Easter Wkd Fishing Conditions Update

Wednesday offered a few nice surprises but Thursday really was a surprise. Wed was a wonderful day to be out and a few nice trout were moved in short order. It will likely be a few days before we're able to find trout like this one on the move again. Overnight temps will continue the melting. Once cooler weather settles in next week things could easily, quickly improve.

Thursday, we did a considerable amount of driving to provide you a fishing conditions report for your Easter long weekend. Sorry to say, there isn't much positive as field runoff has really kicked in the past 24 hrs:

The Little Red Deer R is a massive, muddy ice jam in its lower reaches. Middle reaches are coming ice free but the river is mud.

FallenTimber - where open, is murky with poor vis less than 2'

The Red Deer near Sundre is opening but is poor vis less then 3'

The James is flowing between ice and open sections but poor visibility less than 2'

The Clearwater is open throughout and is quite fishable above #54. By the time it gets to #22 it is very murky with less than 3'

Prairie Cr is starting to open in more reaches though still is iced over mostly. Where open it is less than 3' vis

S Raven is open @ #22 crossing but is 18" vis. Otherwise water is on the ice and it could open within the week.

N Raven is ok at its headwaters but is field runoff ooze at Buck For Wildlife.

Chambers Cr is open in reaches but mainly frozen.

For lake fishers - Beaver, Mitchell, and Ironside are locked ice. Of the 3, Beaver is going to take the longest to shed its ice. Aerators are going strong on all 3.