PassRat

Is the restriction off now? From the Gov website:Time of Day Angling Restrictions were in effect from 2:00 pm on July 26, 2023 until 11:59 pm on August 18, 2023.

Fished today from 11-1, down south, water was very cold, almost too cold for wet wading, fish were all very eager and happy to take my hopper, lots of energy, 6 lb fluoro and the fish were in to the hand, and then quickly released with no apparent immediate effects. Yes, agree with not using a monitoring station at Carseland and applying across the board. Likely agree with having another station in the mountains and basing mountain streams on those parameters and foothill streams on foothill monitoring stations. Again, my opinion…

Now they try and “guilt you” into not fishing flowing waters by saying it’s much better fishing stocked ponds and lakes. Ahem, pine coulee reservoir, lol. Yes, agreed all the fish I have hooked were rockets as well on the bow. Now I can potentially agree that small foothill freestone creeks could be potentially closed aka sheep river, Highwood below Longview, yada yada, but to put on a carte Blanche on all southern Alberta streams is extreme laziness at its worst. Rivers like the bow have enough deep water and shady banks to provide all the shelter a fish could/would need. Fish alter their habitat during the day by moving out to deeper water then slide back into pockets and deflectors as the sun goes down. I am going to go out tomorrow morning and shut down at 2 and not feel guilty. The minute I see distressed fish is the minute I shut it down. To date this year, I have not seen a distressed fish unless it is a fool fishing a 3 wt with 2 lb tippet and taking 10 min to drag in a fish and take multiple pics….

Thank you Transalta for high flows in April and May and draining the reservoirs down.

No longer 14 days, it is “until further notice”.

Couldn’t agree more. Although I saw a guy playing a 20 inch rainbow with what looked to be a 3 weight and light tippet. Me, I use 8 lb fluoro on a 7wt and yard ‘‘em in…..education is def needed….

Interesting. The 70’s and 80’s were as hot and water levels as low or even lower. The was no such nonsense. Albeit a lot less of us as well. I have never seen a fish die unless it was played too long, took too many photos and not returned to the water or resuscitated properly and this applies to any time of the year. High water temps def affect the fish. I would argue it makes them lethargic and not eat as much. I feel the same way when it’s warm.

I also run my 7 wt forward with a sink tip. I like 8-10 feet of t-14 as a sink tip. I like it down fast and deep. If slamming the bank, need to strip quickly, if bottom bouncing, throw out, feel it tapping then small strips to elicit strikes….

I also prefer straight mono or fluorocarbon however much less diameter than 10-12 lb. nonetheless, 8-10 straight fluoro indicator and agree on toothpick style and get it out and twitch about once a minute. I find the fish are always cruising and will often take just after a twitch. Also use the “weight” method to determine depth and get the bug about a foot to 2 above bottom. Not sure about the swivel but might just try that