Question about NSR, not looking for spots.

[Herefishyfishy]

Hey guys, im curious about the water quality in the NSR. I know it runs west to east, I want to know if its better to fish it West of town, before it passes through town or if it really matters when it comes to the quality of the fish you pull out, as far as eating them goes...

[chriscosta]

I wouldnt eat a single thing outta that entire river heard once they found traces of antidepresants around the city but my gawd man the nsr is gorgous the further west you go I like to head west from the genesee bridge crystal clear and tons of fish if that helps

[Herefishyfishy]

Yes, that helps, thanks.


Btw, is that $4.20 your holding onto?

[chriscosta]

Lmao sure is I dont go anywhere without it . If anyone can get ya into fish the 420 gods can lol its true

[FishingFrenzy]

You would have to head pretty far out of the city to get away from "contaminated fish". Fish move around quite alot in the NSR so a fish caught near Devon could have spent most of its life near a storm drain outlet. blehhh.
Also as far as I know the whole NSR has a mercury advisory, personally I wouldn't eat anything out of there.

You can't keep walleye or sturgeon

Pike are bony

Goldeye...apparently are mushy.

[#4fisherman]

Definitely the further west you go, the better. Went white water canoeing by Nordegg once -- nice and clean, no smell, just good "clean" river water -- still had a lot of silt, etc. Once you get into more of the farmed areas, the quality of the water goes down.

[Ultimate Predator]

Pretty sad when u cant eat a fish out off the same water u drink glad my water comes out of a well

[Albertafisher]

Originally Posted by Ultimate Predator

Pretty sad when u cant eat a fish out off the same water u drink glad my water comes out of a well

Luckily they filter the heck out of the Edmonton water...

[WayneChristie]

Originally Posted by chriscosta

I wouldnt eat a single thing outta that entire river heard once they found traces of antidepresants around the city but my gawd man the nsr is gorgous the further west you go I like to head west from the genesee bridge crystal clear and tons of fish if that helps

government puts that in the drinking water so people will actually stay in Edmonton. thats what Ive heard anyways

[BBJTKLE&FISHINGADVENTURES]

Originally Posted by WayneChristie

government puts that in the drinking water so people will actually stay in Edmonton. thats what Ive heard anyways

No no its added to our water to deal with people from the south . Also some sort of hate rid additive with teams that's wear red from a city that reads like manure .

[BeeGuy]

Originally Posted by FishingFrenzy

You would have to head pretty far out of the city to get away from "contaminated fish". Fish move around quite alot in the NSR so a fish caught near Devon could have spent most of its life near a storm drain outlet. blehhh.
Also as far as I know the whole NSR has a mercury advisory, personally I wouldn't eat anything out of there.

You can't keep walleye or sturgeon

Pike are bony

Goldeye...apparently are mushy.

Pike are bony? My fillets are skinless/boneless and premium table fare.

Wouldn't eat one from the NSR however.

I wonder how our mercury polluted freshwater fish compare to tuna and the like?