Category: Fisheries Management

(TOD) Time Of Day angling restrictions lifted

After three weeks of Time Of Day restrictions on the Bow River and the Eastern slopes, (ES1) the Alberta Government has removed the restriction as of today, August 19th 2023. https://mywildalberta.ca/fishing/advisories-corrections-closures/time-of-day-angling-restrictions.aspx Angling will be permitted once again after 2:00PM. It is still hot and I encourage everyone to still get out early in the morning …

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The decline of the Bow River Basin

This week I was interviewed by Michael Short of Let’s Go Outdoors regarding the latest article in the Conservation magazine, which is a publication of the Alberta Conservation association, written by Paul Christensen and Dr Michael Sullivan. We discuss the decline in the rainbow trout population in the Bow River and some possible solutions going …

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The State of the Bow River Fishery

Rainbow Trout caught and released on the Bow River July 2018

What happened to the rainbow trout? This year has been a fairly good season for trout fishing the Bow River. Early spring and into July, the trout fishing on the lower Bow River (below Policeman’s Flats) had been great. At that time, we were experiencing great rainbow trout fishing with catch numbers around 20-40 fish …

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A Focus On Alberta Fisheries Management (Part 1)

Please clean up the river before you leave. We are all responsible for our rivers and lakes!

  An Introduction to Alberta’s Wonderful World of Fishes From the tiny nine-spine stickleback, which grows to a length of only six centimetres to the two-metre long lake sturgeon, Alberta has a very interesting and varied fish fauna. Adjectives such as cool and cold-water, stocked, introduced, native, bait, prey, game and hybrid are used to …

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