Harps

Call 1-800-222-6514 (#7378 on a cell phone) That 24hr number will put you through to an enviro emergency line that will send investigators ASAP. The Environment Canada and Alberta Environment staff are trained to properly collect spill evidence to take it to court. They have the training and experiance to pursue charges if they need to be laid. You can still call and report it now. Like MissinTheBow mentioned, we need better control on what goes down the storm drains. Good eye!

I've got a quote for ya... It's great. “… if there is a question of ‘Fish vrs Irrigation’ the fish must go because the settlers here cannot possibly do without irrigation.” . . . . . In reference to Alberta (NWT) fisheries... 1897 memo from Inspector Steele of the MacLeod District to the Inspector of Fisheries for the Northwest Territories. Page 33 of the report below. There is an Excellent chapter written by Kerry Brewin, on Fishery resources in the Castle/Carbondale System in this Report. http://www.cpawscalgary.org/campaigns_cast...urce-report.pdf The history of fisheries management is absolutely amazing stuff.

Excellent Griz and Cactus!! Its the panic that causes the trouble (or the bang to the head). I have swum with waders too many times, no worries except trying to stand in shallow water. I think I've posted this before: Exploding the Killer Wader Myth Cheers,

Whitefish seem to be very fragile fish... they are the ones that seem to suffer the most stress during sampling and don't handle any exposure to air very well. Like Toolman mentioned they are affected by the heat and like Clarki said, they are often handled rough by anglers because they are an undesirable catch. My bet would be that some nympher was mis-handling them... bad catching, rough hook retreival, and no care on the release. The white fish feed the trout... Treat them good.

Cats do rule... especially those cool gov't cats.

The dam is letting out lots. Its disappearing at the LNID weir and points between Ft Macleod. Too much taking, not enough water.

More calls will increase funding to the RAP program and officers. Ineffective for that poaching event or not, call the number to show that we need officers.

I can't see a loose hook re-embeding itself deeper in a vital location. Keeping pressure on the fish will keep the hook in one place... and the small nub of a pinched barb. I don't think barbless is to blame... in fact, its generally accepted that barbed hooks cause more tissue damage, due to the barb.

Be on the look out for other means of poaching while you are out... Found in a log on the shore of a river. An effective bait rig that is out of sight for the most part... trout takes bait deep, stays on the line until the poacher is clear to look.

You can call when you get home to a phone. You just need time, location, descriptions, etc. Every call counts, even after the fact. Its not just about catching these idiots, its about showing the gov't that F&W needs funding and we care about the rivers!

Water below the Dam... about 55cms Water at Fort Macleod... under 10cms Well below average. And fluctuating like crazy. Hard for trout to establish in flows like that. Sucks to deal with the heat and water well below what flows should be. Fish info for the river... Fisheries Management Objectives for Rivers within the S. Sask River Basin. . . . . . . . . And here is where the water is going Makes ya feel all warm and fuzzy knowing that the fish don't need the water.

If a fish gets hooked wrong, the point can enter the eye from the back and it fills with blood. I have seen it, especially from those big hook sets. That could also explain the death... mis-handling in this heat to get the beloved hook out. Like monger said, low O2 and high temps... alot of stressed fish will not survive handling and there will be more injuries that cause the fish problems.

My car will be up and running next week!!

Is that real time, or just what it feels like?? 2-10 min is an awfull long time for 16-20 fish, but bringing them in could seem like that.

Sorry for the image quality... I thought I had better that showed both. Cheers,

Then Same fish, picture data shows that both pictures were taken within one minute (both are recorded as 5:40PM). Quick capture, very short time out of the water, low temps (water and air). Eyes centered as fish was put back in the water.

That is what makes tying awsome!! Hard Core.

But they're in the water. In water a fish will have centred pupils. A bunch of good biologist have suggested that a fish full of piss and vinegar will look down to the water "where they want to go", while a stressed and tired fish won't have the energy to move its pupils down. Definatively stressed fish: Not stressed: Of course like I said... not 100% and no science backing. Just what I've been told and what I've observed. In Water I'm in a rush, but I'll dig up picks of the same fish in and out of water. Fun, fun Cheers,

I think you can watch them on http://hook.tv/ Lots of good videos.

This was one of the worst carcasses... Found it in a Grizzly Den on the Arctic Slope. The Grizzly was coming around the bend... I had jumped out of the helicopter to look at a pair of dead caribou calves... fell through the snow into a den in the bank, found a cow caribou and scrambled back to the copter. Didn't complete a necropsy on that one, but we figured a grizzly got her. Great grayling fishing in the rivers...

This moose didn't get along very well this winter with the ATV/snowmachine bridge. Creek full of cutts... would have been great to fish a maggot pattern downstream if this was later in the spring/summer.

While rafting in the US, the qdumb questions asked were like the above and... How long the boat would take to get back around to the cars and; What happens if the raft comes off the tracks?

Is there a place to have some beverages and maybe shoot the $hit with Flyfishcalgary/Flyangler.ca folks??

Clive I disagree somewhat. I find downlooking fish are better off. In-water a fish's eyes will be centered especially if you are just releasing it (except some upside down situations). A dead fish will have centered pupils. Out of water a non stressed fish will look down or sometimes will have centered pupils, but I've personally found they look down more often. I find if I get a fish in fast it looks down, if I take longer its eyes are centered... mind you I leave them in the water (turn 'em upside down) more often than not. Alot of fish that I have stressed out have centered pupils when in hand, Out of the Water... except some that looked down. On hot days fish seem to have centered pupils. Maybe it has more to do with disorientation. I guess what I'm really saying is that there is no real correlation.

Hey Clive, First year in 4 that I won't make it. Going canoeing with a stewardship group instead. Have fun!!