DonAndersen

We should be able to dunk visiting Angler's in sheep dip to kill the invasives. Don

Add to the list: New Zealand Mud Snails: https://www.wildlife.ca.gov/Conservation/Invasives/Species/NZmudsnail Add to the list Goldfish and Asian Mudsnails: http://calgary.ctvnews.ca/goldfish-and-prussian-carp-threaten-bow-river-s-ecosystem-1.1867792 And just so the lake fishermen enjoy the bounty of invasives, we have http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/Zebra-mussels-creeping-into--333133181.html A common thread - they are all imported. Keep your dirty boats/waders outta Canada. Don

Billie et al, Fisheries and for that matter all natural resources are the responsibility of the general population and as such license fees and the like should go to general revenue. To isolate fishing licenses as a single source of revenue for fisheries would severely limit the ability of fishery managers to do the required work. This type of funding would mean folks who do not pay license fees get away scott free. Just remember that the total number of licensed Angler's are <>300,000 which realizes about $10.00 to general revenue. A paltry 3 million. Don

I'm with you. How about $5/day. Cheaper than golf. Don

Some provinces and states have required over/unders to get licenses although they cost nothing. This was to make sure the person got a copy of the regs. Whether or not they read it is another question. And adults are responsible for thier kids. I have not needed a license for 5 years. I typically spend $25 on fuel every time I go fishing. After 125 trips per year paying >$3000 in fuel, a $25 license fee is the least cost. Hell, I spend more than $25 on tippets. Don

Can I rent it? Don

How I wish that someone would post court actions done by the phantom enforcement officers. Apparently 10 existed in the Rocky area last year and based on court news, they didn't do anything. New fines won't change attitudes. Higher fines will. Don

Jay... A Bow River cigarette boat. Do you paint pics of sunk drift boats on the nose of the rocket? Don

F-18 or corporate?

Bcube, It would be a fair hike. Don

Fines just dropped to 1/4. A step in the right direction. Hardly. Just so you know, the only guy getting quadders to court is a single RCMP officer. The phantom army of enforcement types doesn't exist. Don

Uber, The Govt took a hike on the channelzation when it happened. They pondered action and took none. What a f.....king surprise. Useless bunch. Don

Uber, The ponds were created by the lanowner damning up a terrace spring creek. The creek is illegal to fish till June 16. Nickel gets you six bits that there was no permit to stock trout or build the ponds And for a feeling of how the Waterton gets treated, have a walk up the Waterton from the bridge. Channelized for a long ways. Don

Uber, By your logic, guides can fish anywhere without concerning themselves with the law! They are private businesses are they not.? Don

Palmers ponds exempt from the law? From the Alberta regs. Waterton River all tributaries upstream of Waterton Reservoir including Drywood Creek June 16 to Aug. 31 Brook Trout and Brown Trout limit 2; Other Trout limit 0; Mountain Whitefish limit 5 over 30 cm; Bait Ban. River

Jordan, I have to look only at how our eastern slopes have been treated for the last fifty years and I know who I will be voting for. Unless , you can resurrect Bill Yorko- http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/edmontonjournal/obituary.aspx?n=bill-yurko&pid=139355319

A new mega mall to be located next to Crossiron Mills is to be built. http://newhorizonmall.com After a moratorium on any more water withdrawals from the Bow, how did the mall get water. Crossiron bought water from the irrigation district making water a commodity which will now allow water exports. Did the new mall drive another nail into Albera's water resource? Don

Anybody wonder why it is happening now and not for the past 50 years the law has been on the books? Damn them NDPers! Don

Trailhead, Similar confrontations are happening between OHV owners and others including the RCMP. At some point there will be violence. Don

Ever consider that this thread would not have existed if the previous gpvrs had dealt with the abuse years ago. And the ugly part, some want a return to the same or lower level of idiocy. Don

Whether or not all his stuff suits your particular view point is immaterial. He's putting a face to ugly abuses of our trout streams. Nobody else is doing it in a public way. So what if he get carried away occasionally. At Least, unlike many, he is attempting to get change. Now if the rest of us "concerned citizens" would develop some balls, maybe the stuff he posts would not occur. Nope, we're all mind ****ed because he doesn't do it or say it quite correctly. Like I said, the world is a strange place. Don

I just don't get it. A guy points out the abuse of quads and he's seen as the enemy. The Oldman Education group posts an ugly picture of land abuse and they are lauded. Damn, the world is one screwed up place. Don

Damn that was great. Now are those dingbats employed by us still employed? In the private sector, they would've made a dint in the fence when they were fired across the parking lot. Still waiting for the letter from the minister attempting to explain why the biologists from Hinton/Edson, Edmonton & Rocky ****ed up so badly. Don

Good move on the Govts part. Just so ya' know, fishermen and hunters pay for the Report a Poacher program through a levy on your fishing licenses. Quadders pay...........nothing. The only enforcement officer getting things done is Corporal Howse of the Rocky Detachment. He needs to be replicated throughout Alberta. Let's get on K Divsions case and get him some help. Don

Jordan, It's not a Alberta getting bigger. It is a lack of responsibility for the past 50 years or so. Doing sweet f....k all was the order of the day. About time to turn this crap around. Show some responsibility. Don