["mckinnon Flats Ice Out – Good, Bad & Ugly"]

Hmm..good idea taking a minivan through the mud. Fail!

[A Few From Today...]

Love the colors of your pics. Very vivid, what kind of camera are you shooting with?

[Fishing Cars?]

I know you guys are complaining about the gas prices and I do as well. But i'd like to see anything other than a real 4x4 travel in the country I have been roaming the last two weeks AND be able to pull a drifter....... out of the water.

 

x2 Those cars are going to have a tough time getting through the mud to the real backwood gems. I drive a ram 1500 6" lift and 35" mud tires. Gas is rough..but she takes me anywhere I need to go!

[For Those That Lke To Stretch The Truth]

I noticed that at first you had the title as "lick" to stretch the truth...now it is "lke" to stretch the truth...today just is not your lucky day hahaha.

[*offer Ended, Thank You*]

cya down there!

[Proud To Announce !]

good to hear..i called in some flyfisherman that were poaching on the sheep river this past weekend as well.

[Go...fishing Story With A Friend.]

Thanks for the nice stories boys. Fishing season ahead, hopefully this thred will be fun filled with new stories and remember old stories are the best. Send your best - show a pic.

 

Here's the latest story. I was out fly fishing by fish creek yesterday, made a new friend. The game warden checked my licence, barbless hooks, and took a picture of me. Plus mentioned a good angling spot - now that's a friend story!

 

Because of the man's recommendation this is what I caught - a 26 inch brown. Nice to see the men in green out patrolling the river and sharing tips.

 

nice picture, im sure the fish enjoyed flipping on those rocks!

[Kananaskis Lakes - Another Quality Fishery]

Depends on the mgmt goal. Personally, I favour "one under" and not "one over" regulations but if the pop'n can handle the potential loss, doesn't really matter. I signed the dam petition anyway so I guess I can't bitch haha.

 

If you want fish meat, go to a pothole or smack some walleye on the head, you're paying for em.

 

I never saw the petition, but I probably would have signed it anyways as I'd rather have a trophy fishery than keep a couple fish a year. You can't really compare a 8" pothole trout that tastes like mud compared to a high mountain cutthroat. Also I'm not sure if you are familiar with the regulations for keeping walleye near Calgary but most spots are C & R. I'm just curious as to why they chose 20" for both rainbow trout and cutthroat trout when a 20" rainbow is not in the same league as a 20" cutthroat.

I like Bigtoads idea of 1 under 18" or 16"

 

[Is It Time For A Serious Discussion About This Forum And Fishing Reports]

If anyone is dumb enough to post their favourite fishing spot, they will soon realize the mistake when it is overrun with people, garbage and they cant catch anything.

[Kananaskis Lakes - Another Quality Fishery]

While I do release 99% of my fish, upper k was one of the few lakes I liked to keep a couple trout a year. This lake has sure had some huge changes over the years, rainbows with bait allowed, rainbows/bulls/cutties no bait allowed, and now cutties/bulls no bait allowed and basically no retention. I understand for a rainbow trout fishery having a minimum size of 20" because that is not really a huge fish. However I don't really understand the 20" size for cutties, 20" is a huge cutthroat and I wouldn't want to keep one that big. I guess they are more or less turning this into a C & R lake??? Would it not of made more sense to make minimum size smaller (16"?) for cutthroat since they do not grow as a big as rainbows?