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Years ago a young Great Dane grabbed my vest off the shore and ran away with it. He didn't like fly fisherman in his spot

Prussian carp spread started from a fellow with a Talapia farm near Strathmore. Irrigation ditch going through the property was a method to get rid of things. After that the bucket brigade got busy

So a positive from Lott Creek. Highly probable that Allen trout farm is positive. A number of the residential lakes have been stocked via Allen in the past. I wonder if they are positive as well

I have heard that it is a cultural thing that brings good "luck" when things are going poorly. A huge fine would be the best way to stop the practice. Money seems to be a good motivator for changing behavior

I hear a Fish farm in Lacombe is positive. There was Arctic char in Sundance too

Low/no oxygen in stocking truck was the first explanation. Brain injured fish are not the best fighters.

I wonder if it is Allen's trout farm. Would explain some of the spirally swimming fish in Lake Sundance

7wt, 12lb test and very few fish past 2 minute fight (average 1.5min). I try not to give them a chance to get near exhaustion. No net unless tubing and fish over 4 or 5 lb

BowLurker, I am sorry if you felt I was attacking you. My comment was just an observation that a good number of folks from BC like to bonk fish. It seems to be a much more common practice than here in Alberta. I put the odd one in a sack when fish a certain scud filled lake. Sorry if I ruffled your feathers

You're not in Bonk Columbia any more

porno freaks all of ya

Fish might be trying out some gravel to check it for quality already. Seems a bit early for dumping eggs. But there is usually a bell curve of appearances over time

Fish like to key into spots where there is good flow and especially up-welling of flows through clean gravel. These flows provide oxygenation for the eggs. With a bottom covered in algae like the Bow, redds look like places that have been swept clean. So the end of a run as it shallows out before a riffle (and even in the top of the riffle) is often a good spot for a redd. Fish often look for some over hanging cover in addition to good flows and proper substrate size. Take care of the next generation for future angling fun

What, no net!!! Great fish James and sweet pics. Glad you had such a great day

You're supposed to wear shorts for Cutty fishing

Wire brush on a drill?

Heard they want to check if Tubifex worms present too

I know someone who is part of a huge study looking at the Coho return on the Nitinat river on the west side of Vacouver Is. Biggest coho hatchery in BC I believe. They will be looking for all these viruses in the 4 year old fish that are returning this year. It will be interesting to hear what is discovered.

Just heard from a Prof that Parks is looking to hire some students to do some electrofishing and sampling looking for contamination. If you know someone looking for some fisheries work they should talk to Parks

Rotenone impairs the fish's ability to take up oxygen from the water. Perhaps it has the same effect on tubifex worms. The parasite is another matter

I have seen it carpet the bottom on the HIghwood below Longview in the past, and then a fews year later it is all gone. Not sure what triggered it, or made it crash

There is a ton of sediment in the river with all the bank collapses as well. This is ideal for the host worms to grow in

Is it possible there is flow through a little power station right on Hwy 1 and then off to the Bow? Looks like most flow comes from Two Jack lake to the power plant. Does anyone know if water goes from Johnson to the power plant via a gated pipeline? At least there is Sebee, Ghost and Bearspaw in the way

I imagine all this cutting was decided before the NDP came in

trout smrout....think of all the new places to rip around in the quad and make new mud pits