Sport Fishing

• Okanagan rivers and streams closed to fishing

  'We closed all streams and rivers in management units 8-1 through 8-23 to recreational fishing,' said a senior fisheries biologist.

  Environment

  Aug 12, 2021
  
• Smallmouth bass eradication plan set for Miramichi Lake

  A group of conservation partners will apply a pesticide to the water at Miramichi Lake starting Aug. 17, in the hopes of eradicating smallmouth bass from the watershed.

  Environment

  Aug 11, 2021
  
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• B.C.’s billion-dollar sport fishing sector hopes local anglers can keep them afloat

  With about 30 per cent of bookings coming from out of province, it's one of the province's many tourism-dependent businesses that has been hit hard by the pandemic.

  May 31, 2020
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• Runoff from Dorian may impact fish spawning in N.B. rivers

  New Brunswick sport fishermen and the Petitcodiac Watershed Alliance say that silt buildup in rivers that feed into the Petitcodiac River may impact fish spawning due to hurricane Dorian.

  Canada

  Sep 23, 2019
• Loughborough Lake stocked with 15,000 lake trout

  This is the fifth year the Ministry of Natural Resources has stocked the lake, which is incredibly popular with anglers.

  Environment

  May 21, 2019
• 14-year-old Louisiana angler reels in massive 835-lb Bluefin tuna

  The teen, who weighs 115 pounds, managed to reel in the huge fish in under an hour.

  World

  May 15, 2017
• Lowest sockeye run prompts fishery closures on lower Fraser River

  Predictions of an abysmal sockeye return has forced the closure of all salmon fishing on the Lower Fraser River.

  Environment

  Aug 12, 2016