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Alberta Environment and Park is hosting a series of fisheries webinars in January. Just thought I’d give you a heads-up in case you’re interested. Please feel free to forward this email to any of your club members, or post the link below to you club website to get the word out. You may have received an email inviting you already; however I thought I’d give you a heads-up regardless. Topics covered in this engagement will include: how recreational management objectives and sportfishing regulations are established, an update on recreational harvest slot limits,

Here is the link to Craig's presentation to the club as well as the link to the page that contains the 3 videos about fish stocking. https://mywildalberta.ca/fishing/fish-stocking/default.aspx

Congratulations to John Hewitt, winner of the Cane Rod Raffle. The prize was a 7’ 6″ 3/4 weight cane rod with two tips, built on a Payne 98 taper, retailing at $1,350, built and donated by internationally known rod maker, Don Andersen, http://bamboorods.ca/

Our Annual General Meeting will be held Wednesday, January 20th, 2021 at 7:00PM (MDT) via Zoom meeting ID 668 142 7482, password 306090. If you are unable to attend, please complete the attached proxy form and follow the instructions in the document. PROXY AGM '21.pdf

Welcome Peter, Also keep an eye on our facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/2405517529/ We have zoom meetings twice a month now, you are welcome to join in - easy to do from Grande Prairie. ken

The video from the presentation is here https://youtu.be/Bxq8Pv3diNA

https://youtu.be/Bxq8Pv3diNA

Katie Morrision, Conservation Director at Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society will talk about some of the issues related to renewed interest in coal mining in Alberta. The chapter will be using Zoom software for online meetings instead of hosting live meetings for the remainder of 2020. Meetings will be held at 7pm (mountain) on the first and third Wednesday of the month beginning in October. Connection information is at www.nlft.org/zoom

Last summer AEP Whirling Disease Program team undertook a comprehensive study to understand the impact of whirling disease in the Crowsnest River. A technical report and plain-language summary for this study are now available on the Government of Alberta Open Portal: · Technical Report: https://open.alberta.ca/publications/9781460148402 · Plain-Language Summary: https://open.alberta.ca/publications/9781460148419

The chapter will be using Zoom software for online meetings instead of hosting live meetings for the remainder of 2020. A decision will be made in December 2020 about plans for 2021. Meetings will be held at 7pm (mountain) on the first and third Wednesday of the month beginning in October. There will be informal meetings on Sept 23 and Sept 30 to allow you to sign on, test the software, and say hello. Connection information is at www.nlft.org/zoom

We had anglers out for 5 days last week, and a total of 180 fish were caught. 164 Arctic Grayling, 11 Mountain Whitefish, 3 Brook Trout, and 2 Northern Pike. The Upper Pembina has been closed to angling for 5 years, and the test angling will help determine the effectiveness of the closure.

The Fisheries regulations survey is an opportunity for Albertans to share feedback on proposed updates to provincial legislation that oversees aspects of fish resource management, such as licensing and definitions of terms, such as aquatic invasive species and bait. https://www.alberta.ca/fisheries-regulations-survey.aspx

We have the opportunity to assist AEP with angling on parts of the Upper Pembina system as part of assessment of the 5 year closure. There are many factors (weather, water level, availability of AEP staff), but tentative plans call for angling the first 2 weeks of August. Note: We must accompany an AEP biologist (meet at Edson or the site). We are NOT permitted to angle without the biologist present. Right now are looking for 1-2 people for August 5 and August 7; and 2-4 people for August 10-14. Gas cards are available to club members who participate. Pleas

I like the artwork on those flies!

We have extended the draw date for our raffle for the bamboo rod built by Don Andersen until November 7, 2020. The raffle prize is a 7’6″ 3/4 weight cane rod (bamboo) with two tips, built on a Payne 98 taper worth $1350. Don Andersen has generously donated a bamboo rod to support our projects for the last several years. Some of the projects that our raffle supports are: Grayling study in upper Pembina Fencing and watering sites on Raven and North Raven Rivers Protecting approximately 6 km of riparian land along Dogpound Creek with fencing, alternate watering s

On May 8 an online symposium was hosted by AEP on the topic of whirling disease. The session was held as a virtual meeting (zoom) and I saw up to about 180 concurrent partipants. Several presentations by given by various experts and researchers and I think the presentations were format were quite effective. The event was recorded and is available on YouTube. The situation is dire and many of our favorite trout streams will be severely impacted. There is some hope on the horizon as research continues and our provincial biologists share information with other jurisdictions who have dea

Last week's Zoom meeting was quite successful. On April 29 at 7:00 pm we will have another check-in session where members can come and say hello and talk about fishing related things. We are working on a more formal program for Wednesday evenings in May. Zoom works on a desktop computer or laptop that has a microphone and speakers, Apple phones and ipads, Android phones and tablets. It is best to install the 'zoom cloud meetings' app, but you don't need to sign up or even supply email address to join the meetings. Please send an email to videomeeting@nlft.org, and we'll reply with th

I will schedule a Zoom meeting for Wednesday April 22 at 7:30pm. We'll update you on the status of club activities and some of the work that is still planned. Additionally, we will have a round table discussion where members can talk about fishing related things they've been doing since we started isolating. Zoom works on a desktop computer or laptop that has a microphone and speakers, Apple phones and ipads, Android phones and tablets. It is best to install the 'zoom cloud meetings' app, but you don't need to sign up or even supply email address to join the meetings. Please sen