Bow River... - Page 2

Gust · #31 03-20-2011, 05:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Blairh

Hey thanks for the help, went out to that spot and got 2 browns in 2 hours...not great but one was over 20"! ended up getting way to cold and headed in.. Also on a side note anyone know why there are over 5 dead ducks on shore? Or why I caught a duck head..is the river that polluted?

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Blairh · #32 03-20-2011, 06:44 PM

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Dust1n · #33 03-20-2011, 07:56 PM

were you by the gold course cause theres tons of dead bird in general seen some dead geese,crows and magpies not including the sall birds.

Blairh · #34 03-20-2011, 08:12 PM

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were you by the gold course cause theres tons of dead bird in general seen some dead geese,crows and magpies not including the sall birds.

Ya I was there, on that island kind of thing..
http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=d&sourc...00478&t=h&z=18

Dust1n · #35 03-20-2011, 08:33 PM

yeah i also noticed a ton of goldballs mabe from all the polution from eating the fishh?? doubt it.

goldscud · #36 03-20-2011, 08:39 PM

This happens every winter on the Bow. I believe it is from avian botulism

http://www.srd.alberta.ca/BioDiversi.../Avian_bot.pdf

Blairh · #37 03-20-2011, 08:39 PM

Ya who knows, maybe they will investigate it now. Is there any other trout other then browns in there or did i just not get lucky enough?

Dust1n · #38 03-20-2011, 08:40 PM

pease explain what that is please but in that locations there is a ton of dead birds more then any other location i fished.

tacklerunner · #39 03-20-2011, 09:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Blairh

Ya who knows, maybe they will investigate it now. Is there any other trout other then browns in there or did i just not get lucky enough?

There's rainbows and bulls too. Dunno if catching the other species would be better than browns though. Well rainbows might put on a better show, maybe not and bulls can get huge but so can the others so... I think you had a good day. Usually you'll get more rainbows than browns so it a great start for you.

chubbdarter · #40 03-20-2011, 09:40 PM

are you guys catching bull trout under the Glenmore bridge?

Blairh · #41 03-20-2011, 09:42 PM

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Originally Posted by tacklerunner

There's rainbows and bulls too. Dunno if catching the other species would be better than browns though. Well rainbows might put on a better show, maybe not and bulls can get huge but so can the others so... I think you had a good day. Usually you'll get more rainbows than browns so it a great start for you.

Well thats good to hear, where are the bulltrout? As I have never caught one before and it would be great to tie into one on my light rod

..Are they just distributed throughout the river or is there any 'special spots' where they like to hang out?

Blairh · #42 03-20-2011, 10:05 PM

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Originally Posted by chubbdarter

are you guys catching bull trout under the Glenmore bridge?

threw a few casts in right under the bridge and didn't get any, looked like a great hole tho gonna go back and fish it hard sometime this week.

tacklerunner · #43 03-20-2011, 11:17 PM

I've never caught a bull on the Bow but know those who have. They're not that common and are a protected species, thus all the hype about knowing the species and releasing them. The Bow is a funny river. You can get a surprise sometimes. Not only are there rainbows, browns and bulls, there's also pike, burbot, whitefish and even lake trout. Lakers escape from ghost lake when they open the dam and are in the Bearspaw Reservoir. Then when they open up the bearspaw dam they flow into the river. I have heard of all the species I listed caught below the Bearspaw dam and into bowness. So anything is possible I suppose.

Blairh · #44 03-20-2011, 11:24 PM

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Originally Posted by tacklerunner

I've never caught a bull on the Bow but know those who have. They're not that common and are a protected species, thus all the hype about knowing the species and releasing them. The Bow is a funny river. You can get a surprise sometimes. Not only are there rainbows, browns and bulls, there's also pike, burbot, whitefish and even lake trout. Lakers escape from ghost lake when they open the dam and are in the Bearspaw Reservoir. Then when they open up the bearspaw dam they flow into the river. I have heard of all the species I listed caught below the Bearspaw dam and into bowness. So anything is possible I suppose.

Sounds like I am going to be doing a lot of exploring/fishing this spring...there goes the GPA for spring semester.

tacklerunner · #45 03-20-2011, 11:33 PM

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Sounds like I am going to be doing a lot of exploring/fishing this spring...there goes the GPA for spring semester.

Lol. Nah fishing clears the mind. You'll absorb more... when your not day dreaming about fishing.

Just remember to check the regs. Not all parts of the bow are always open. There's a little map in the regs that shows the dams and weirs so if you follow it along with the regs you can make sense of it all. You just need to concentrate on the area from the Bearspaw dam to the Carseland Weir and the sections within it.

Blairh · #46 03-21-2011, 12:14 AM

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Originally Posted by tacklerunner

Lol. Nah fishing clears the mind. You'll absorb more... when your not day dreaming about fishing.

Just remember to check the regs. Not all parts of the bow are always open. There's a little map in the regs that shows the dams and weirs so if you follow it along with the regs you can make sense of it all. You just need to concentrate on the area from the Bearspaw dam to the Carseland Weir and the sections within it.

ya, i always check don't wanna have that conversation with a CO. And ya I can see myself taking many many walks up and down the banks of the river

Blairh · #47 03-21-2011, 10:29 AM

Found out about the dead ducks, thought I would post the response so everyone would know.

What you have noticed is an event that happens every winter along the
Bow River to varying degrees. The ducks you have noticed have died from
Avian Cholera. This is not a human health concern, but certainly can
affect the over-wintering duck populations that reside on the Bow River.
Some of these ducks are carriers of the bacterial disease and spread it
to others at concentrated "loafing sites" along the banks of the Bow
River. The ducks often select sites that remain ice free during the
winter months. Spring runoff will wash the duck carcasses downstream
soon. Unless numbers are unusually high, we do not make efforts to
remove the carcasses. We have seen duck numbers affected by this
disease vary in numbers from dozens to hundreds. Once spring arrives
and the ducks disperse the problem diminishes rapidly, until the
following winter when it reappears.

Thank you very much for taking the time to contact me. I hope my
explanation satisfies your concern. We get similar calls most winters
and provide the same information. It is good that people are noticing
unusual events and bother to notify us.

goldscud · #48 03-21-2011, 12:46 PM

Avian cholera. (I mistakenly put avian botulism in my last post)

Avian cholera, also known as fowl cholera, is one of the most common diseases among wild North American waterfowl. It is the result of infection with the bacterium Pasteurella multocida. This bacterium kills swiftly, sometimes in as few as 6 to 12 hours after infection. Live bacteria released into the environment by dead and dying birds can subsequently infect healthy birds. As a result, avian cholera can spread quickly through a wetland and kill hundreds to thousands of birds in a single outbreak. Avian cholera often affects the same wetlands and the same bird populations year after year.