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Originally Posted by cavalera403
And that is what burns me. If you want to call it for conservation make it catch and release only (which it isn't) you can keep 1 trout/ char per day. If they really want to protect the fishery put in a maximum number of rod days like some of the rivers in Montana or put them on draws (IE the smith) all they are doing now is milking it for whoever will pay not actively looking to protect anything.
The Bow river, the Mo, Hell even the Kootenay river in Libby are all world class rivers that have the same or better access the places like the Elk for road stopping.
It is a cash grab nothing more nothing less.
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It is pure catch and release in the most sensitive/accessible area above Elho:
ELK RIVER
(above Elko Dam)
Bait ban, June 15-Oct 31
Trout/char release June 15-Oct 31: from Lower Elk Lake to Forsyth Cr, from Line Creek bridge to CPR bridge at Sparwood, from Hwy
#3 bridge at Hosmer to the northern Hwy #3 bridge at Fernie, AND from the bridge at Morrissey to Elko Dam
All other parts: trout/char daily quota =1 (none under 30 cm), June 15-Oct 31
No powered boats
Class II water when open, including tributaries
If you fished the Elk a decade ago, and then fished it today, you would see the benefit of the classified waters.
We will agree to disagree.
For the record, I would love to see classified waters put on the Bow from Bearspaw to Highway 24, and would gladly pay the annual fee. The result would be less clowns carrying plastic bags of trout away from the river.