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Wow thanks guys for all the great info so far. I would have never know that the lakes I listed are all private. Guess that's out of the question. I agree with everyone that the Bow river is great for fishing, but I do also enjoy floating around on a lake early in the morning as I find it quite relaxing. I definitely pick up the magazine that everyone is mentioning when I get to Calgary so thanks for that suggestion. I can just grab that from any fishing shop, maybe even Army and Navy? As a quick answer to my research so far though, what would be the best public lake to start out with that's closest to Country Hills in the NW? How fast is the current in the Bow river? Do people use U-Boats on the Bow? For some reason, people are telling me not to eat fish from the Bow due to lots of dumping of waste into the river? Is that true? Thanks again guys.

Hey guys, I just wanted to post this so that people could correct me if I'm wrong or give me some advice/pointers. The worst thing I want to do is violate regulations that I don't know about or that I mis-interpreted. I'll be moving to Calgary from BC sometime next year so I'd thought I'd start looking into places to go fishing in my uboat. I fish quite a bit on local lakes here in BC and would like to do the same after I move to Calgary. From poking around these forums, I've heard that these lakes are good for fishing for trout, all within 30 minutes driving distance from where I'll be located: Arbour Lake McKenzie Lake Lake Chaparral Bonaventure Lake Lake Bonavista I started looking around for Alberta regulations, and here's the major points I've come across: 1) Alberta is split into multiple regions, and all the lakes listed above are in region "Eastern Slope Zone 1 (ES1)". My fishing on local lakes will probably stay within this area to begin with so I'll be looking into specific regulations for this region. 2) I can only use barbless hooks. http://www.albertaregulations.ca/fishingre...ingrestrictions 3) Alberta has a fish stocking program, and all the bodies of water that are stocked can be found here: http://www.albertaregulations.ca/fishingre...h-stocking.html 4) I must purchase the alberta fishing license as well as the WIN card. Questions 1) Is everything I said correct so far? If not, please correct me. 2) From the list of stocked lakes from the link provided above, I can't seem to find the locations of any of them. Can anyone direct me to a link showing where all these lakes/ponds are? 3) How clean are the waters in the lakes in Alberta, especially the ones I've listed so far? Clean enough to eat without worrying? 4) For the lakes I mentioned above, how come I can't find them as being part of zone ES1? I thought maybe it was PP1 but I couldn't find it in there either. http://www.albertaregulations.ca/fishingregs/es1.html 5) Is there a site that shows stocking reports of when the lakes are stocked, and updated on a regular basis? Thanks in advance. Can't wait to try out some fishing in Alberta.