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An outward pointing anal fin means this goldeye is a male
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In Town Fishing Adventures

I grab a pack of worms and a tub of frozen minnows.  “That’s everything,” I say to myself, and yell out, “I’m heading to the minivan,” letting our crew of little people know that it is time to jump in and buckle up.

Goldeye hopper patterns on a prickly pear cactus
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A Golden Opportunity

In the hierarchy of fishes - at least in the polling that Alberta Environment and Parks occasionally conducts among anglers - the Walleye and ...

What is that Shiny Silver Fish
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What is that Shiny Silver Fish

Goldeye, and their close relative, the Mooneye, populate many of the prairie rivers come summer, and can be found in ...

Lower North Saskatchewan River mooneye
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Down a Lazy River - A Fly-rodding Adventure on the Lower North Saskatchewan

When it comes to fishing in moving water, for a vast majority of Alberta flyrodders, it’s fundamentally an upstream affair.

man kneeling down in the dark smiling holding medium to large fish
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The Big Ones Come out at Night

My favorite hole on the North Saskatchewan River never failed to produce and usually I could count on catching a few suckers and walleye for an afternoon's effort. Over time I found myself staying later and later until I would keep right on fishing into the night, under the stars. There was some ambiant light from the glow of the city, but for all intents and purposes, it was night. Under that faint light I could just barely make out my bobber, but did manage to see a lot of bites. Through the night I caught a bunch more fish, most were walleye, but there was the odd pike and goldeye mixed in for flavor.

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