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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nThere was only one other fishing boat with us heading out.\u00a0 We paddled at a good pace towards Plamondon Bay.\u00a0 What was odd about this stretch, were the white floating objects in the water.\u00a0 The first one we spotted was right on shore, so we paddled up to it, and discovered it was a fair size dead walleye.\u00a0 From this spot, we could see another 3 scattered along in the weed beds.\u00a0 In total, there were at least 10 we saw along this stretch.\u00a0 All walleye, larger, and untouched by birds and animals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As we went along, chatting and enjoying the scenery, we spotted a Kingfisher along the willows.\u00a0 Not wanting to be photographed, we followed him for quite a stretch.\u00a0 There were lots of other birds today too; Great Blue Herons, pelicans, ravens, ducks, grebes, and a Bad Eagle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00a0 Then I heard, \u201cCan you move your fish?<\/em><\/strong>\u201d I looked up to see Jen soaked from my fish splashing her. Way too funny.\u00a0 \ud83e\udd23After a good laugh, and yes moving the fish, I finally got to unhooking my fish, and karma struck\u2026big splash right in my face.\u00a0\ud83d\udca6\ud83e\udd23\ud83d\udca6<\/p>\n\n\n\n We caught a few more, deliberating over keeping a big one to eat, but deciding the effort to fix it was too much, we put the rods away and went ashore to stretch our legs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On a newly cleared little spot with a tiny dock, we checked the rocky shore for treasures.\u00a0 We made a second stop at one of our favourite beach picking areas and were not disappointed in the finds here. For the 2nd time ever, we found pieces of pottery \u2026and lots of them in different styles and colours.\u00a0 There were all colours of beach glass, some ancient fragments of bone, and of course, cool rocks too. The flock of seagulls on shore keep us entertained with their repetitive musical song the entire time. The fog had finally lifted, and the sun was shining bright.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At almost 2pm, and other plans for the day, it was time to head back. \u00a0 A light wind that helped us paddle as we made our way to the Old Trail dock.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cant decide between musical lyrics that fit for today; either \u201cSplish, splash, I was taking a bath.\u201d or \u201cGonna be a bright, bright, sunshiny day.\u201d.. Upcoming canoe trips; Crow Lake & McGuffin Lakeland Provincial Park, some water body by Smoky Lake too (really hopeful).\ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n\n\n\n #greenbeancanoeadventures #sillysisters #laclabiche #canoe #birding #fishandwildlife #rocksofalberta #laclabicheandarea #laclabichecounty<\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Saturday, August 9,25 \u2013 9:00am \u2013 Old Trail on Mission Road, Lac La Biche Lake Lots of windy weather this year.\u00a0 We did make it<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10446,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[63,55,207,521,3],"class_list":["post-10429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-greenbean-canoe-adventures","tag-greenbeanadventures","tag-sillysisters","tag-greenbean-canoe-adventures","tag-lac-la-biche-and-area","tag-your-local-buzz"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/yourlocalbuzz.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Aug-825-dead-fishy.jpg?resize=640%2C853&ssl=1\")
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A couple of fish jumped not far from the canoe, so we decided to cast a few hooks.\u00a0\ud83c\udfa3
Just out from shore, it turns out the jack fish were hungry (if you say Northern Pike it sure sounds like you\u2019re more of an angler \ud83d\ude01).
These were feisty little slough sharks.\u00a0 Jen caught the first one, barely hanging on by its fish-lip.\u00a0 The second one was mine, and I discovered I was not prepared to unhook this guy. Darn Jack, like to swallow the hook.\ud83d\ude16 Since I\u2019m always at the front of the canoe, I lacked room to bring the fish in to get my five of diamonds back.\u00a0 With a good grip on my rod, and leaving the fish close to the surface of the water, I slowly moved all my gear from the middle of the canoe (lunch, canoe back, shirt\u2026) and was turning myself around. <\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/yourlocalbuzz.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Aug-825-Let-me-hold-your-rod.jpg?resize=640%2C480&ssl=1\")
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Seems like when rock hounding, certain rocks catch your eye.\u00a0 Sometimes they are stripy ones or small white ones, today the theme for me here were baseballs! Perfectly sized, all a beige colour, I found 5 good ones to add to my collection.\u00a0 Needing to be careful not to roll an ankle, we didn\u2019t stay long here, it was time to work our way back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/yourlocalbuzz.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Aug-825-Marvin.jpg?resize=640%2C856&ssl=1\")
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