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Topic: Fishing Glacier  (Read 2467 times)

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  • Location: Tri-Cities, Wa
  • Date Registered: Aug 2013
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I spent 7 days last week up at West Glacier.  Wife only gave me an hour one morning for fishing.  She said it was a family vacation not a fishing trip.  Here are a couple of pics.  The camera cannot do it justice, especially the water color.  Already making plans for next year.  It will be a fishing trip the family can stay home. 
I did not catch anything, not even a bite.  I was marking fish between 40 to 60 feet on Lake McDonald (pic 1).  Glacier is lead free and I don’t run a downrigger (yet).  Next time I will be better prepared.  I will also be taking a fly rod (pic2).  The fishing regulations for the park are a pain, so pull them online.  Also they do not stock fish.  I would take the yak up there again even if I was not allowed to fish.


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Looks spectacular regardless of the fishing!
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I was there 3 years ago and my wife said the same thing. Next time I'm bringing a kayak and ignoring the wife. Who cares if the fish are biting or not, those lakes are awesome.
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those lakes are beautiful, we did good for Lake Trout in Bowman Lake from a canoe with minnkota&sonar many years ago, nice campground at the end of that lake and 10hp limit as I recall...roger
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pmmpete

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Glacier is lead free . . . .  The fishing regulations for the park are a pain, so pull them online.
The Glacier National Park fishing regulations permit the use of lead downrigger weights if they are larger than 2 pounds, which is a good thing, because I haven't yet found a non-lead downrigger weight which I like.  However, you can't use any other fishing tackle which contains lead, including leaded line and leadhead jigs.


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Wow that water is crystal clear, looks amazing!
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