McLeod

Many people responsible for all of this but make sure to include the Biologists of the day.

The fish in Job came from Marvel in 1965 and the fish in Marvel came form Spray in 1927.

All are Invasive species ! Catch and Kill em all ! LOL

The rainbows were eliminated downstream from the lake.

Hard to believe its not on those other lakes already.

before they do that they need to find out if the parasite is already in Minnewanka which I suspect it already .

No doubt is has been around for many years Now what to do it the question ?

In 2001 Arctic Char escaped into Lott Creek , a tributary of the Elbow.

Some mountain Lakers this year were very tasty.

Lol..Too funny !

What is meant by hero shots ?

Whirling disease affecting fish confirmed in 6 more locations near Banff National Park Disease first detected in Johnson Lake on Aug. 23 Whirling disease which affects salmon and trout has been detected in six more locations near Banff National Park. Deadly whirling disease in fish has spread from Banff to Bow River Officials have confirmed the deadly whirling disease, which affects fish, has been found at six more locations in waterways near Banff National Park. Posted to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency website on Monday, the six latest locations include: Spray River upstream from the confluence of the Cascade River and Cascade Creek. Cascade Creek upstream from the confluence of the Cascade River and Cascade Creek. Carrot Creek upstream of the confluence of Cascade River and Cascade Creek. Bow River near Tunnel Mountain. Lower Cascade River upstream from the confluence of the Bow River and the Cascade River. Bow River downstream from the confluence of the Bow River and Carrot Creek. Whirling disease affects trout and salmon and can cause infected fish to swim in a whirling pattern and die prematurely. It was first detected in Johnson Lake on Aug. 23. Whirling disease in fish found in Banff lake a 1st in Canada, officials say Deadly whirling disease in fish has spread from Banff to Bow River A note on the CFIA website reads "Additional detections of whirling disease from the ongoing sampling and testing do not mean the disease is spreading. Whirling disease may have been present for several years and the ongoing sampling will help determine the extent of the distribution and the most appropriate disease response."

I also met someone up there this year that ate a fish... Bottom-line is if your fishing that lake you know it has cuttys and you KNOW they can't be kept anywhere in the park. However there should be better signage at the trailheads and at the lake .Then when it goes in front of the judge there are NO excuses..I will pay for the signage !

Cutty lakes in Banff now closed. It will be interesting when all the samples are done . i suspect its been around several years and spread . Most likely started in the bow but hopefully it has not spread into the Highwood.

I have been to the area a couple of times this year..No sign of bears ..the seem to like the ski hill..lol... Both Baker and Ptarmigan have lots of Brookies.

The Devon lakes don't have any fish in them as Charlie and Schindler netted everything out to restore the bug population.

Cutties were originally stocked in the Lake in 1955 but did not take. The Brookies have been in the lake since 65 so over 50 years. Catch em , eat some if you want..limit is 2 ..but other that leave them alone. Thumbs up to Hidden and Rainbow lake restorations.

You and I will never agree on this which is fine but I will stand firm in my belief that we do NOT need to eliminate Non -Natives from these lakes where Natives will not survive.

"There is also concern that focussed angling efforts could have the unintended consequence of increased incidental hooking mortality of native species. " I find this comment in the TU article very interesting.

Excellent points by both of you gentlemen. Thanks for the input Geoff. I am curious about Badger lake which is on the target list for this Summer. It looks pretty Isolated but when I did my research I was wondering can those fish get down the outlet ,survive and make it into the main system ?

I know they( You Guys ) took another 7000 out last year to total more than 12,000 but I was going to ask Bill if they are going to take one more season to see if there are any left.

Thanks for the update. I wish I could have made it. I like to challenge most things Parks does but this was a good thing. As you are aware the same thing is going on with Hidden Lake and hopefully Cutties can be added there very soon.

How was it ? Anyone ?

That should be an excellent event. I am stuck in Jasper fishing this weekend. Maybe a good thing because I may really to stick to my old friend Bill.

This picture has made my day ! Thanks