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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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Struggling to Protect Fisheries
[Note: The following was first published in the May 2015 Alberta Outdoorsmen.] Copyright © 2015 Don H. Meredith, All Rights Reserved. As I stepped out of the drift boat into the cool waters of Vancouver Island’s Elk River, my eyes … Continue reading
Posted in Alberta Outdoorsmen, Conservation, Fishing
Tagged Alberta trout, Arctic grayling, bull trout, cutthroat trout, Elk River, Elk River Strathcona Park, Elk River Vancouver Island, fish habitat, fisheries habitat, fisheries management, fishing regulations, fishing Sierra Nevada, Gene Berkey, grayling, habitat destruction, habitat-destructive development, Lac La Biche, Lorne Fitch, native rainbow trout, rainbow trout, rainbow trout fishing, recreation fishing value, restrictive fishing regulations, Sea Beyond Adventures, Sierra Nevada, Strathcona Provincial Park, Two Fish One Fish No Fish, Wabamun Lake, walleye
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Two Fish, One Fish, No Fish—Alberta’s Fish Crisis
Guest Blog: For many decades, Lorne Fitch was a respected fisheries biologist with the Alberta Fish and Wildlife Division. He worked on the ground to maintain and improve Alberta’s fisheries, including rehabilitating fish habitat. Like many of us he has … Continue reading
Posted in Alberta, Conservation, Environment, Fishing
Tagged A Cool Curving World, Adam Norris, Alberta Fish Crisis, Alberta fisheries, Andrea McGregor, Arctic grayling, Battle River, Beaverlodge River, Bow River, bull trout, CFB Wainwright, cutthroat trout, Dr. Seuss, fish conservation, fish crisis essay, fisheries management, Four Cs Fish Conservation, goldeye, Jim Stelfox, Lorne Fitch, Martin Paetz, Michael Sullivan, Muskeg River, Oldman River, R.B. Miller, Redwillow River, Rocky Konynenbelt, South Saskatchewan Regional Plan, Spray Lake, Spray River, Trout Creek, walleye, Wayne Roberts, Willow Creek
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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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