Continued high water temperatures lead to additional fishing closures
from Alberta Environment and Parks, August 14, 2015
Temporary closures of additional fisheries are needed to safeguard fish
populations in areas that have exceeded temperature thresholds.
Low water flows combined with hot weather have resulted in high water
temperatures in several rivers and streams throughout Southern Alberta.
Angling in these areas presents a high risk to fish populations and may
result in mortalities, even when using catch and release practices.
To best protect fish populations, the following areas are closed to all fishing until further notice:
*Threepoint Creek and tributaries;
*Jumpingpound Creek from headwaters to the Bow River;
*Little Red Deer River and tributaries from headwaters downstream
to Red Deer River, including Dogpound Creek and tributaries;
*Waterton River and all tributaries upstream of Waterton Reservoir, including Drywood Creek;
*Waterton River downstream of Waterton Reservoir, river only;
*Castle River and tributaries downstream of SH 507 to Highway 3,
including Screwdriver Creek, Beaver Mines Creek and Mill Creek;
*Pincher Creek and tributaries;
*Oldman River from Highway 22 downstream to Secondary Road 510, river only; and
*Willow Creek, main stem and tributaries from Chain Lakes downstream to Pine Coulee Reservoir Diversion Head pond.
Read more here: http://alberta.ca/release.cfm…
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Seasons of Brown Trout - Summer Drought from
JensenFlyFishing on
Vimeo.
Jensen Fly Fishing writes: "In the video above – we are at the
place of fish struggling to find oxygen, to find a comfort zone. We are
well into drought and the heat is having impact. Fast forward to 3:55 of
this video and that’s exactly where we are. (PLEASE NOTE: drought
similarly impacts all trout, not just brown trout)."
Hoot Owl Fly Fishing - 12 Midnight to 2:00 pm Only
Our current
hot dry weather and warm water conditions are generating many posts
about the state of the fishery in our local waters, as well as those
further afield.
A post earlier this week on Moldy Chum featured a
video from the Truckee River in Northern California/Nevada where local
fly fishers banded together to launch their own "hoot-owl" closures - no
fishing from 2:00 pm to midnight.
Today, officials in Montana imposed mandatory "hoot owl" closures on a
number of rivers, including the Blackfoot, Bitterroot, Clark Fork, Big
Hole, Jefferson and others.
Over on Vancouver Island, the B.C.
government today issued fishing bans on rivers from Bamfield to Victoria
on the west coast, and from Campbell River to Victoria on the east
coast.
Closer to home, we have:
"TUC Concerned About Low Water and Rising Temps" from Trout Unlimited Canada | http://bit.ly/1LNAkQD
"Consideration: Warm Water Angling Restrictions on our Trout Streams" from Alberta Fishing Guide Magazine | http://bit.ly/1NCWUJg
and good advice from Fish Tales Fly Shop as their contribution to this week's "Alberta Fishing Forecast July 2 – 5, 2015" | http://bit.ly/1CQYTE4
#bowriver | #flyfishing | #yyc | #KeepEmWet
Signs of drought appear to be in Western Canada for the long term
Mark Hume, Globe and Mail, June 14, 2015
"High in the Rocky Mountains along the British Columbia-Alberta divide,
John Pomeroy is seeing signs of the changing climate that has brought a
crippling drought to the U.S. West...."
"....This year, the Rocky Mountain snowpacks, which usually melt
slowly, releasing water well into the summer, have had “a dramatic
decline.” This past winter, those snowpacks were as low as 25 per cent
of normal measurements, and they vanished quickly in the spring.
“All our stations are free of snow now, which is the earliest we’ve seen
it,” Dr. Pomeroy said. “Not only was the maximum of snow water
available quite low, but the snow melted much earlier – about a month to
a month and a half earlier than what we would expect....”
Read more here: http://bit.ly/1FlvlxS
H/T to Kevin Van Tigham
