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Trout Fishing The Lower Kananaskis Lake

fishing for bull trout on the lower kananaskis lake

  The Majestic Mountain Getaway After a long two weeks of moving and hard work at the collision repair shop, it was time to take off and head west. I needed a little relaxation and the mountains always seem to calm me down and recharge my batteries. Our fishing trip was planed out and we settled …

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Happy Fathers Day To All Dad’s

fishing the bow river with my boy

  Reflections Quite some time ago when I was a child, I heard my grand dad packing his fishing gear early in the morning. I would rise with him and sit eating Captain Crunch at the kitchen table before he left. “Grandpa, where are you going today I’d say inquisitively”? “I am going trout fishing Michael; …

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Why Leaving A Prime Fishing Location Is Not A Good Idea

Winter Trout Fishing The Bow River 2011

  Never Get Going When The Going Gets Good! I have seen it time and time again; an angler packs up and leaves a spot when the bite is on. But why? Why do we leave when the bite is on, give up on a prime piece of real estate and go home or go …

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A Focus On Alberta Fisheries Management (Part 1)

Please clean up the river before you leave. We are all responsible for our rivers and lakes!

  An Introduction to Alberta’s Wonderful World of Fishes From the tiny nine-spine stickleback, which grows to a length of only six centimetres to the two-metre long lake sturgeon, Alberta has a very interesting and varied fish fauna. Adjectives such as cool and cold-water, stocked, introduced, native, bait, prey, game and hybrid are used to …

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