After three weeks of Time Of Day restrictions on the Bow River and the Eastern slopes, (ES1) the Alberta Government has removed the restriction as of today, August 19th 2023. https://mywildalberta.ca/fishing/advisories-corrections-closures/time-of-day-angling-restrictions.aspx Angling will be permitted once again after 2:00PM. It is still hot and I encourage everyone to still get out early in the morning …
Tag: fisheries management
Nov 27
The decline of the Bow River Basin
This week I was interviewed by Michael Short of Let’s Go Outdoors regarding the latest article in the Conservation magazine, which is a publication of the Alberta Conservation association, written by Paul Christensen and Dr Michael Sullivan. We discuss the decline in the rainbow trout population in the Bow River and some possible solutions going …
Jun 29
Blown Out Bow River
June 20 2013 Destruction and devastation of the likes I have never seen firsthand with my own eye balls. I witnessed the floods here in Calgary in 2005 and thought that was massive, which it was. Now this flood is at least three times worse than 2005 and I have heard worse than the flood …
May 27
River report for the Bow River system. May 27, 2013
With three solid days of rain and run off already started, the clean water of the Bow River system now takes on a similar look of a chocolate milk carton. With water running out of the storm drains and into the river now, it looks like fishing should be done on a lake or reservoir. …