Category Archives: Fishing
Wabamun Lake Fishery Update
[Note: The following was first published in the June 2017 Alberta Outdoorsmen.] Copyright © 2017 Don H. Meredith, All Rights Reserved. It has been a while since I wrote a column about what is happening with the Wabamun Lake fishery. Wabamun … Continue reading
Posted in Alberta, Alberta Outdoorsmen, Fishing
Tagged catch-and-release, catch-and-release fishing, catch-and-release mortality, commercial fishing, fish recycling, Fishing, Lake Wabamun, lake whitefish, northern pike, perch, treble hook mortality, treble hooks, trophy lake, trophy pike, trophy pike fishery, Wabamun, Wabamun Fishery Update, Wabamun Lake, walleye, walleye native Wabamun, walleye restoration, whitefish, yellow perch
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A Strategy for Conservation
[Note: The following was first published in the April 2017 Alberta Outdoorsmen.] Copyright © 2017 Don H. Meredith, All Rights Reserved. One of the issues that stood out for me during the recent controversy over the new Castle parks in southwest … Continue reading
Posted in Alberta Outdoorsmen, Conservation, Environment, Fishing, Hunting, Wildlife
Tagged AFGA, Alberta Backcountry Hunters and Anglers, Alberta Fish and Game Association, Backcountry Hunters and Anglers, BHA, Castle Parks, conservation strategy, Eastern Slopes, headwaters, land-use framework, LUF, Non-mechanized anglers, Non-mechanized hunters, North Saskatchewan Regional Plan, Off Highway Vehicle, Off Highway Vehicle Use, OHV, South Saskatchewan Regional Plan, Ted Morton
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The Necessary Castle Parks
[Note: The following was first published in the March 2017 Alberta Outdoorsmen.] Copyright © 2017 Don H. Meredith, All Rights Reserved. Anyone who has been to the southwest corner of our province is aware of the beauty of what is often … Continue reading
Posted in Alberta, Alberta Outdoorsmen, Conservation, Environment, Fishing, General, Hunting, Wildlife
Tagged Castle Provincial Park, Castle River, Castle Wildland Provincial Park, conservation ethic, Crown of the Continent, designated OHV trails, designated trails, eastern slopes policy, Glacier National Park, multiple use, national forest, Off Highway Vehicle, OHV, OHV damage, Theodore Roosevelt, Waterton Lakes National Park, wilderness area
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Shifting Away from Consumptive Use
[Note: The following was first published in the February 2017 Alberta Outdoorsmen.] Copyright © 2017 Don H. Meredith, All Rights Reserved. If you’ve been following the dustup over whether anglers should be allowed to take a fish for supper from many … Continue reading
Posted in Alberta, Alberta Outdoorsmen, Fishing
Tagged catch-and-keep, catch-and-keep fishing, catch-and-release, catch-and-release fishing, catch-and-release mortality, consumptive use, harvestable surplus, hooking mortality, paradigm shift, precautionary management principle, Ray Makowecki
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Harvestable Surplus
[Note: The following was first published in the January 2017 Alberta Outdoorsmen.] Copyright © 2017 Don H. Meredith, All Rights Reserved. Setting bag limits for fish and game is a complicated business. Balancing the wants of anglers and hunters against the … Continue reading
Posted in Alberta Outdoorsmen, Conservation, Fishing, Wildlife
Tagged antlered deer hunt, antlerless deer hunt, buck-only hunt, compensatory mortality, doe hunt, fisheries management, game biologist, game biology, game harvest, game manager, harvestable surplus, natural mortality, wildlife biologist, wildlife management, wildlife manager
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Myths about Off Highway Vehicle Use
On January 20, 2017, Alberta Environment and Parks announced the boundaries for the new Castle Provincial Park and the expanded boundaries for the Castle Wildland Provincial Park in southwest Alberta. A draft management plan was also presented for public review. … Continue reading
Posted in Alberta, Conservation, Environment, Fishing, Wildlife
Tagged All Terrain Vehicle use, all-terrain-vehicle, ATV, ATV damage, ATV disturbance, ATV use, Castle Provincial Park, Castle Wildland Provincial Park, collapsed stream banks, fish habitat, fish habitat damage, Lorne Fitch, mud holes, Off Highway Vehicle, Off Highway Vehicle damage, Off Highway Vehicle Use, OHV, OHV damage, OHV traffic, OHV use, ruts, stream damage, wildlife disturbance, wildlife habitat damage
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Are We Underutilizing Our Walleye?
[Note: The following was first published in the November 2016 Alberta Outdoorsmen.] Copyright © 2016 Don H. Meredith, All Rights Reserved. On arriving at the rural community hall, I saw the parking lot overflowing with pickups, cars and recreational vehicles. As … Continue reading
Posted in Alberta, Alberta Outdoorsmen, Conservation, Fishing
Tagged Alberta Environment and Parks, anglers, angry anglers, Catch per Unit Effort, David Park, Fall Walleye Index Netting, FWIN, Jordan Walker, Lac Bellevue, Lac Bellevue Community Hall, lake white fish, Long Lake, northeast Alberta lakes, northern pike, Ray Danyluk, Ray Makowecki, Underutilized Fish Stocks, Vincent Lake, walleye, yellow perch, zero catch-and-keep limits
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