Private boat launch

Boat Launch

Snipe Lake is a popular spot for ice fishing, and the action continues consistently all year. Gerry Williscroft, local angler, says that pike and perch are the big draws. Both species are plentiful and “you can almost get them as soon as you drop your line.” For perch, Williscroft suggests using small lures during the evening. Try bright colours in low light. Head straight out from the boat launch about 100 metres. A Five of Diamonds or a Red Devil are good choices for pike, although Williscroft remembers how he caught a 13-lb. walleye last summer using a Five of Diamonds. There are several different places on the lake that are especially productive. The southeast corner just out from the spawning area is a good choice. On the east edge, around the corner from the campground, anglers have good luck just out from the community water plant. The Snipe Lake page on the Angler’s Atlas website has lots of pictures, map markers and fishing tips. Check it out at anglersatlas.com/place/102048/snipe-lake. LAKE ACCESS From Edmonton, there are a couple of different ways to get to Snipe Lake. Travel west on Hwy. 16 and turn onto Hwy. 43 to Valleyview. Pass through the town to TWP Road 710 and Range Road 191. If leaving Edmonton by Hwy. 2, pass through the town of High Prairie and turn left on Hwy. 747. Stay on Hwy. 747 until TWP Road 710 and Range Road 191.

Piercing optional in wind

Steve Mills, an Angler's Atlas field staff volunteer in Grand Prairie, sends this report on pike fishing over the May long weekend at Snipe Lake. We know from past report that Snipe is a hot spot for whites and jumbo perch. Fished for around two hours using a lefty kreh clouser minnow fly about 3 inches long in green and white with weighted eyes. Standard chuck-and-duck fishing with optional facial piercing due to wind gusts. Stayed in toolie grass in around 4 feet of water, fishing the openings. Landed two, 8- and 6-lb. pike, but we lost several more.

wally99

at snipe on mar 15 and saw an unbeleivable amount of huge perch on camera all mourning.tried everything and the only thing that worked was going back to slave,assineau for the evening fish.talked to some locals and was told that its been like this all winter.theres gotta be a better answer than a square hook or dynamite.

Road Trip?

How is the Fishin these days? Can you still get onto the lake with a pickup like last year?

South Shore Resort and Camping, $5.00 Launch Fee

Snipe Lake

Just went fishing last week to snipe lake, it was great. 3 x 10 lbs pike, a 9, a 8 and a 7 lbs pike. Not including the other 30 fish we kept catching and releasing all day. Cant wait to go back, the lake could use a better boat luanch though.

where should a guy ice fish

ive only fished snipe a few times we went a couple of years ago on the north side by the campground and didn't even get bite through the ice hoping to go this coming winter a few times and want to find the whites and big northerns any tips?

Snipe lake

Any info on fishing at snipe lake near Valleyview