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Special collaboration opportunity.... this invitation arrived from the Edmonton Trout Fishing Club The ETFC will be hosting a Zoom meeting with Craig Copeland on Thursday the 25th April @ 7 PM and we would like to invite the members of the Northern Lights and Oldtimers fishing clubs to join with us. I’m sure you are both aware of who Craig is but I will give you a little intro to pass onto those who are going to be in attendance: Craig Copeland is not only the current Mayor of Cold Lake but he is also the Fish Stocking Operations Manager at the Cold Lake fish hatchery. He will provide a presentation on the recent improvements with the 4 fish hatcheries and new developments in the coming years. He will also speak of the different strains stocked locally in 2024 – 2026 and plans on stocking larger rainbows in certain bodies of water nearby. He’s willing to stay on after his presentation to answer any questions the audience may have. The Zoom meeting ID is 871 5438 1295 Passcode is 686421 We hope to see many of your members join us for this Zoom presentation. Cheers, Chuck Harvey Co-president Edmonton Trout Fishing Club

Due to environmental conditions (fire, flood) we were unable to complete the project this year. The project will resume in 2024.

It has been a long time! Our meetings will start up again in the fall. I'll forward you our latest newsletter.

Roundtable on the theme of 'Looking Ahead' Part 1: Based on what you've learned over the years what changes might you make to how and where you fish this season Part 2: What changes might NLFF consider taking for the rest of this year and beyond in terms of activities, meetings, speakers, projects and membership This meeting will take place at Queen Mary Park and on ZOOM. Wednesday May 17 at 7:30 This will be the last meeting at the hall before the summer.

What a great presentation! These are Parks Canada videos about Hidden Lake. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOyXP6oZY6A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fkrf_1THviQ

Nicole's presentation is now available.

We recorded the fly fishing and tying session with Stu Thompson on March 15. The slide show and videos are now available on youtube.

We recorded the fly fishing and tying session with Stu Thompson on March 15. The slide show and videos are now available on youtube.

Stephen Spencer gave us a great talk this week about Sturgeon in the North Saskatchewan River. Here is some additional information that answers some of the questions from the audience. Firstly here’s a graphic that is on our website so that anglers can get an approximate weight on the sturgeon they catch if they can measure it for length. https://mywildalberta.ca/fishing/safety-procedures/fish-handling/documents/SturgeonLengthGirthWeight-Chart-Dec2014.pdf And to the question, how old is my fish? Here’s the ages from this past summer’s work. We need to make a nice page and graphic for it –and maybe check some of the ages.

Macrame cord can be purchased here

Rat creek could done as a camping trip, but more likely day trips. I hope to get an idea of the timing for little smoky trip some time next week. We’ll need several people for that one. Rat creek trips can be done with as few as 2 people.

We have a Research License that allows us to fish on Rat Creek for the purpose of collecting fin clips for DNA analysis. The permit is valid from now until the end of August and allows us to fish in this closed area without an AEP biologist present. We have a few priority spots that need to be sampled. We will provide scale envelopes to save the fin clip, as well as a data sheet, some tools and a map. We must inform the conservation officers 7 days in advance to provide details of where we are angling. Jim and I will take care of the contacts, and will coordinate volunteer anglers. Groups of 2-3 are probably ideal. Fuel cards will be provided. Let me know if you are interested and which days are best. Reply to this post in the forum to help find fishing buddies to go on a trip.