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52 minutes ago, WayneM said:
If I hadn’t removed that hook I’m sure he would have died as the hooks hadn’t been debarred and newal is a catch and release trophy fishery.
I was doing a fish salvage and found a pike that was alive and very healthy, and was entirely missing its tail fin. It had compensated by using more of its body to swim.. They're hardy as all hell..
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While I agree that they need to be managed, I don’t think you’ll see a fishery closure, as that is an exemption in SARA for them
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The average is 45-50 eh.. Guess you’re gonna have some company next spring
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CO head out there and check it out?
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26 minutes ago, danhunt said:
Black posts are more visible in low light? Never tried that, thanks for the tip.
Easier to see when there is wicked glare towards you, like in the evenings
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On 10/4/2019 at 11:47 AM, fishteck said:
Bcubed - Rather than just criticize, maybe you need to rationalize what the reason for the drop could be or phone AEP / TransAlta for an explanation:
- A drop in Bearspaw Reservoir storage levels - could have generated the need to fill.
- Standard operation proceedures accommodate a 15 CMS movement of flows up or down - the equipment is not sensitive enough to make finer adjustments.
- The drop and rise in flows are within these objectives and meet my statement.
- Possibly a malfunction at the dam
- Possibly a demand by governments to drop the river levels to remove or service instream infrastructure downstream.
Go to the AEP Bearspaw flow charts for more accurate information on the release of water within the system. Calgary data is indicative of flows through Calgary centre but are compromised by local runoff. For a more accurate assessment of TransAlta's operations look at the upstream flow recording stations.
So these are all great legit reasons, but why are we accepting this operating procedure as ok?
Are we ok with a system that they can only change flows at 15 cms increments? That is a 30 % of the flow on that day. How about the need to fill in September after having ample opportunity all year, such that were now below our lower quartile for flows as we come into brown trout spawning season. Should we not expect better standard operating procedures for something that makes a profit off our shared resource?
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On 9/30/2019 at 8:00 AM, fishteck said:
- Although discussions with TransAlta in 2018 did highlight a need for flow stability and I believe that has now been accomplished within their operational proceedures
How do you feel about that statement after the joke of water management that happened this week?
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What came of the presentation, particularly the "Some thoughts on what the Bow Fishery looks like into the future"?
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11 minutes ago, steadyswingin said:
1. Ban fishing from a boat. Use boats as ferries to access walk and wade water. Two feet on the ground at all times while fishing.
AOGAA would never let this get the light of day
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Curious if the removal of the weir made it easier for them to get and stay up there
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Fish habitat has nothing to do with invertebrate biomass, and we have definitely seen a decrease in actual hectares of habitat since the flood.
Has anyone talked to Post or Jackson at UofC to see if anyone is actually seeing a decrease in invert populations in the Bow or an actual decrease in nutrient load (@monger); as I’m not sure that’s actually being tracked
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17 hours ago, toolman said:
The Bow will recover. Patience people, patience....
7 hours ago, toolman said:Better than sitting around for the next 10 years watching the fishery collapse further
17 hours ago, toolman said:The vast number of Pelicans, Osprey, Cormorants, Bald Eagles is an obvious indication that there is still sufficient fish populations in the Bow for sustainability and eventual recovery.
14 hours ago, toolman said:Pelican's, Cormorants, Osprey, Eagles. We could come to the conclusion that since their numbers on the Bow have increased significantly, then there must be more fish! Which we know is not the case.
The rise in these Avian predators is mostly due to the fact that we have been stocking lakes and ponds all over southern Alberta and in many community lakes in the Calgary area. Storm ponds are full of Goldfish, Prussian Carp, and we have numerous stocked put and take public lakes, private ponds, (golf courses), Irrigation Canals full of thousands of trapped fish and so forth in the area. We have been doing this for many decades. It has become a fish eating Paradise for these birds.
You're a confusing man.
I would suspect that stocking is a bit of a non-starter, at least for rainbow trout as they are trying to get away from introducing additional rainbows to areas with WSCT. Furthermore, if we are truly having an invertebrate problem, then why would adding more fish to the mix help? We'd likely have a lot more little guys, so it would be a question of quality over quantity.. The relentless angling pressure that was described in the OP is definitely starting to have a toll from a 'quality' perspective.
11 hours ago, jasonvilly said:Paul Christensen, Senior Bow River Basin Fishery Biologist, will be presenting the population update. He will touch on the following topics during his presentation:
- Some thoughts on what the Bow Fishery looks like into the future.
I think this will be the most important piece of the presentation, see where the government actually sees this river going. Are they just looking at keeping it at current levels and have people just realise this is the new norm, or will there be an attempt to actually get it 'back' to the way it was. Considering Bull Trout just got listed on SARA, and the current government's tendency to not fund, I'm not sure how much focus the Bow will be getting from the limited resources out there. Maybe someone needs to take Nixon and Kenney for a float..
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42 minutes ago, toolman said:
There is one obvious FACT that has eluded some people in this discussion... The decline in Bow river trout and aquatic invertebrate populations are uniform from Banff too the Bassano dam, regardless of the degree of fishing pressure.
Where is the report that indicates this?
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13 minutes ago, tika said:
Lol, such a typical troll response. Attack, vilify and criticize. Nothing in the way of constructive input or suggested solutions. Keyboard warrior of the day...
This has come up at least 3 or 4 times since the report came out, and once again we’d hate for a bit of self-reflection from anglers. Whirling disease, climate change, flow control (or lack thereof), 2013 flood, nutrient load, flood control, riprap, angling pressure.. you tell me which is the lowest hanging fruit.
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1 hour ago, toolman said:
As for the statistical analysis of some guy at the U of C based on fish count/catch, survey data that has as wide a margin of error as the guy holding a 21" brown out for the camera selfie claiming it's 24".
The Bow will recover. Patience people, patience....
Lol, such a typical response. the stats must be wrong, everything’s fine, the bow will recover.if there’s one sure way to get us to the bottom, it’s to do nothing
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5 hours ago, tika said:
I drove by the Elbow today and saw a few pieces of equipment in the river around Wood's Park. I must have made my first observation before they got there silt curtains installed. It's cleared considerably. Doesn't seem like the most ideal time to be causing that sort of disturbance with the spawn coming on.
They have till the 15th to be in river unless they have an extension under the water act. I believe the work is also for increasing spawning habitat by relocating gravels that don’t get through the dam soooo prob not one to hate on
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Rain would also be over top of the moraines, such that it’s acting like glacier melt. I was out on a moraine last week hiking and it was leaking glacial milk in the rainy weather.
You won’t see me complain about high flows!
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Isn’t market research typically a paid gig?
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Anyone got a line on cheap boat/trailer storage? Send me a PM
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Don’t ever take it out of the bag, cut a slit in the bag at the top next to the staple, pull through said slit
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I've been successful on ours using Seam Grip
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Have you tried Orvis or Patagonia? They always seemed less wide then the simms
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1 hour ago, Eykster said:
I have been in the side channels when they come flying through and thought to myself, how ironic, they are the most dangerous thing out here. That type of watercraft should only be used on the river for emergencies. Routine patrols on sunny days are more about enforcement and should be carried out with the stealth paddle craft afford. Seeing them operate that jet boat I understand why they aren't allowed within the city.
Around the flood, they were "testing out the UHMW on the bottom", and jumping the boat over some of the side channel bits on Poplar Island during high water... Good thing we're not even supposed to wade over there.
It's a toy to them. Spend enough time on the river and you'll see them just spinning it in circles, taking bikini-laden women for rips, and then going for rips out of town just for the hell of it (no jurisdiction downstream of Deerfoot extender). Everyone should be taking videos of them being idiots and be sharing them widely... They cant even give out tickets without a peace officer on board, so the enforcement angle is bunk. Hell, the COs use small jet-skis and also run them quietly and away from anglers unless they're checking them.
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Depends where you measure it, which is why that legislation is a bit *hit
Maybe there is some hope,for fishing
in General Chat - Fishing Related
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If you think they're going to be pushing QSF and C&R opportunities, might want to check Nixon's history with wildlife management