MM caught rainbows,browns,cuttbows,brookies,bull trout, RMwhitefish,burbot,pike,3 species of suckers(back when worms were legal)and even 2 sculpins on the same day-never seen one since. The biggest change in the middle bow has been the dissapearance of Bulls /cutts and far fewer rainbows since the 60's and the exponential increase of Browns. We used to catch a brown about as often as we would catch a bull,cutty or brookie when I was a kid. I did see one laker pulled out at princess Island-must have been a big trip from Bearspaw over the spillway. It was a big one too-only one I have seen below Bearspaw in 45 years of fishing the bow. There are brook trout in the inglewood bird sanctuary which spawn in there. The odd fry probably makes it out to the river. I am suprised they have not done very well in the main river. They have been in there for over 30 years. I am not sure how they survived in the ponds there which were full of petrochemical compounds from the refinery. Tough fish.
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