Tag Archives: northern pike
How Did They Get Here?
I wrote this piece back in 2005 that describes how our native fish arrived in Alberta. I’m posting it here because I believe it’s important information to understand when we talk about species-at-risk and why protecting habit and wild places … Continue reading
Posted in Alberta, Fishing
Tagged Arctic grayling, brook trout, bull trout, burbot, Columbia River, cutthroat trout, fish, fisheries, Fishing, Fraser River, Glacial Lake Agassiz, Glacial Lake Edmonton, glaciation, Jasper National Park, Joseph Nelson, lake trout, lake whitefish, Martin Paetz, Miette River, Missouri-Mississippi refugium, mooneye, Moose Lake, mountain whitefish, northern pike, Peace River, pothole lakes, rainbow trout, refugia, refugium, Yukon refugium, Yukon River
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Wabamun Lake Fishery Update
[Note: The following was first published in the June 2017 Alberta Outdoorsmen. Revised in July of 2019] Copyright © 2017 Don H. Meredith, All Rights Reserved. It has been a while since I wrote a column about what is happening with … 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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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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The Shifting Baseline
[Note: The following was first published in the January 2016 Alberta Outdoorsmen.] Copyright © 2016 Don H. Meredith, All Rights Reserved. People of my age and older can remember (if barely) when a cup of coffee cost only five cents. Of … Continue reading
Posted in Alberta, Alberta Outdoorsmen, Conservation, Environment, Fishing, Hunting, Wildlife
Tagged AEP business plan, Alberta Environment and Parks, Alberta Park, biodiversity, business plan, catch-and-release, environmental baseline, environmental degradation, fish and wildlife conservation, Fish and Wildlife Division, fish and wildlife management, habitat, northern pike, parks, shifting baseline, shifting environmental baseline, species-at-risk
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NIMBY Wildlife
[Note: The following was first published in the December 2014 Alberta Outdoorsmen.] Copyright © 2014 Don H. Meredith, All Rights Reserved. “Well, the fish are going to have to get out of the way. I will not have weeds growing … Continue reading
Posted in Alberta, Alberta Outdoorsmen, Conservation, Environment, Fishing
Tagged healthy lakes, Isle Lake, Jack Pine Grazing Reserve, Jasper National Park, lake nutrients, lake whitefish, Mike Sullivan, NIMBY, North Saskatchewan Watershed Alliance, northern pike, not-in-my-backyard, nutrient loading, pike, Stephen Spencer, Sturgeon River, Wabamun Watershed Management Council, walleye, WWMC
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Wabamun Lake Fisheries Update
[Note: The following was first published in the October 2012 Alberta Outdoorsmen. A more recent update was published in the June 2017 Alberta Outdoorsmen and is posted here. Wabamun Lake is located some 60 km west of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.] … Continue reading
Posted in Alberta, Alberta Outdoorsmen, Conservation, Fishing
Tagged Alberta, Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development, blue-green algae, Cindy Dolanz, CN, enforcement order, ESRD, fisheries, fisheries management, freshwater oil spill, lake whitefish, mercury, mercury pollution, northern pike, oil spill, PAH, perch, pike, polycyclic-aromatic-hydrocarbons, Russel Dolanz, Samco, Samco Developments, train derailment, trophy northern pike, trophy pike, unregulated development, Wabamun, Wabamun Lake, walleye, walleye reintroduction, watershed management council, whitefish, yellow perch
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The Wild of Grizzly Creek, the Yukon
The Yukon is known for its history, legends, characters and incredible landscapes. It is also known as a place where outdoor dreams and adventures are realized. If you are an angler looking for some incredible fishing in the heart of … Continue reading
