cgyguy

LMAO

Yeah - just broke my Sage VT2 on Saturday! Maybe we can do a mass mailout at Fishtales?

Got Michelle's email this am about the boat launches for both Johnsons and Legacy. I am a little confused though, are the boat launches open or just accessible but not able to put in or take out? Looking to float the lower Bow tomorrow and wondering if anyone has put in yet or taken out at either of these locations?

Hi Don. Just to follow up. I went to Autimarine and bought TWO boston valves for the caddis. They were super friendly, and I am once again able to float in the caddis without my arse dragging on the bottom of the lake. Thanks!

Even if you call the local city police, they will ensure the message is sent to the Officers who patrol the Inner City waterways. Might even see a high speed chase!

Thanks for the hlp everyone! Muchly appreciated!

I have a Caddis Float tube and somehow have lost the Boston valve that keeps the air in the bladder to make the boat float. I cannot locate any of these : valves, either in store or on line. Any helpful advice is much appreciated. Thanks cgyguy

Not sure if they store in the summer months, but have heard that Southbow has stored boats in the past.

I was fishing a pothole lake last week, and snagged onto what I thought was weeds or a big stick. To my surprise I was hooked on to yellow fly line. As I pulled the line closer, I was able to take hold of the line by hand and then yarded in a fly rod, and reel!!! The reel is a Marquis #6 with the bottom of the reel saying "Made by Hardy Bros Ltd. England. For the most part it is intact, just a little rusty from being in the water. Wondering if anyone can tell me any info on this find?? Not sure if this is an expensive style reel or what? Any information would be much appreciated! Cheers Cgyguy

Last year, I reported some poachers in FCP and the CO told me at that time, that I could" be up for a reward, as they apparently do a draw at the end of each month, and the winner gets the financial reward and the rest get the satisfaction that we did our part towards a better fishery!

Wow! You must have short legs! And personally, I would not fish WITHOUT a wading belt. I have been in for a swim a time or two before and if not for a wading belt, those waders had filled up, i could have drowned. I totally disagree with using bboats on the Bow. You need to be prepared for an emergency, plan for it, and think about the what if's?. If anything, please think about a wading belt for your waders if you ARE seriously thinking about doing this. Safest regards!

Well done! I caught a couple poachers there last year as well. I can't understand how brave they can be? I'm sure they ALL know the rules and it is not an excuse if you don't. One thing that is good, at least when they are in FCP, is the response time by F&G is usually really fast. Maybe the fines need to stiffer versus the risk?

I may be mistaken, but seems to me that there was someone who drowned in a belly boat down by Carseland quite a few years ago. I recall that i was heading home from the river and an ambulance and police car went whizzing by heading to the river. This must have been 10 - 15 years ago.

Junior - I copied this from the ColumbiaValleyPioneer.com. There are some contacts at the bottom of the page, not sure if that would help. I find the read interesting but also am skeptikal and a little cautious as well. Cheers

Intersting article in the Columbia Valley Pioneer (Invermere BC) A few of us have reviewed the stocking lists for 31 lakes from Parsons to the White River and to our surprise found the Provincial government has allowed the Fisheries Society to stock predominately triploid (genetically modified) fish. Over 320,000 triploids were placed in the lakes with another 69,000 planned for this year. They are touted as sterile fish to help out our wild stocks — recent research indicates differently. Just as farmed fish escape, triploids in lakes do the same. Of the 31 lakes reviewed, 21 have outlets flowing into mainstream waters. These genetically modified fish are now able to enter our stream populations, competing for the same food and space as our wild stocks. Growing larger more quickly they consume more food, taking away from the resident population. Present research shows wild fish are experiencing new stresses with global warming, through warmer waters and changes within their habitat. In order to adapt they need time, and where triploids have escaped into these environments, wild stocks are further stressed. In our area two species of fish, the Westslope Cutthroat and the Bull Trout, are both blue-listed species (international endangered species rating), and a concern due to their numbers. “Ah so what, our redneck trout can hold their own”! Remember we have been told that triploids are sterile fish – well guess what, they’re not. The processes used to create triploids have a 98 per cent success rate, leaving 2 per cent able to breed. And no one is checking every triploid for sterility. So over the past five years 6,500 genetically modified fish capable of mating have mixed with our wild stocks, including the blue listed ones. But are more fish good? Researchers at Purdue University in the USA have come up with startling information. While the triploiding of fish makes them larger and thus more attractive in a reproducing population, their offspring were less likely to survive. Knowing this the Purdue team, using a computer modeling program, took a 60,000 wild fish population and placed 60 triploid fish capable of breeding into the population. They found that within 40 generations both the triploid cross and wild populations went extinct. The researchers stated in their report, “A population invaded by a few genetically modified individuals would be more and more transgenic [capable of transferring a gene], and as it did the population would get smaller and smaller.” The sad point is the entire stocking program for the rest of B.C. fresh waters is the same as ours and biologists are too busy to talk! If you are alarmed and want to share your thoughts here are a couple of names: B.C. Minister of Environment: Hon. Terry Lake, env.minister@gov.bc.ca Fisheries & Oceans Canada: Hon. Gail Shea, min@dfo-mpo.gc.ca

Rule #69 If fishing with the wife, and fishing is slow, try your luck with a Bow Job......

Tip #123 Always make sure to have your boat plugs with you before you go! Tip #124 If you have more than one pair of wading boots, make sure you don't take your two left boots and leave the right one at home!

Fished the bow today from Police to MacKinnons. After I got my skates on, I scooted over to hidden hole number one and dropped a size 20 PMD just above the nose of a large brown feeding on the ice banks. As the wind stifled my hair and my moustache froze, i took a deep breath of Alberta's icy air and waited for the take......... then wham! I realized I was dreaming, and I was home in my bed with the blankets covering me. Thing is though, I stll had skates on......

Signed. Great work guys!

Sounds great - but how do you carry a 24 pack?

LMAO and i thought it was the guys in the boat farting!

c'mon kiss and make up!

Sick. Just the other day I remember walking to an elementary school to vote at the gym at the back of the building, to pick a new mayor and trustees, alderman,etc. As I walked around the side of the school, I seen a group of say 20 kids all having fun and playing on the swings sets,etc, with their teacher nearby and watching them. All the kids were having a great time. As I walked past them, I realized how lucky I was to live in a country that is democratic and has a good quality of life. I was thankful that in this country, we are all eligible to vote as Canadian citiizens, and freedom of speech is a right. In other countries, this is not so true. There's countries that are leftwing, and whether you vote or not, they are so dirty that often votes are lost or not even collected. You can have the states with all of it's dirty politicians, but I am thankful and blessed we live in such a great ountry as Canada. Why go anywhere else. It is beautiful from one end to the other, and we don't even need to go through any border guards or whatsoever. Cheers

Not sure why everyone is gettin up each other on a post like this one. C'mon guys (girls), it's only a post to genereate some thoughton the subject and NOT menat to start shack nasties (we only have another 6 months of winter) Back to the point, thanks to everyone that added their 2 bits worth on the subject, but maybe my post should have read: What is your idea of a good all round fisherperson in every sense of the word? And quit bein so negative!!!

Just to be clear, When you say "tooting their horns". Does that include Airhorns?