Trophy Fishing

Regardless of the type of fish you wish to catch, the Saskatchewan area offers a variety of waters that are open to fishing.  There are large volumes of trophy sized lake trout, northern pike and walleyes being caught by fishermen in this area of Canada.  If you've never experienced the joy of fishing in Saskatchewan waters, you'll be impressed at the number of fish and with the size of the fish you can catch in just one day out on the waters!

Lake Trout

In one of Saskatchewan's most well known fishing lakes, the Reindeer Lake offers some of the largest lake trout in the world!  The lake is over 100 feet  deep in it's deepest points, and the average size of lake trout here range from four to eighteen pounds; with reports of lake trout being caught that weigh in at the 20 to 30 pound range!   These fish are worthy of stuffing to hang on your wall!  You can fish for lake trout in debths that are as shallow as ten feet or as deep as 70 feet, depending on the time of year that you are fishing.

There is a record of the largest lake trout ever caught from Reindeer Lake of an astounding 51 inches in length, 36 inches in girth and weighing in at over 82 pounds!  Can you imagine pulling that fish out of the water?

If you plan your fishing season in June and July, or the last week or first two weeks fo September, you will enjoy the prime lake trout fishing season.  In fact, you can catch up to two hundred fish per day on average- but keep in mind that unless the trout is of required size and weight, you will have to let them back into the water and this can be difficult to do for the avid sportsman!

Northern Pike

Northern Pike are typically found in abundant numbers along the northern areas of Saskatchewan.  They are most often found in large, heavily vegetated rivers that are slow moving, or in the warm and weedy bay areas of lakes.  During spring and fall, you should fish for northern pike in the top 16 feet of water, and search deeper during the hot summer months as they swim deeper in order to find the cooler temperatures of water.

Northern pike are usually green or brown in color, with milky-white bellies.  They usually have bean-shaped spots that extend from the gill to the base of their caudal fins.  Be careful when you catch these fish as their mouths are filled with razor sharp teeth!

Walleye

If you're idea of a good catch is a bucket full of walleye, then you'll want to fish Lake Athabasca, in northern Saskatchewan.  Jig for the walleyes in the deep and rockey areas around the lake.  In fact, many fishermen have reported that it is not unusual to catch about 150 walleyes per day.  The average size of a walleye is between two and six pounds, but some people have been known to catch walleyes that weigh over 8 pounds in Lake Athabasca.

Canada fishing offers a wide variety of fish types and when fishing the Saskatchewan area, the size and volume of fish is amazing!