Leader staff

For the second year in a row, there is a virtual fishing tourney on Lesser Slave Lake and surrounding lakes. The fishing is in person, but the submissions are online.

The poster dropped off at The Leader office last week says Slave Lake and Area Slam is a catch-photo-release fishing tournament over the four weekends in February. 

The website Angler’s Atlas has a bit more information. It says the eligible species are burbot, northern pike, walleye, and yellow perch. These must be caught on water bodies within the M.D. of Lesser Slave River or Big Lakes County. They must also be caught between Fridays 6 a.m. to Sunday at 6 p.m. on the four weekends in February: Feb. 3-5, 10-12, 17-19, and 24-26, 2023.

People interested in the cost to participate, the prizes, and the app they need to download, go to www.anglersatlas.com/tournament/605/. 

In April 2022, The Leader published last year’s Slam results. The longest northern pike was 90.8 cm. The longest whitefish was 40 cm. The longest walleye was 57.1 cm. The longest perch was 28.2 cm. The longest burbot was 71.1 cm. Whitefish isn’t listed this year.