Bow River Blog

Greetings to all my fishing friends. It has been a little while since I wrote my last post and a lot has changed since then. The first thing is the new Alberta fishing licenses have been issued and are now available at all locations where you buy fishing tackle. These include Wholesale Sports, Russell Sports, all Canadian Tire locations, and all Wall-Mart locations as well. Click here for a complete listing. A fisherman who plans on fishing in Alberta needs to renew his/her fishing license before heading out to the water. The old fishing license expired Mar 31 and you will need a new license now. I obtained a copy of the fishing regulations guide when I received my license and have already read up on some of the new additions to the guide.

One new and improved service I saw while browsing through the book was the new website the Alberta government has created to make us a little lazier and not have to physically leave our houses to get a new license. The name of the new site is called Albertarelm seen here https://www.albertarelm.com/ and will enable you to print your license right off your printer at home. This will be great for those who are in a hurry and do not have time to drive and wait in those big line ups at the local tackle store.

I encourage you all to read the regulations and familiarize yourself with all the rules included in this guide. We all need to be aware of where and when we can fish under the government regulated rules. I also encourage you to read the stories in the back of the guide, there are some great tips from some excellent fisherman found here. Have fun learning and keep you license with you at all times while fishing or transporting fish, it is the law.