Live Minnows

[Burbert]

Does anyone know, why we cannot use live minnows for bait in Alberta?
Is it just because we are a backwards province? There should be no law
against using live shiners, eh!!!

[pikergolf]

Does anyone know, why we cannot use live minnows for bait in Alberta?
Is it just because we are a backwards province? There should be no law
against using live shiners, eh!!!

It's because they do not want fish distributed from one water way to another.

[JareS]

It's because they do not want fish distributed from one water way to another.

Exactly. Especially the increased potential for Aquatic Invasives.

[EZM]

Not only the fish (minnows) themselves being transplanted but also any pathogen or parasite in or on the minnows. Dirty little buggers.