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Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: DragonSpeed on July 27, 2015, 11:22:33 AM

Title: Ridding a lake of Rainbow Trout
Post by: DragonSpeed on July 27, 2015, 11:22:33 AM

I wonder how much this cost?

http://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/invasive-trout-removed-from-banff-lake-native-fish-brought-back-1.2487236

Good to see though.

Title: Re: Ridding a lake of Rainbow Trout
Post by: Flytech on July 27, 2015, 11:31:57 AM

 It's very odd to hear that rainbow trout are considered an invasive species. I too wonder how much it cost for this project, and I wonder how that cost was justified. Is it realLy  that important that cutthroat be the main species in that lake?

Title: Re: Ridding a lake of Rainbow Trout
Post by: zacrum on July 27, 2015, 02:42:21 PM

Why not instead of paying to get it done   just fish them out lol

Title: Re: Ridding a lake of Rainbow Trout
Post by: Fish or cut bait. on July 27, 2015, 07:02:02 PM

Actually, trout are an Invasive species on a number of lakes that started in the 1800s or perhaps earlier as well as later until the folks that thought they could control nature started to figure it out.

Title: Re: Ridding a lake of Rainbow Trout
Post by: Tylsie on July 28, 2015, 01:38:07 PM

Good to see. Rainbow trout are only native WEST of the Rockies. Last I looked Banff was on the wrong side. I enjoy catching rainbows all across North America, but think that National Parks should be maintained and returned to as natural state as possible.

Title: Re: Ridding a lake of Rainbow Trout
Post by: Quin on July 28, 2015, 02:24:23 PM

Rainbows are native east of the Rockies, in the Athabasca system. One of those unique and wonderful quirks of nature.
I believe that they are a "endangered", or "threatened" sub species of rainbow closely related to the rainbows of northern B.C.

Title: Re: Ridding a lake of Rainbow Trout
Post by: Tylsie on July 28, 2015, 08:39:26 PM

Quote from: Quin on July 28, 2015, 02:24:23 PM

Rainbows are native east of the Rockies, in the Athabasca system. One of those unique and wonderful quirks of nature.
I believe that they are a "endangered", or "threatened" sub species of rainbow closely related to the rainbows of northern B.C.

Thanks, I didn't know that. Will read more about it. :)

Title: Re: Ridding a lake of Rainbow Trout
Post by: Apennock on July 29, 2015, 10:10:47 AM

That terrible!  Alberta anglers have it bad enough.