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The Fish & Wildlife Division planted Crawling Valley Reservoir with 324,00 Rainbow Trout, 108,000 Brook Trout and 375 Brown Trout in 1985, the year the reservoir was first filled. The recurring narrative here seems to be that whenever a dam/reservoir is constructed in Alberta is the only time trout species enter the enhancement management plan […]

Swan Lake west of Caroline is a fairly large lake that is also quite deep compared to most lakes in central Alberta its waters contain one of the richest aquatic food bases our group has sampled anywhere. The potential for this lake to provide a diversified and improved angling opportunity as well as disperse angling […]

Cows and Fish: Is a voluntary, pro-active, non-profit mentorship organization. Executive Director: Norine Ambrose   Definition of Mentorship: A mentor – Is a relationship between two people where the individual with more experience, knowledge, and connections is able to pass along what they have learned to a more junior individual within a certain field. The […]

Our group has become very concerned due to the fact that the outdoors recreational water related sports never seem to be represented in the mainstream modern day televised news casts or tourism advertisements. Has fishing become outdated, less important or just way down on the list of so many underlying issues of the day. Why […]

One of Alberta’s major concerns is the limited amount of lakes within the province and the significant number of anglers that buy angling licenses roughly (200,000-300,000 angling licenses sold in Alberta annually).

If the public and anglers are interested in the scientific research that discusses the issues and solutions to managing Walleye populations in Alberta you can source the two papers from this article.

The information that is covered here is straight from Environment & Sustainable Resources Development form 2012 and the 2012 Alberta angling regulations.

Huge numbers of trout anglers have grown weary of watching precious trout populations plummet on the provinces trout lakes, rivers and streams at the hands of overly consumptive legal and illegal activity.

There may be a lot of things said about the fishing guide industry here in Alberta some good some bad especially involving the fly fishing guide industry.

The main focus that Environment & Sustainable Resources Development (ESRD) has set for fisheries in Alberta is to first and foremost protect and enhance native species and rely on natural recruitment wherever possible.