Can anybody tell me if the Ice is gone yet?

Ice Report: 12 in
Nice ice in the bay left of the launch

there is still full ice coverage and it is very thin and rotten along the shore.

April 1 is approaching fast! Any reports on ice would be welcome.

Out for morning on boat. Heavy wind. Only one solid hit. Trolling brown lure under surface. Water temperatures from 48 - 51 deg f.

Great evening fish. Ten good rainbows in 3 hours. Purple / Black and Tan wet flys. Water temp 63 deg. F

Shore fishing. Caught 2 on a buzz bomb. 12" and 17". Some guys down shore were fly fishing and catching a lot of 12" rainbows.

Steady bites on a black and chartreuse wolly bugger at a slow troll 4 feet down. Water temp. 53 deg F in the late evening.

shore fishing yesterday May 8, 2016 was fishing, no catching. Saw big guy jump out 70M , no swim bys along the coast.......Melting

a 5 pound a 4 pound and a 2.5 pound rainbow trout in 2 hours

Watch the gopher holes! Wiped out big time. Didn't have any better luck with the fish. There are big fish out there just need some luck.

Wooo got my first fish this year tonight around 7pm.....57cm beauty rainbow caught on a small len thompson spoon

No ice on the lake for quite some time. Just out yesterday caught 7 between my dad and I with 3 of them being over the 50 cm mark. Released them all. Windy but some pretty good fishing.

Went 2 days in a row for a couple hours with only 1 to show but a dandy at that all of 60 cm.

Went with a few friends this past fri sat and had a decent trip using balanced leeches and black Chromies . Weather was decent as well with tolerable wind. Good fishing if your heading down. You rock Hat!

Heading out there today, anyone else gonna try opening day!?

getting close to that time again, has anyone seen if the ice is coming off?

Just curious if anyone would prefer a slot size in the lake rather than just 1 over 50cm. Something like keep 1 between 45 and 50cm, anything under/over would get thrown back. Would give the bigger ones a chance to see just how big they would get.

I kinda think u might mean a 57CM Trout not a 57" Inch. Because a 57 cm is a very nice trout regardless! Cuz 57" would be a 144.78 so 145cm, which im sure would shatter all prov trout records. Great fish either way

Two casts with a medium spoon caught me a 57"rainbow.... AWAOME!
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Anyone been out lately to bullshead? How's the fall fishing?

Great shore fishing on the pond side. I have caught a few 20 incher's over here
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Out for morning fish with boat. Water 48 deg F. Finder showing lots of good fish along shelves at 5 & 10 feet. My 5 yr old caught two 3 lb. RBT on Spider-Man rod. Daddy on Orvis... Zero. Great time

Flew over lake tonight. Ice 90% gone. Boats now on lake.

Checked out lake yesterday. Dozen or so people fishing the banks. Good fish being caught. Lake still 3/4 covered by ice.

How's the ice? Anyone been out yet?

finder showing lots of fish, took the family and kids out had a great time, lots more action during the evening feed run, #4 frog yellow n green.

What's everyone using for flies this time of year?

Only caught 2 fish

Great lake, allot of rocks around shore making it easy to go down. Decent medium sized fish and allot of bites.

great fishing! lots of 14+ inch fish off the shore. used prince nymphs on the fly rod and a regular spoon on the casting rod, both seemded to work pretty good.

Slow fishing today caught 6 all small 1 mid size large reisivor

If you're not into fly fishing we've ALWAYS had good lick with size #7 Helin Flatfish lures. Standby colors are frog, perch, black glitter. Will take brightly colored ones as well. No stores really stock them in Medicine Hat though, have to pick them up in Wholesale Sports Calgary.

Ice is all off, fishings been good on sunny days.

Hundreds of fish going over the spillway this problem needs to be solved. Many over 50cm any ideas ?

Is the ice off the lake for opening day tomorrow?

Awesome fishery , was better a few years ago but still worth the drive

Been 6 years since last there. Isn't the same fishery now...but still fun. Fish there now just need time to grow.

I can not say anything negative about this lake. Myself and a good friend went out on Sunday, He brang in over 20 plus fish, and my self over a dozen with nothing measuring under 16 inches. An amazing lake, from the boat dock across to the southeast corner we had the most action.

I agree, this lake should be catch and release. There are lots of lakes close by to catch trout for the bbq like Michelle, Cavan, Reesor and Spruce Coulee. I don't know why anyone would want to keep a big one to eat when they usually taste like mud anyways. It would be nice to be able to go and have a real chance at a true trophy rainbow but as soon as they are 50cm they are in the back of someones truck. Sad.

Has the potential to be a world class trout lake, but limit is set wrong...how do you grow a trophy fish when your allowed to keep the big ones. Lake should be catch and release only.

is the ice off?

Lakes looking healthy this year, fish are biting consistently.

Caught 2 average sized rainbows in 45 mins of casting spinners. Water high and lots of growth around lake making access difficult.

limit every time!

I don't know what is happening I heard alot of the fish went over the spillway because of the high water.

Could be better

Seems to have almost completely winter killed, fishing is very poor. Used to catch 20+ a day on a regular basis last year, been there twice this year and never even had a bite. I also talked to many other fisherman out there and they had the same result. Lots of dead trout around the edge of the lake.