fishpro

I'm a student as well. I'm in the first year of a math degree at the U of C.

Hey everyone, I've planned a trip down to Argentina for this spring and was wondering if anyone has heard of Jurassic Lake? Has anyone on here been or do you know of anyone else who has gone? If you have, how was the fishing? Was it as consistently good as everyone says? It's supposedly one of the best trout lakes in the world. http://www.andesoutfitters.com/excursionDetail.php?recKey=98

I haven't personally used them, but I have spoken with them about a trip. They take up to five anglers for that price.

Check out these guys for your trip, they have good rates and there's no extra charge for luggage. http://www.helinordegg.com/

I believe that most lakes in Alberta could be and should be managed to produce numerous trout in the 20-30 inch range. Look at Bullshead for example. Sure it's in southern Alberta and there were no fish in it prior, resulting in a high food source, but this food source could be kept high in many lakes if stocking was kept low enough that the trout couldn't deplete it. After this we just need strict regulations such as catch and release and more enforcement of the regs. Some private lakes regulary produce 15lb+ fish, along with numerous public lakes in BC. There's no reason that Alberta can't manage its lakes to do the same.

Does anyone on here know where in Calgary you can pick up license for BC including the ones for Classified Waters? Any help would be great, thanks

All the fish I caught were on large drakes and wulff patterns. They wouldn't even look at anything else.

Those are both fish that I caught, I took a trip to Labrador for a week before I went up guiding and managed to catch 18 fish averaging 6 lbs over the course of a week.

Thought you guys might like to see some big brookies on here, so here you go.

I may be incorrect, but I have heard that Jumpingpound creek is unique from all other streams in Canada due to the fact that the land owners actually own the rights to the stream bed itself. The land has been owned since the 19th century and you need permission just to fish it. Has anyone else heard this?

I got the line sent out mid last week, so it should be there by tomorrow or the day after. Let me know when you get it.

Okay, I have one line left if anyone on here wants to try it out. Just let me know if you do.

Sorry if this got you overly worked up, it was all as a joke. I've just heard concerns about how different times of the year are hard on the fish and fishing shouldn't be allowed then, so I thought I'd have some fun with it. Don't worry, I do believe it should remain open throughout the year.

Over the years on these forums, I have found that there have been many issues regarding the seasons on the Bow River. In an effort to please all board members, I am writing the following letter to Alberta Sustainable Resources. This is only a rough draft and I am looking for further input from forum members to make this letter more effective. To whom it may concern, This letter is to inform you of my concerns with the current regulations on the Bow River in Southern Alberta. Through talking with many experts, it appears that fishing at various times of the year is very difficult on the trout population within the river. Beginning when the new fishing season starts on April 1st, the Rainbows are spawning in various areas throughout the system, leaving them vulnerable to over fishing and poaching as they are on their redds at this time. As summer approaches, the Rainbows begin to feed again, leaving them easy to catch and once again vulnerable. By the time that this is over, the summer months have brought the river temperatures up to levels that trout have difficulty tolerating. These increased temperatures greatly increase the mortality rates of those that trout that are caught. As summer comes to and end, the process that occured with the rainbow trout throughout the spring will now repeat itself throughout the fall with the brown trout, leaving them vulnerable until the start of winter. Throughout the winter months food levels are lower in the river resulting in trout having lower energy levels. When caught, these trout can be fatigued to levels that inhibit recovery. Based on this evidence, I believe that the most effective way to effectively sustain the trout population of the Bow River and to please the concerned anglers of this river is to close the Bow River to angling entirely. I hope that through this evidence you will see the same. Thank you for your time and consideration. Dustin Styner

Based on the comparison between the two photos and the spacing between the fingers, I would estimate that the second whitefish was about 22 inches. At 22 inches and thick that whitefish was likely about 4 lbs, maybe 4 1/2.

Hello everyone, this summer I am going on a large trip and am hoping to get a fish mounted / a replica made afterwards. Does anyone have any taxidermists that they have gone through and were pleased with? Any recommendation for who to go to or who to avoid? Any input would be great. Thanks

Just bumping this up here, I have at least one more of these lines if anyone is interested in testing them out. Let me know if you're interested.

Taco, in regards to the trip you are interested in, I do know of a place that you could go to for both of those species. This summer I am going to Minipi Camps in Labrador which has very good fishing for both Brookies and Char. The brookies are good all summer and the best char fishing is in Late August and into September. It is mostly a a brook trout fishery but the char are in there. Check out www.minipicamps.com for more info.

I once spoke with a biologist about why the limit is only two for the brook trout in places where they are causing so much trouble, and he told me that it has to do with people's ability to identify the trout. Not only do people have difficulty differentiating between brookies and bulls, but a lot of anglers can't tell the difference between brookies and cutts. The problem with increasing the limit is that it would increase the chances of people keeping the fish that the regulations are trying to protect. One example I was given about the inability to identify trout was when Fish and Wildlife was considering the idea of implementing a fish ID test in order to get your license or at least a special harvesting license to help clear out invasive species. As an example, they gave all wardens in the Alberta a test that covered all the salmonids in Alberta. Not one of the wardens was able to correctly identify all of the fish on the test. An additional problem with trying to implement this test is that no where in North America requires you to write an exam to get a fishing license, therefore it would be very difficult to pass through government.

It could have been a small steelhead. It wouldn't have been an Athabasca as they're native to Alberta and I don't think stocked anywhere else.

The sign you saw in Kananaskis would have most like been showing the Athabasca Rainbow. They have considerably more markings than most rainbows. Also I have found that some of the rainbows in small BC streams become quite colourful. I fished this one stream and could have sworn that I caught a golden trout due to the colours. There are many different varieties of rainbow that have different appearances.

That's why I don't use a 6 weight for pike anymore. I'm heading up to Selwyn Lake where 20-30 lb pike are common, so I'll mainly use the 9 and take the 12 as a back up.

I currently have a 9 weight rod which I would imagine would do for pike fishing, but I recently got a special offer on some heavier rods that I want to look into. Right now I'm looking at picking up a 12 weight rod. I've heard in places about people using 12 weight rods for pike. I'm wondering if this would be total overkill or not. I'm probably still going to pick it up for other uses in the future but was looking for opinions on using it for pike fishing. What's everyone's opinion on this? Thanks

This sounds like a good idea. Another would be for the most impressive catch. Size of fish of a certain species compared to the size of the waterbody it was taken in. Ex 28 inch bull from a stream you could jump across.

I've looked into the world records for Catch and Release fishing before, and found that a fish can be considered for a world record if it is released on the condition that your scale is certified by a member of the IGFA both before and after the catch. Hope this helps a bit.