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Old 09-09-2009, 08:18 AM
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I'm in Calgary and from lethbridge. I want to stop by pcr today! I'm staying on macleoud trail.

Where do I get minnows / shinners?

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Old 09-09-2009, 08:28 AM
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I usually stop in nanton at the truck stop and get minnows there while im on my way out to PCR.
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Old 09-09-2009, 08:34 AM
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Any Canadian tire, there are a couple on mcleod trail south.
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Old 09-09-2009, 08:38 AM
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Yup, the places suggested are good ones. I'd go with the minnows rather than smelts. So if they don't have minnows at the first place you check, don't buy the smelts. They seemed a little more interested in the minnows this weekend. We didn't do very well with the smelts.
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Old 09-09-2009, 09:22 AM
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Can you use minnows at PCR? I thought it was only smelts allowed?
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Old 09-09-2009, 09:25 AM
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You can, new regulation this year...you can use minnows.

Pine Coulee Reservoir
May 15 to Mar. 31 – Walleye limit 0; Pike limit 3 (no size limit); Bait allowed.
Apr. 1 to May 14 – CLOSED

And from changes in 2009:

Walleye


Bait restrictions have been removed on Pine Coulee Reservoir where the stocked walleye are showing positive signs of creating a self- sustaining walleye population.

A small harvest of walleye is possible from Kehiwin and Floatingstone lakes in the northeast. Special walleye licences will be issued to control the harvest while enabling the recovery of the stocks.

The Orloff Lake walleye limit has been reduced to one fish over 43 cm to protect stocks.
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Old 09-09-2009, 09:29 AM
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PCR is in ES1. Minnows are allowed in ES1, with the exception of the Western Silvery Minnow. PCR is not listed under the "Lake and Stream Listings" as having a bait-ban.

Therefore, minnows are allowed in PCR.
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