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What ever happened to casting to find fish. Everybody wants a short cut. Working for them is satisfying. Humans are too clever for their own good sometimes. This will increase angler caused mortality.

Well done. Thanks for the share

I don't think the government ever chased down the culprit. A little forensic fish DNA sampling would illuminate things. It has been too long a time and millions of fish later. A guy I worked with knew the owner of the farm. Fish farm now grows Talapia. Township Rd 250, Range Rd 274. You can follow the ditches from there. Easy to see how carp got in Weed lake north of Langdon and all the way to the NE to the Red Deer River. Then you have eco-vandals moving live fish around. People are so un-informed of the devastation that can happen in the long run

Ground Zero for Prussian Carp: A fish farm along an irrigation ditch northeast of Chestermere Lake (east of Calgary)....fish released into the ditch. Those irrigation ditches eventually end up dumping into the Red Deer river downstream of Drumheller. After that you have all the criminals moving live fish around in buckets to new waterbodies. The damage level continues to grow and now is being passed on to Saskatchewan. Eventually the carp will probably get to Hudson Bay

Well done. I have my Dad's and Uncle's old cane rods. Both could use some love

Yes the government is trying to mislead people to think that they actually care what you have to say. Exploration continues. Is there nothing worth protecting that is more valuable than a quick buck?

I have a TFO BVK 8wt that I have used for Steelhead and bonefish. It gets the job done

Eggs are collected from Job to stock lots of mountain lakes like Rawson

Walk more than a 100 yards to go fishing.....are you crazy????? I need to drive my truck, make some mud bogs, destroy some vegetation so I can park my truck 10 feet from the water. Walk some where....that is crazy talk

So good Gary. Can't wait to join the retired fishing team instead of trying to cram it in on the weekends

Looks like you are having a fun summer

The lack of respect in the world today is incredible. What ever happened to leaving the place cleaner than you found it? I remember as a kid we would move rocks out of the way to pitch the tent. When we were packing up, my Dad would make us replace the rocks! I sure miss the old days we people cared about the woods and the next the guy coming

I find they are harder to catch next time when they are dead

Lost about 12" of water overnight. Very natural......

Me and another guy built a lot of fence along the Dogpound while working for Fish and Wildlife in the mid-80's. We also built a lot of log walls to stabilize the eroding banks. The fences were to keep the cows off the banks and direct them to certain watering areas. The landowner still owns the land from the fence to the water's edge, unless there has been some legal agreement established by the government. Government funds just paid for the fence for habitat protection, the fence does not necessarily mean you can walk streamside without permission. It would be wise to speak to the landowner before stepping out of the water....which you know you will be doing

The irrigation district also has a habit of shutting the water pretty much off to the river at the dam and diverting all the water to the Belly, then------> St. Mary's river. In other words, screw the trout and give the water to the farmers.

Brent....is there not some legislation around SARA animals that would limit destructive habitat disturbances?

The Cutthroats and Bulls in Line Creek and the Fording River BC have been decimated by coal mining. The concentration of Selenium in the downstream waters is now 25X acceptable levels. There are a number of deleterious effects documented from significant levels of Selenium. Do we need more industialization, sediment, and Selenium leaching in an area where the threatened Bull trout go to spawn?

Where the grass meets the mud....that pretty much leaves you standing in the water in a lot of places. Probably best to talk to the landowner along the section you want to fish before you get started. Having run-ins with grumpy guys sours the day

Good show. Thanks for calling

Brutal. The lack of respect shown by the masses is getting so concerning

Did the island burn??