Stocking Dugout

[Gabby61]

Where is a good place to buy Rainbow or Brook trout for the dugout around Airdrie?
I got my Rec License and they suggested a few places, no one seems to return calls?


Thanks.
Gabby

[schleprock]

Smoky trout farms out of red deer.

[Jim Blake]

X2 on Smoky Trout Farm. Great people and healthy fish. There is another ad in the Central Alberta Buy and Sell but I don't know anything about the Company.

If you have your Licence for your pond, you should get an order in ASAP. There seems to be always a shortage of available fish.

[josey]

How do you get a license? I don't even know what to look for or how to search.

[Jim Blake]

Originally Posted by josey

How do you get a license? I don't even know what to look for or how to search.

Through the University of Lethbridge Aquaculture Dept.. That's where i got mine. They also use to have a course you can take that helps out quite a bit.

[Jim Blake]

Smoky Trout Farm is between Red Deer and Sylvan Lake on the old hwy 11. They are just North of the hwy. Easy to find.

[josey]

Originally Posted by Jim Blake

Through the University of Lethbridge Aquaculture Dept.. That's where i got mine. They also use to have a course you can take that helps out quite a bit.

Thanks. I tried to find it on there but I can't see anything. Do you just apply for a license? What's it called?

[smith88]

You have to call the government. http://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/general/.../all/pgmsrv112

[josey]

Originally Posted by smith88

You have to call the government. http://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/general/.../all/pgmsrv112

Great. Thanks!

[Gabby61]

You can go online and print the Recreational application ( if it's just for recreation) out, fill it in and e-mail it to, Janice.wilson@gov.ab.ca

They will call you and go thru your application with you, the guy that called me was very helpful and very knowledgeable.

Thanks for all the replies!!

Gabby

[curtis_rak]

When applying ask for rainbow, brook and brown. (Janice may even prompt you to do that anyways).

I just renewed mine in 2018 and she added brook and brown for me. Turns out I actually prefer the brookies now to the rainbows. They don’t get as massive, but in my pond they bite better.




Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[AB2506]

Originally Posted by josey

Thanks. I tried to find it on there but I can't see anything. Do you just apply for a license? What's it called?

That's because the aquaculture study is at Lethbridge College.


https://lethbridgecollege.ca/departm...-of-excellence

[bearbuster]

So sorry for the further derail..... are there pond size or location requirements for the licence? I will do some googling now of course but I didnt realize you needed a licence to stick a private pond

[Red Bullets]

Originally Posted by bearbuster

So sorry for the further derail..... are there pond size or location requirements for the licence? I will do some googling now of course but I didnt realize you needed a licence to stick a private pond

This will tell you

http://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/$Departm.../all/agdex1348

[Red Bullets]

I see in Alberta you can stock your pond with freshwater prawns too. I wonder if any of the folks on here with stocked dugouts have tried stocking prawns instead of trout? Looks like they can grow pretty good sized. I think the commercial operators farm prawns in tanks but a dugout full for private consumption would be great.

[Red Bullets]

Originally Posted by wkp774

You cant stock prawns, different licence. Cant get that one for personal use.

Welcome to the forum.

Too bad only commercial B licencing is allowed. A person can get 6 to 12 hundred pounds of prawns per acre.

sorry for the derail Gabby.

[Gabby61]

That's ok....all good information!!

Thanks
Gabby