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DragonSpeed

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Ridding a lake of Rainbow Trout
« on: July 27, 2015, 11:22:33 AM »
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Re: Ridding a lake of Rainbow Trout
« Reply #1 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?
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Re: Ridding a lake of Rainbow Trout
« Reply #2 on: July 27, 2015, 02:42:21 PM »
Why not instead of paying to get it done   just fish them out lol
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Re: Ridding a lake of Rainbow Trout
« Reply #3 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.
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Re: Ridding a lake of Rainbow Trout
« Reply #4 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.
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Re: Ridding a lake of Rainbow Trout
« Reply #5 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.
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Re: Ridding a lake of Rainbow Trout
« Reply #6 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. :)
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Re: Ridding a lake of Rainbow Trout
« Reply #7 on: July 29, 2015, 10:10:47 AM »
That terrible!  Alberta anglers have it bad enough. 
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