Whats the reason you cant ice fish most rivers?

[58thecat]

Originally Posted by Albertadiver

It seemed like a good idea at the time....

Larry looks like we are heading To the Hudson eh!

[FlyTheory]

Kinda sad one can't ice fish the rivers if they know what they're doing and have training. Oh well! I guess it gives the fish a break from any pressure (especially sturgeon).

[Brandon5555]

Originally Posted by RavYak

What part of it changed 2 years ago and the regulation guide is the legal document for limits/closures didn't you understand?

Contact fisheries and have the regs changed if you think they are incorrect. Don't give people poor legal advice based on what you used to be able to do in the past.

Salty

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[Kurt505]

Has anyone that's concerned with safety ever been north of Edmonton?

I grew up on the Clearwater and the Athabasca, they have winter carnivals on these rivers, I somehow doubt fishing them in the winter would be too much of a safety concern.

[Alberta Bigbore]

Originally Posted by muzzy

Used to fish red River north of Winnipeg and there were hundreds on it and burnt wood up by Thompson.

Yep..... big green backs on thw Red by lockport. Two holes.. one for your lure.... one for your flasher to catch it in the current. Good times and big fish

[coyoteman]

not for everone use extreme care and caution----natural selection-----

[Fishfinder]

Originally Posted by gloszz

So looking at the regs, says you cannot ice fish most rivers. Is there a reason to this? I assume it is because rivers are hard to asses and people are at a greater risk of falling through the ice? Would be cool to fish the NSR and catch a sturgeon through the ice!

Common sense, though often more common then sensible should give you answers here. Plenty places to fish during winter, why tempt rivers is a bit silly to me. Also, a big sturgeon isn't gonna go through a ten inch hole. I like the ambition but some cliches are true, "Better safe then sorry". Save the sturg fishing for spring. Don't go walking out on flowing water.

[ROA]

People catch sturgeon, through the ice, on rivers in a 10" hole all the time. They even spear them through the ice and eat them. The fishing world is so much bigger then ****ty old Alberta and its idiotic attitude of ban/shut down/protect/more laws/limit... but do no actual real work to increase/build/fix.