Will the flood impact the fishing regs???

MtnGiant · #1 06-22-2013, 04:20 PM

This is a sister thread to Flieguy's thread on fish population.

If there is a severe enough negative impact on the fish populations from this flooding disaster.....do you think it could affect the catch limits or maybe close some rivers to fishing this season???

Dysfunctional Bubble · #2 06-22-2013, 04:43 PM

Ohh i hope not.

the local angler · #3 06-22-2013, 05:47 PM

i personally dont think so either but there maybe species in areas not previously and anglers might not know if they can keep them or not. example allen bill has a good population of rockies now and i thought you could keep them and a different part of the regs say no.

Don Andersen · #4 06-22-2013, 10:14 PM

The flood of 1995 resulted in BC turning the Elk River system to C&R resulting ultimately in today's quite incredible fishery.
Well, Alberta which had the same flood followed it's typical path and did sweet tweet.
I expect Alberta will follow tradition.

Don

aulrich · #5 06-22-2013, 10:47 PM

Fishing was good after the 2005 flood, the fish know how to hunc'er down, young ones might get lost in the woods. Holes and runs will change but as a whole the river should be deeper and faster.

Do folks remember prior to 2005 fishing around the weeds mid July and August. all of that crap got washes away.

CanadianBadass · #6 06-22-2013, 11:23 PM

I personally don't care, I 100% C&R ! so it would not effect me, !

#4fisherman · #7 06-23-2013, 11:05 AM

While fish might know how to deal with some high water, the volume of water coming downstream is much greater than '05 and the peak is lasting longer. Like as in 5x the normal amount. While the gov't might not do anything, nature has -- and I suspect fishing might be affected because they can't fight the currents for days.

new LT · #8 06-23-2013, 01:10 PM

It will take a long time to find out if there is major change in fish numbers or habitate, and I'm sure even a longer one before changes if any are made.

MtnGiant · #9 06-23-2013, 01:22 PM

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Originally Posted by CanadianBadass

I personally don't care, I 100% C&R ! so it would not effect me, !

If the fish population dramatically decreases.....you bet it will affect you.

btw....I like eating my catches (where legal of course) YUM YUM

Bhflyfisher · #10 06-23-2013, 02:07 PM

I wonder if the flood will wash the dydimo off the rocks... i pray it does! Could really help the fishery for the future.

MtnGiant · #11 06-23-2013, 02:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Bhflyfisher

I wonder if the flood will wash the dydimo off the rocks... i pray it does! Could really help the fishery for the future.

Good point.....especially on the Bow