[Water Temperatures]

Bow River, Sat Aug 20, 3km upstream of Mackinnon Flats: 63 F @ 7:30am, 65 F @ noon. What's the goal of the project / what are you planning to do with the data?

[Southern AB stream closures for High Temperature]

9 hours ago, toolman said:

Unlike you, I prefer that Fisheries Policy decisions be based on evidence and science. AEP is telling us when to fish, next year they will be telling you how to fish. And finally, it will be 5 year Closures, "No fishing allowed on the following rivers".... That's the direction our fisheries are heading. It's coming. Read on...

https://globalnews.ca/news/4039287/alberta-fishing-ban-stream-closures/

I see you have edited your original response, now including a link to an article from Feb 2018. LOL, nice!

I like science, too. In fact, the science you provided was a study in which warm water temps did indeed increase c&r mortality. So I'm willing to leave the fish alone during the afternoons for the next couple of weeks if it might help them a little. As for this leading directly to worse restrictions, five-year closures, the extinction of c&r flyfishing, etc, etc -- who's inventing the bogeyman now?

[Southern AB stream closures for High Temperature]

13 hours ago, toolman said:

So, with that logic they need to close ES2 as well. Maybe AEP forgot to look at a map. Fallentimber, Little Red, Dogpound and many more... they are all a short distance from Calgary. These closures are nothing more than a Public Relations campaign which costs little and gives the appearance to Joe Public that AEP is protecting our fisheries from the boogie man, C&R anglers. Meanwhile, no Whirling disease research on the Bow's spawning tributaries where the majority of our declining population of Rainbow trout come from. Cheaper to have a boogie man... We're it.

In case you haven't read it.... https://idfg.idaho.gov/blog/2022/06/some-perspective-trout-fishing-during-low-water-and-high-temperatures

 

This article basically says mortality for hooked fish does increase significantly in warm water conditions, but this is mitigated by the fact that fewer fish are hooked during warm water conditions. So, no worries, go ahead and fish because you're probably not going to catch anything (but if you do, bad news for the fish...)? Hardly a strong argument against the restrictions discussed here (which, btw, are now in effect starting 2 PM Saturday). The Global News link posted above by Walton confirms the reasoning for the closure extending to the high country upstream waters (rudedawg nailed it).

No doubt there are other factors and activities at play here with worse impacts than c&r flyfishing. However, being reluctant to accept any restrictions to our part of it is not a good strategy to influence change on more important factors, IMO. I suspect those who are affected the most by the restrictions (shops, guides, shuttles, etc.) have probably figured this out. For the rest of us, not fishing past 2 PM for next couple of weeks is a pretty easy sacrifice!

[Southern AB stream closures for High Temperature]

19 hours ago, toolman said:

Yet, only 1 km away from where they are doing the water temperature monitoring, downstream at the Hwy 24 bridge, there are no angling restrictions. 

 

 

Restrictions extend all the way to Bassano, so what are you talking about here?

[Southern BC stream closures]

Ummm... That news release is from 2015.

[Lost Gear On The Bow]

Oct 13, lost 3 fully-rigged rods and a pair of prescription sunglasses when canoe dumped in the standing waves about 800 m downstream of 22x bridge (Cranston area). Anyone finds, please let us know!