has anyone honestly tried to find the perch this hard water season?I caught one this past summer that was close to 14inches near the bridge in 6ft of water on a small jig and maggots.But havnt had any luck locating them this winter.

Was out yesterday- +8C and windy. 18" of ice and murky beyond 8ft. Tried in 5 different spots multiple depths up to 30' - got 7 or 8 small guys but only along the NE shore on a shelf 4 - 12' of water at dusk.

Went on Sunday morning. Caught nothing. The ice is around 20" and is easily drivable. There were plenty of trucks and vehicles on the ice. The snow isn't very deep.

The regs say there are whitefish in this lake. Has anyone seen or caught any?

Ice Report: 20 in
Nice n solid. Just out off boat launch

20 inches of ice. Clear. Fishing not bad . Girlfriend just caught her second ever fish ice fishing. 18 " pike . Pretty skinny tho lol hoping she gets more

I had my half ton on last weekend and gonna drive on again this weekend. It's more than solid enough.

When I was there last weekend the snow was about 6-8" deep. I guess it would depend on the type of car but probably better to just pull a sled with your gear and walk out. It's not far from the launch parking lot to get to 12-20 feet. Probably 800 yards or so walking

How is the snow cover can i drive car on? To get to farthest east spot?

Ice Report: 16 in
I was on east side of lake, south of the boat launch about 700 yards

Ice on east side is about 16", drove out with my half ton no problem. Caught 2 pike roughly 22 to 24" long on rattling spoon and 1 pike about 28" long with smaller 5 of diamonds. Minnows as bait. I was on east shoreline in front of a white house about 100 yards from shore, drops from 5' to 19' in that area. Pretty murky at depth over 12' with my lx9

Any Perch being caught?

Had a fun couple of hours with the daughter, caught 6 Pike in 2 hours but small no bigger than 2 feet.

Caught 6 pike almost 2 feet long great day to end the year
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Pretty good day.. Got 7 pike out of 3 of us.. Not bad

Pretty good day.. Got 7 pike out of 3 of us.. Not bad

Ice Report: 15 in
Just east of the boat launch

Ice Report: 12 in

Yep getting better. But still no keepers

Well good start to morning . There biting just no keepers yet. Fish on lol

I searched all day today for perch and i got nothing was there from 10 till 4 went to the other side caught one lil pike..Good ice a least 11in..dont no if ill be going back there this year un less somone can find the perch..does anyone no of a lake close that has good perch..

Some small pike. Has anyone found where the perch are hiding?

Great day on the lake today. Lots a lil pike. Great for the kids. Everything we put down the hole has caught something. Anywhere from 6-20 ft. No wind. Sunny an warm!

The ice is plenty thick to walk on. Straight off docking site about 150 ft. Lots of pike.

Hey guys...Hows the ice?...is it truck ready yet? If not ..I've never been....just bought my 13 yr old an auger for christmas...can we walk to a decent location?...thanks in advance

Sitting in my shack about to pack up. 10 pike. 2 were ok.

Went out today. 2-4pm. Caught a medium size pike about 100yards straight out

Was about 100 m straight off launch on Sunday. 7" of ice and caught 8 decent pike.

Has any one caught burbot here?

Ice Report: 7 in
400 m west of launch about 100 m from shore. Nice and clear ice. About 4 inches of flood water.

hows the ice coming, and hows the fishing going?

How far out were you?

was out early saturday morning , very cold out but dressed properly was actually not bad sitting out there , ice was 7 inches in about 10-12 feet of water snow was 10 inch deep , caught 5 in about an hour or so

Ice Report: 7 in
I went about a hundred yards out from the north boat launch. There was about seventeen inches of snow.

Was there on Sept 20. Got about 8 Jacks in about 6 hours. Not bad. The wind was very strong but it was a good fishing day. Lots of small jacks.

Was out last Saturday morning ...landed over a dozen pike. My buddy used frog spoon the whole time. I used walleye runner, rapala crankbait, bucktail, weedless silver minnow and landed on all of them. Nothing to call home about but good action none the less. Found a school of walleye on the fish finder in the middle of the lake but couldn't get to their depth of 22ft :(

Went out this morning for a few hours before going to work. No luck at all tried spoons,jigs,& crank baits. Not one bite I guess just not my day...

3 of us went out, was out 5 hours landed 9 pike one almost made the grade 22" all went back to please another human on another day.

@Newtofishing The only area for non boaters is the bridge over the stream leading into Matchayaw, on the way to the boat landing...you can't miss it as you'll see other anglers there as well.

I am thinking about heading out here tonight with a friend of mine. Is there any decent places to fish from shore?

So far we caught & released 3 fat walleyes from this lake at different spots. Good fishing!!!!

Oh yah...forgot to mention, no walleye?? Where are they hiding??

Caught about a dozen jacks caught on 5 of diamonds, bucktails, Johnson silver minnow, etc but my buddy was +15 on me....so for a total close to 40 landed in the morning. He used only a small 5 of diamonds lol

Caught 22 jacks between 2 of us just trolling up and down here with a red devil. Kept 4
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Of course we catch and release , i had 2 fat walleyes caught and released in 2 different visits on the lake.but just kept big ones over 63cm and one 75 cm 8lbs.nothing unlawfull . Lake is very healthy.

@Baudin A ... looks like you're having some fun out on this lake. But this is a pretty small lake so I hope your catch and releasing all the Jacks and Walleye your landing. Cheers!

was here yesterday morning from 6am till 1pm with 3 buddies on my 14ft Fiberglass boat , in total i think we landed over 100 fish including 1 good healthy fat 3-4 lbs walleye caught and released first one we seen we kept our limits. it was an awesone day non stop action all day

fished here last night between 6 till 9 , caught over 30 jacks between the 3 of us. mostly small but we had 4 keepers , 1 was 75cm i think about 8 or 9 lbs , it was an awesome night , i used swimbait (perch,pike etc) with grey n red colour on their bodies, planning to come back here again.

fished here last night between 6 till 9 , caught over 30 jacks between the 3 of us. mostly small but we had 4 keepers , 1 was 75cm i think about 8 or 9 lbs , it was an awesome night , i used swimbait (perch,pike etc) with grey n red colour on their bodies, planning to come back here again.

fished here last night between 6 till 9 , caught over 30 jacks between the 3 of us. mostly small but we had 4 keepers , 1 was 75cm i think about 8 or 9 lbs , it was an awesome night , i used swimbait (perch,pike etc) with grey n red colour on their bodies, planning to come back here again.

CAUGHT LOTS OF JACKS INCLUDING AN 8 POUNDER JACK.
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fished last sunday with 2 buddies on inflatable with 2.5HP , in 3-4 hours we caught 25 jacks most of them small, just had 3 keepers.fished along the weeds on the edges of the lake.they stopped biting at around 11am.it was a fun day.

Went out yesterday just using small crank baits trolling all over the lake, caught at least 20 small jacks in 3 hours. I always crimp the barbs so it so easy to release those little beauties and hopefully catch them when they are a lot bigger..

Does anyone know if this lake gets green algae

Lots of pike ranging from 15" to 23" along the weed beds, used a red devil spoon with a minnow, 8 pike in 1hour
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Fished for 2 hours - caught 5 pike with minnow powerbaits on on a pink Jig Head.

Loads of pike along the weeds. 22" up to 35".
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Hey hey!! Hit the water about 6:45 pm on July 1...We caught 11 walleye!! Gorgeous fish and all were released. Also 3 small Pike !! Fish cops were on foot patrol of the boat launch

Skunked. A couple bites but nothing landed.

Lots of pike here
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6-8 Pike using med spoons; couple legal
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Took the kids out last Sunday, 15 jacks in 4 hours, kids had a great time. We were trolling south of the boat launch close to shore. Good action. Lots of folks out in boats without a motor. Good lake for first time anglers--Happy fishing!

Fished in winter across the lake from boat launch seen a couple of perch had one look but swam off

Fished last week. Lots of little jacks. Trying to find a wally but no luck so far. Anyone know of burbot or perch here?

Fished it tonight for 3.5 hrs. Caught 22 between the 2 of us trolling mepps Cyclops spoons and casting. All small pike but nice action. By far the best day I've ever had on this lake.

No you need a boat pretty much can fish off the beige but not too good some fish tho

Can't really shore fish, but I've caught some near the boat launch and there is a few spots near inlets/outlets.

Can you shore fish here?

Anyone been out lately?

Im supprised the fish cops went to that lake lol

was out yesterday for a few hours was decent fishing caught 3 fairly aggresive pike , lost a couple and had crap load nibbles , ice is still very thick some dude was out driving and the fish cops drove on as well, first time i ever seen them out anywhere, asked me for my licience and gave me a tape measure was nice to see them checking things out and looking for poachers.

I agree cron

darn people leaving sticks with fishing line and pieces of plastic bags all over the ice , shouldn't fish if you cant clean up your mess!! was out today and yesterday with the wife yesterday being the better catch biggest was 61 cm close to keeper size. always a decent time here.

lots of pike and hard to find a perch... great ice!!!

I've fished devils lake for 5 years now and NEVER seen a perch or anything other than pike......lots of pike over the years with a few keepers. This is the place you take your kids to get em their first fish. GO OILERS GO

Hows the perch fishing?

Was out last Saturday and Sunday all day, Good ice about 6 inches of white Ice and 8 inches of hard ice. Lots of small pike. Slower on Sunday.

Ya I wanna try mons out and nakanum has no fish left from kill last year. I did we'll there before winter kill though

North east edmonton

thanks for the info Slickdog33 i dont mind going about an hour and a haf out one guy at work was talking about nakamum and mons but he said there prone to winter kill

Gaudetc1 ya I know some good perch lakes. I have been doing well at goose lake near whitecourt. I know of other lakes to. How far you wanting to go? You live in Edmonton?

slickdog33 do you know of any good perch lakes around im neww to alberta and want to get my little guy out

Haven't really seen any perch come out of here in few years. I used to do well here for perch

any one getting good perch out of this lake

Was out yesterday ice was ok. 8 inches of solid ice for sure with another 6 or so of soft ice. Several trucks and cars on lake fishing was slow though

whats the ice like?

Thanks slickdog33 let me know ice report looking to take the little guy out for pearch

Ice is probably still ok. I'm hoping to get out there later this morning

anyone know what the ice is like looking to go out this weekend

walk

Foot?

what is the bast way to get on the lake from foot

Was out on yesterday. Ice 10 - 12 inches of ice. Tons of small pike nothing big enough to keep. Great fishing for the kids saw tons on the camera as well.

That was on Saturday by the way

The ice is pretty good. A good 10-12 from what I've seen. Thick enough that every one has their trucks out on the ice

Was out today. Ice is good enough to drive on.

Anyone been out lately? How is the ice?

What is the ice like after all the warm weather??

Pike hotspot
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Decent day fishing. About 14 in of ice with the first 4in being decent then about 3 in of slush then the rest being solid again. Safe to drive on as long as you are near the edge. Caught about 20 jacks, all just under the size slot, but no white fish or perch.

Was out today and I landed 8. Had about 10 other bites. All in 4 hours

Was on it today with truck on north side west of boat launch. At least 6 vehicles on at same time. Lots of Pike.

It's a small lake and you can access both sides, so you could walk to any spot in ten min or less! All depends on how much you value your truck lol

I would say its unsafe if a tent and auger fall through a truck would

Wow glad the guy is ok it sucks he lost his gear though. I am going here Sunday. Is it safe to drive on at all or should I not even try to drive on

Be careful out there boys, a guy lost all his fishing gear, tent auger and almost his Yamaha to the spring in the middle of the lake last week!!! Mostly all pike in here some small walleye and maybe 4 or 5 perch left in there after it got over-fished the last couple years of its perch

Was out there today ice is shifting watch where you walk now But did catch one and lots of bites

Anyone actually catch whitefish here ?

Ice is thin by the bridge as well walk out there it was cracking

Not too bad lots of small ones
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Any One get any thing besides pike ???

I got 2 keepers this year lots of fish in there

everything seems to be a little short , but i have see people take non keepers , damn poachers its BS, i have caught a few keeper size in the summer .. -cron-

Is anybody catching any keepers?

Happy New Year, decent while sun was up caught 5 in the first 25 mins or so that i was out then sun went behind clouds and the bite kinda slowed down only had a few nibbles after ,stayed about an hour and half... -cron-

Thanks guys I will try my luck tomorrow I come from barrhead so it not to far I fish alone though I have no fishing buddies really

I was out this morning for 4 hrs caught 6-7 pike. To small to keep but fun. Used a tip up with herring for bait. Also used a jig with green rubber tube and minnow pieces.

For pike they loved the jig with minnow/smelt. 400m west and 100m s of boat launch caught 11 last week.

May fish here tomorrow...any suggestions on what to use or where to fish?

Parking lot on north side was cleared when we where there last weekend.

I want to head out there in a few days. How is the parking lot is it plowed or a lot of snow?

was out on the 23rd about 14" ice some flood water by the boat launch. top 8" or so looks kinda rotten but safe for walk on.lots of small pike but no sign of any pearch.tried 4-20' . better luck next time .HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL!!!

Ice Report: 10 in
Out on the 23 rd. a little east of the boat launch roughly 20' off the weed bed

Between 2 of us we got 11 Pike. No keepers but two were close with one at 56cm. Tried to find the Perch but we could not. 8-12 inches of ice where we were but lots of flood water... about 6 inches. We were quite a way out. Moved between 20 feet and 10. Anyone find the Perch and if so any pointers or locations?

Ice Report: 6 in
Ice varied from 4-6. The was open water in spots and a bit of flood water when u get away from north access

Thanks for your help! Going out tomorrow hopefully I can find the Perch!

lots of smaller pike , 45 ish cm or so, altho that doesnt stop some people from keeping (pouching) them legal size is 63 cm , and unsure about the perch have heard there is not many left in there im sure u just have to search. -cron-

Any advice on where the Perch are? What is average size for the Pike in here? Thanks

i was on 2 weeks ago. ice was 3-4" of good ice plus some frozen flood water. i kept close to the boat launch. there are springs and a good current running through this lake, be careful.

Is the lake good enough to walk on yet?

Ice Report: 10 in
Measure near the boat launch this evening.

Ice Report: 4 in
I'd say no more than 4" of solid clear ice just off the boat launch. The frozen slush doesn't count much for me. Especially how this lake freezes sometimes.

Ice Report: 6 in
Ice good to walk on

Fished for 4 hours caught 30 pike avg size for the lake 15 fow

I have never seen a white pulled out of here before. But I have seen a burbot pulled out right in front of the boat launch!

are there whites and burbot in this lake?

please people pick your garbage up , i always looks at trash when here , one of the last times out picked up a bag worth , its really simply to clean up after yourself , fishing was great tho 16 or so in a few hours -cron-

Lots of pike. Couple legal.
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the perch in there are a hit and miss their about 12 inches long they don't stay together so ull have to keep moving stay around weed beds should catch a few

40cm walleye
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First time on the lake and caught a 40cm walleye in 6ft of water. A few smaller pike too.

Getting lots of bites around 9:00 pm. Close to shore. About 7' deep.

Anyone gettin perch???

Caught a walleye around 4-5lbs, and small pike... Good place but you gotta cast from bridge...
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Close to the weeds. Had boat about 11' deep
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Good calm night, caught about 5. The wife caught 3, the brothers caught about 4 each. Started biting at about 9 pm on the south west bay

A HotSpot Marker was added for Matchayaw (Devils) Lake
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I've been fishing. Devils lake for the last 5-6 years. And iam going this Sunday may 26 and I've been looking for pearch. And still can't find them can anyone please give me a tip of were the little buggers. R hiding

Lots of fun here yesterday.

Fished it for 3 hrs this afternoon caught 1 small jack and had one other bite. Fished here last year with simaler results. Keep hearing this lake CAN. Be good though.

During the summer the fish finder shows all kinds of whites swimming just below surface. In late summer when oxygen levels are low, you see many dead whites on the surface, typical of many lakes. The whites are large though from what I've seen.

Any white fish in this lake? And any good?

2 small pike off weed bed point. 2 hours fishing
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Couple small jack off weed bed point. 8ft. Drops off quick
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Been searching for a long time can't find the perch lol

Found them (perch) this past Saturday and hammered the &@!# out of them ! Drilled fifty or more holes and finally found them in about eight feet of water. Nothing under a pound ! Looks like the lake is making a come back...

Found them (perch) this past Saturday and hammered the &@!# out of them ! Drilled fifty or more holes and finally found them in about eight feet of water. Nothing under a pound ! Looks like the lake is making a come back...

Went out from 1-4 couple bites on the tip ups didn't see anyone else catching anything either

A couple of the boys were out last weekend trying to find the monster perch, not even a sniff. Haven't had any perch luck on Devil's in recent years.

How is the water clarity?

Ice was 12-14 inches most driving on with no troubles. Tried lots of different holes with none landed. I was running 2 tip ups for pike and we were trying to jig for perch in the shack. Seemed pretty quiet all over the lake but worth another try some time.

Anybody been out on the ice yet this year?

4 hours fishing from south side of bridge, 4 feet of water, lots of action in first hour. 4 Pike total, one over size limit. Green lures.
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Does anyone know if the lake has blue green algae??

6 pike between 8-9 pm. Yellow jigs
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Caught 17 pike 5 hours had a great time some small and a few descent ones. Great lake for being close to town

There is a place to fish where you wont need a boat but you arent allowed to fish here until may 15.

Does anyone know if there is a public dock to fish from. Dont have a boat. Never taken my son to this lake before.

SeconD time fishing here this week, not even a nibble. Has anybody caught anything at all recently? Also, has anybody ever caught burbot here?

Anyone ever pull out any whitefish ? I've only ever seen pike at that lake and the odd walleye

This lake is dead...today 3hrs one bite and go...try almost everything no luck. Ice about 2.5feet thick... Good luck

Several pike 19 feet
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Hey can someone tell me where to catch anything but pike on this lake?

What r u looking for? We went Friday too. Finally got some action 2 small perch , 1 small jack, bout 15' deep from our usual place. Ovrall it's pretty dead.

Went today and only got one stinky small pike. Don't no where I'm goin on that lake. Anyone no? And could tell me please. Thanks

Glare ice is basically 2 feet thick, plenty of Pike

We were one of those trucks. You're right very slick, bring skates or walker. Cpl bites each in 4 hrs. Guy bside us got 2 perch, 1 kpr. Supposed to b good this wknd!

No bites in 3 hours on the north side in 17' of water. Ice about 16" thick. Lots of trucks drove to south side straight across the lake. Next to no snow, very slick ice surface.

Any Ice thickness updates??

Has anyone been out on the west side, how thick is the ice?

good size pike
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Blue green algae near the boat launch

Calm, lots of " weeds", but also lots of fish, great easy simple boat launch, a great first time experience !! Btw girl trumped boys in catches :)

9 year old son caught about a 26" walleye. Awesome day out

Lots of pike action just out from the boat launch. 2 were keeper size. Kids love coming here.

This lake is not bad fishing off the bridge actually I get at least one jack and lots of action every time I go

Fished today for a few hours. I tried using herring most of the day, had a few bites in the morning, and one pike on that I lost at the hole. In the afternoon I had nothing, not a bite but my friend using smelts caught two pike 58-60cm

Fished devils all day so about 6hrs caught 2 pike both about 60 cm lol so not bad was just using a plain black jig head with a smelt

Slow!!! Fished the morning for perch, nothing!! Afternoon for jack, nothing!! Access to lake is great, could drive a car on no problem!

Flood water and snow is frozen to a thickness of about 10 to 11".. Cut through that with the auger to get to about 20" of black ice. No problem driving on pike were picky going for green jigs only and no other species caught