Kokanee Comeback: Insights from a Kootenay Angler and Biologist

“Fishing off the neighbour’s dock for whitefish on the shores of Kootenay Lake was my first exposure to angling. I was around four years old. As a young adult, I spent much of my time in a tin boat fishing on Kootenay Lake and many of the creeks that flow...

Anglers an Important Part of Kokanee Comeback

The year is 1941. Wonder Woman makes her first comic book appearance, boxes of Cheerios appear on grocery store shelves for the first time, singers Joan Baez, Neil Diamond and Aaron Neville are born, and an attack on Pearl Harbour by the Japanese Navy changes the...

Kootenay Lake Angler Incentive Program off to a Great Start!

The first lucky winner of the new Kootenay Lake Angler Incentive Program is local Dave Johnston from Grey Creek. Johnston picked up the June prize of gift certificates to local businesses worth $1,000 from the Gill & Gifts depot. In the first month of the program,...