Thinking of going down this weekend.. any updates on if the ice is still fishable? Have the edges melted at all?

We are in Canmore for a couple days and want to go fishing. Does anyone know the ice condition?

Roughly 3 feet of ice where I was at around sparrow hawk. Had a great day. 11 lake trout between 2 of us in 4 hours.

Lots of good solid ice still. Forgot the measuring tape but I would guess 38-40 inches of ice still just off of driftwood. There is open water On the north between the driftwood point and the dam Hardly any snow on the ice. No slush and no water on top of the ice. It was a slow day but a nice day to get out. Water level has been dropping which may change how long the ice lasts. It was down 5 feet from 2 weeks ago.

how thick is the ice?

What were you using for lures.

Fished today at driftwood. Deepest hole was 50ft water was down. Fishing was decent caught 9 between 2 guys all depths and lost just as many. Slowed down after 2pm. No whites

I was out at Driftwood today, fished in 42 feet of water. Not a bite. Seen 1 laker and several Whitefish on camera, they weren't interested

Caught a couple lake trout 2-3 lbs. marked lots of fish all day. Big thanks to Troy from Alberta fishing Charters.
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Thanks Tip Up, plan on heading there Thursday or Friday

Lots of good solid ice still. The water is down which is normal for this time of year. As for the surface there was 4-6 inches of soft snow on the ice. No water on the ice which was shocking. Both days were pretty slow but weFACEBOOK

Any ice updates after this past weekend?

Anyone know how the ice is doing any water on top ?

Park along the side of the road where everyone else parks. Bring a sled and walk out to the middle that's the only way to get out on the lake.

Dodgeman, only way to get there is to hoof it. The campground is closed for winter and it’s blocked off.

can anyone tell me if its possible to access the west side of spray lakes this time of year

Three of us were there on January 19, 2019. One person caught limit, other two caught '2' each. All Lakers, largest 15-16 inches, out in 90 - 100 feet of water, ice about 30 inches. Everyone using smelt for bait. Weather clear, lots of people fishing.

Heads up people do NOT back down the boat launch you will get stuck every time we have been there someone has been stuck . We had some bites with power bait but none landed .

Guys nothing works better than smelts at spray lakes, try a pickerel rig setup with smelts and you will be surprised. Fish at about 80ft-100ft of water

Hey Guys any body been up to day how much snow on the ice and on the boat ramp at driftwood?

Hi Copper jacket,

Ice Report: 15 in
Just southwest of the driftwood boat launch, straight out from the first picnic area about 60 yards from shore.

There seems to be about 6%u201D of snow all over the ice. Some places less. 15%u201D of ice. Used smelts, jigs, Power bait in 30' of water, no luck:(. Any tips?? Rig setup, bait, jig type/size?!

Any body been up recently how much snow is on the ice at the Driftwood Boat launch

What type of rig/set up are guys getting luck with?? Jigs with smelts? Snelled hooks?

Ice was about 15 inches thick at Driftwood. Will have to try Sparrowhawk next time as I had zero bites here. Four groups of anglers out on the ice here by noon.

Just a heads up, you can't use minnows on Spray. Smelts are ok. I could care less but the CO's will give you a ticket if you get caught.

Lots of bits just past sparrowhawk landed 12 used a hole minnow on a jig hook

Ice at driftwood was 11 inches with some ankle deep snow. Slow day on the ice. Only landed 3 lakers. Saw a few dozen on the camera. Found the smaller the presentation the better. Remember there is no driving on the ice. Someone came out on an ATV but got intercepted by the CO while he was out checking everyone.

Fished dec.30 off boat launch. Landed 4 saw few others on the camera. Fished 8:30 to 10 :30

How's the ice?

Was 12" of solid ice last I was there

Anyone have an update on how thick the ice is as of today???

Ice Report: 8 in
125 feet off shore

Inches

About 8%u201D at driftwood today.

How thick is the ice? Did anyone go recently?

Anyone know if there's any ice on the lake

On Dec 08 last year I was ice fishing....but only about 7-8 inches of ice

Was out there yesterday and pretty much fully open. I

I want to go up does anyone know if the ice is thick enough yet

anyone know if there is ice on it

Access lake at Sparrowhawk fished on Nov.2nd,, try 3-OZ.pencil weight &smelt.Caught a small one & two 1.5lb,ers

Anybody know when we can reasonably expect safe to walk on hard water this year?

Hi guys! Did anybody go fishing recently? Any luck? How was the road? Thanks!

Don’t know why my comments get caught off. Meant to say despite the hot weather, the Lakers are still biting great

Despite the hot weather

FYI: I've been going to Spray for over 20 years and the road conditions are the worst I've seen. Contacted Volker Stevin and they claim they grade them every Monday and Thursday but I don't think they've been touched.

Thank you scordz, very helpful info.

Correction on coordinates 50.876959, -115.396105.