The
native species of Alberta's Red Deer River are walleye, goldeye,
northern pike, whitefish, and a host of minor species such as various
suckers, sculpins, etc. Only in the early 1990's did brown trout start
to show up in the system after nearly 2000 were stocked. Since then the
population has thrived and we are now getting a stable population that
some would say is a trophy fish scenario. There aren't a lot of them but
they are large, much like the waters of New Zealand. You can expect to
catch large brown trout on the dry fly. Trout as large as 34" have been
caught. Fly fishers can expect browns to 24" on a float with an
excellent chance of trout 26+". There are excellent trout in the Red
Deer River and they typically are not shy of rising to the occasion.
Pike frequent
the river and it's an odd yet exciting thing to pull out one
of these monsters. Like the brown trout they can get big!
Walleye
and sauger are also in the river. These fish tend to come
out to play in the late evenings as we cast streamers in
given deep pools.
Goldeye
move up the Red Deer River on their post spawning feeding
run. There's thousands of these in the river.
We'd
be foolish to not mention that there are more rocky mountain whitefish
in the Red Deer River than other fish species, with the
exception of goldeye in the peak of their run.
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The
native species of Alberta's Red Deer River are walleye, goldeye,
northern pike, whitefish, and a host of minor species such as various
suckers, sculpins, etc. Only in the early 1990's did brown trout start
to show up in the system after nearly 2000 were stocked. Since then the
population has thrived and we are now getting a stable population that
some would say is a trophy fish scenario. There aren't a lot of them but
they are large, much like the waters of New Zealand. You can expect to
catch large brown trout on the dry fly. Trout as large as 34" have been
caught. Fly fishers can expect browns to 24" on a float with an
excellent chance of trout 26+". There are excellent trout in the Red
Deer River and they typically are not shy of rising to the occasion. 
