Kootenay Lake Kokanee Recovery Update January 2021

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 into it. It...

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...

Reel in Rewards: Kootenay Lake’s 2023 Angler Events Bolsters Kokanee Salmon Conservation

Angler's Atlas, with support from the Ministry of Forests and other local businesses, has announced the launch of the Kootenay Angler Incentive Summer Event details. The program encourages visiting and resident anglers to get on...

Kootenay Lake Angler Incentive Program (KLAIP) announces second $1,000 winner!

Local anglers continue to be incredibly supportive of the Kootenay Lake Angler Incentive Program, as evidenced by the high response rate of fish heads being deposited at the four depots. Anglers who have not fished on the lake in recent years are taking advantage of...

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,...

New Angler Program for Kootenay Lake

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 28, 2020 Kootenay Lake, B.C. – A new angler incentive program on Kootenay Lake launches June 1, 2020. Anglers are encouraged to harvest rainbow and bull trout in the main body of Kootenay Lake and then turn in the heads to one of four...