Police Outpost Lake

Police Outpost Lake is a pretty little jewel tucked away in southern Alberta's classic rolloing foothills country. It fishes best from just after ice-out through to July, which in the past couple of years, have been right around the same time. Well, not quite, but we've had a couple of long winters recently. After July, heavy weeds make angling quite challenging, but not impossible. Fly fishers will enjoy good success with black leech imitation streamers and an assortment of damselfly, dragonfly, scud and water boatman imitations. Midge hatches occur regularly in the summer. Spin anglers should use small Flatfish, spinners, small spoons or flycasting bubble combinations. Bait fishers use worms, mealworms, corn, cheese, salmon eggs and Berkley Power Bait in pink or fluorescent orange. The big local secret? Believe it or not, Pink Elephant popcorn.

Getting there: From Calagry, travel south on Highway 2 to Cardston. Go 10 kilometres south, then follow signs to Police Outpost Provincial Park.