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Now this is a prime example as to why more and more trout lakes in Alberta should have there regulations adjusted to create better quality fisheries. Again we can list the benefits but most of those responsible refuse to get there asses in gear and improve Alberta's fisheries. Nice fish , congrats !

The Fall 2009 Minister’s Fisheries Management Round Table is cancelled until further notice .. What the hell.... What can't pay for out of ACA fees ?

It takes all kinds to make the world go round. I have no problem with people having differant opinions on what regualtions should be but EVERYONE should know what the fish regulations are and follow them... not excuses..

We need to have a sign on a post right by the lake. You did the best you could do.

Congrats as well ! Hope things work out...

A B.C. toddler survived a harrowing ride after he drove his toy truck into a river and was carried 12 kilometres downstream before rescuers caught up with him. Three-year-old Demetrius Jones disappeared on the weekend from his parents' campsite at the Peace Island Park in Taylor, B.C. near Fort St. John. The boy, who was not wearing a lifejacket, disappeared Sunday morning at about 7:30 a.m. PT, and was found far downstream more than two hours later after campers and RCMP launched a full-scale search for the boy, He was eventually spotted by Don Loewen. "We just kept going down the river watching all the log jams and keeping our eyes out for any sign of the car or the boy," Loewen told CTV British Columbia. "We spotted something sitting on the east banks that looked like some rocks or an eagle or something." What the men believed were rocks were actually the black tires of the overturned toy truck sticking out from the water. "And what we thought was an eagle or something was the little boy's blond head sticking up there," he said. Jones was clinging to the top of the overturned battery-powered toy car in about three metres of water. The boy, who was only wearing a diaper and T-shirt, was wet from the knees down but was otherwise OK. After spotting Jones, Loewen and the four other men in his boat approached slowly and cautiously to avoid tipping the improvised raft. "I shut off the boat and I jumped into the water and swam over to him and the boys idled up to him with the boat and we pulled him in," Loewen said. "We started wrapping him in our floating coats and started rubbing him and rubbing him until he got warm." The group called his parents on the way back to the campsite. Police said the toddler seemed unaware of the danger he had been in, said Const. Jackelynn Passarell of the Fort St. John RCMP. "Speaking with the members, he seemed pretty excited to be dealing with the police. I don't think he really realized the gravity of what had just occurred," Passarell told The Canadian Press. Police are using the incident as a reminder of the dangers of allowing children to play near open water without adult supervision. "The Fort St. John RCMP wish to remind parents about the dangers posed by moving water and ask that everyone be vigilant around children playing in or near the water," states a news release from the RCMP. "We wish to thank everyone who assisted with this search, which inevitably lead to a happy ending to what could have been a very sad incident."

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Interesting article. Protect the ares where there are pure strains left , and I beleive that is being done with C and R. Hatchery Cuts should be pure strain which I am not so sure they are. As for Banff National Park aquatics specialist Charlie Pacas , everything time I read his comments and opinions I shake my head ,as he seems like a radical to me that is bent on trying to have Banff as it was 500 years ago. Kyle McNeilly is a class act and his knowledge of Alberta fisheries is truly amazing.

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Thanks for the information.

Parks wants to restore lakes to natural state By Cathy Ellis - Rocky Mountain Outlook Parks Canada is considering two options to kill non-native fish in remote alpine lakes in Banff National Park, including the use of poison or temporarily damming the lakes to return waters to their natural state. The plan is a last-ditch effort in a long-term ecological restoration project aimed at returning Devon Lakes to a pristine state and protecting the health of threatened bull trout downstream in the Clearwater River. Devon Lakes is a series of four alpine lakes that form the source of the Clearwater system in the front ranges of Banff National Park. The lakes were never historically home to fish, but non-native brook trout were introduced into the lower and middle lakes in the 1960s for sport fishing. Despite huge efforts over the past five years, and the fact that only one fish was caught last year, Parks Canada officials say they are not convinced they have captured all of the non-native brook trout there. “Doing this restoration work allows us to bring a system back to the fishless water that it was previous to stocking,” said Charlie Pacas, Parks Canada’s aquatics specialist in Banff National Park. “We haven’t chosen one method over the other yet, but will do so as an evaluation of costs for the proposals is refined and the discussions and thinking on the environmental assessment proceeds.” One option is to use rotenone, which is an odorless chemical that occurs naturally in the roots and stems of several plants and is poisonous to fish. The other option is what is known as de-watering, which entails closing off the flow from the headwater lakes into the Clearwater River. Basically, it involves damming the upper and middle lakes, which would result in little flows into the Clearwater. Reduced flows would then concentrate the fish into smaller areas, most likely pools in the Clearwater. Then the fish would be removed by electro-fishing or piscicide. An environmental assessment is required before the project can move ahead. Brook trout have escaped from these two lakes into the main tributaries of the Clearwater River, which is a serious concern because they are known to out-compete, displace and crossbreed with threatened native bull populations. But the Upper Devon Lake, isolated from the other two lakes by a series of impassable waterfalls, was never stocked with fish and is serving as an ecological benchmark for the restoration project. For the past five years, Parks Canada has been working to try to remove all of the fish in the upper and lower lakes. Gillnetting in both lakes appears to be very successful. So far, there have been about 28,000 net nights of gill nets without fish. On the other hand, stream electro-fishing over the past five years has reduced brook trout capture to near zero levels, with 10 brookies caught in 2007. However, one fish was caught in 2008. No young-of-year have been captured since 2005. But despite their huge multi-year efforts, Parks staff have still failed to eliminate all brook trout. Parks Canada says it will take several more years to do so if they don’t resort to poison or de-watering. “We would have hoped for zero fish in electro-fishing last year, but we got one, and that suggests to us there’s more than likely one in the system. I think there’s too many hiding spots for these guys,” said Pacas. “What could end up happening over time is the fish will start moving through the system if we haven’t got every last one, and eventually you’ll get a male and female that will find one another,” he said. “If mating is successful, it basically starts the thing of more brook trout in the system and, given the level of effort we’ve put in, we’d like to eliminate rather than let them propagate again.” Throughout this project, Parks called on the expertise of several leaders in their field, including Canadian aquatic experts David Schindler and Brian Parker, along with American Brian Finlayson, considered an expert in the area of fish poison. The experts say rotenone has widely proven its value as a fish eradication tool, given it is highly effective at removing fish, yet it is not a persistent poison. On the downside, they noted rotenone would likely kill invertebrates in the lakes and streams that are treated with the poison. But, the experts said, experience in Jasper National Park shows invertebrates will recover within two to three years. Pacas said invertebrates were collected from five sites in July, August and September of last year in preparation for the possibility of a piscicide application at Devon Lakes this year. Pacas said the timing for the project is in late summer or early fall, when water levels entering the streams are low and there is little melt coming off the glaciers. “My preference would be to dewater before a piscicide application, as this would reduce the stress to the invertebrate community and would mitigate the public concerns of using a piscicide,” said Pacas. “Dewatering is certainly do-able.” Pacas said based on the success of gillnetting in Devon Lakes, having 28,000 net nights without fish, would certainly suggest this technique could be used in other areas for aquatics restoration. “As for electro-fishing, I think we were successful in that there are so few fish left in the system,” he said. “I guess electro-fishing a system to the point of no fish would have been ideal, but that’s rare and I’m not sure anyone’s been able to do it.” Only six lakes within Banff National Park are known to have viable bull trout populations. Of the 19 species of fish found in the national park, only 11 are native to the area. More than 119 lakes in the national park have been stocked with fish at least once over the last century.

Nice fish ! I used to fish that lake alot but I honestly feel the fishing their has went down..for reasons we won't discuss here. Great video's keep up the great work.

What the regs say are not relevant. They have a special permit.. But their conduct is of a concern.

Nice ! These were all from the same lake ?

Hope you had a good one !

Yes Happy Birthday ! Hope you had a good on up in the big LL !

I think you hit the nail on the head with a couple of your comments,especially when you said it's really ourselves that needs the management. When Banff was set up a doubt they could have imagined a city of a million people a hundred years later on Banff doorstep. But my concern as was addressed in another reply is you can't go back in time and we should be vigilant that parks stay as they are now and not have let a few people try to turn them into areas of no access or we will have a backlash and end up lossing what we have now. Think of the pressures that are going to come on these parks in the future such as water resources etc Good discussion

they have just closed of a large area for the year , I suspect for Grizzly bears to be alone but maybe a step towards a permanate closed area

Nothing specifically at this time. I think now that I have a little more time to commit with my kids getting older I need to stay proactive on this and a number of other fishing related issues. Parks did remove fish from devon lakes a few years ago. The problem with removing "exotic species " is when is an exotic no longer an exotic as some of this species weher planted more than 100 years ago. Further to that what you never hear is that a few of the exotic strains that are in BNP are amoung some of the few fish of that kind left on this planet. They should be protected as a threatened or endangered instead of ever being considered removed.

but some will keep on trying...

Is it just me or the others who believe that those who are controlling our National Parks would prefer to turn them into areas where no humans are allowed off the main highways. Is hiking going to be eliminated someday ? I guess I am a little confused on the direction the parks are headed. It just seems there are some who want the parks returned to how they were 200 hundred years ago and to do that humans would not be allowed..but then who is going to pay the bills.

Live for the day , Plan for tommorow. Do not invest in stock market , buy real estate when it's cheap and put money into gold..not gold stocks..buy gold..

Live for the day , Plan for tommorow. Do not invest in stcok market , buy real estate when it's cheap and put money into gold..not gold stocks..buy gold..

I wonder if guides and lodges will be offering discounts. I have heard that hotels in the parks are already making deals as they expect visitor numbers to be way down with what's going on around the world especially in the USA.

So with today being Alberta budget day was wondering if the recession is effecting your plans for this season. Fewer trips , no upgrades on gear , cancelling long trips or lodge visits. Wondering if stores and guides and lodges will be giving deals ?