The good old days..

[sonny]

You know there's a lot of truth to that old saying... For example we went camping at Fickle lake for a few days and we did enjoy ourselfs but it's not like the good old days.

Back in the 1980's camping was free and so was the firewood that they supplied.The walleye limit was 5 per day and none of this size limit BS.

Now camping here costs $25 per night and if you don't bring your own firewood you can pay $8 per skimpy bagfull.

Now the walleye limit is zero and that goes for pike also.

Ok that's the end of my rant but I sure do miss the good old day.

[Walleyes]

You and me both Sonny as I'm sure most on here do as well.

I've been spending a lot of time in Sask this summer. I'm seriously considering the move. If the right piece of land comes up for sale, I may just buy it and sit on it and see what happens.

[Cabininthewoods]

Seems like Alberta government and all its branches is a cash grab and exploit.

I love going to those tiny little lakes that don't show up on a make and aren't in the regs and catching pike and perch and setting up a tent.  Fish usually aren't huge, but it's enjoying the wilderness the way it should be enjoyed.

[sonny]

Seems like Alberta government and all its branches is a cash grab and exploit.

I love going to those tiny little lakes that don't show up on a make and aren't in the regs and catching pike and perch and setting up a tent.  Fish usually aren't huge, but it's enjoying the wilderness the way it should be enjoyed.

Can't argue with that..
I'm a little to old to do the tent thing but camping on crown land will be on my list where I retire...

Screw $25 a night.

[sonny]

The good old days when you could still use bait in streams..

Yes sir a hook with a worm weighted down with a split shot or two..

Just drift that puppy down under a log jam and the bite could be a Rocky mountain whitefish.a rainbow or a Bull trout..

Seems to me we called them Dollys back then.Don't really matter because they tasted like wet sawdust anyway..

[Cabininthewoods]

The good old days when you could still use bait in streams..

Yes sir a hook with a worm weighted down with a split shot or two..

Just drift that puppy down under a log jam and the bite could be a Rocky mountain whitefish.a rainbow or a Bull trout..

Seems to me we called them Dollys back then.Don't really matter because they tasted like wet sawdust anyway..

I actually don't mind paying some $ to camp at a camp ground.  I rarely use camp grounds. 

What bothers me is how the government keeps trying to expand camp grounds, make secluded lakes easy to access, ****ing up fish retentions etc...



It drives me nuts that the government can not understand when you close all the lakes in an area for walleye except 1 lake, your basically funnelling every weekend warrior, every 5th wheel/large boat owner to that lake.  Happens over and over and over.

For example, if the government put 0 retention on seibert, that lake might actually be savable still. 

[greylynx]

The good old days when you could still use bait in streams..

Yes sir a hook with a worm weighted down with a split shot or two..

Just drift that puppy down under a log jam and the bite could be a Rocky mountain whitefish.a rainbow or a Bull trout..

Seems to me we called them Dollys back then.Don't really matter because they tasted like wet sawdust anyway..

And during the late fifties and  sixties the really neat thing was when the Americans with their Airstream trailers would  camp along the rivers and streams in the Coal-branch and catch all those little Athabows for on site canning to take home with them.  Garbage fish like greasy bulls, and wormy Rockies were bear food to be tossed into the bush.  Mr. Mitchell senior who had a cabin in Cadomim was not too pleased about those activities. But what did he know? I say this sarcastically.  Rest in Peace Mr. Mitchell.

To this very day as I practice with my spotting scope and binoculars in the Coal Branch, you see people using the maggot and a worm in every form you can imagine. The attitude seems to be "who cares"?

[Walleyes]

I think we all thought it was never going to end and treated the resources as such. Hey it was the time we did as we thought was best. I think if Albertas population would have stayed where it was at it probably would have been darn close anyways.

[sonny]

And during the late fifties and  sixties the really neat thing was when the Americans with their Airstream trailers would  camp along the rivers and streams in the Coal-branch and catch all those little Athabows for on site canning to take home with them.  Garbage fish like greasy bulls, and wormy Rockies were bear food to be tossed into the bush.  Mr. Mitchell senior who had a cabin in Cadomim was not too pleased about those activities. But what did he know? I say this sarcastically.  Rest in Peace Mr. Mitchell.

To this very day as I practice with my spotting scope and binoculars in the Coal Branch, you see people using the maggot and a worm in every form you can imagine. The attitude seems to be "who cares"?

Laws only affect legal law abiding folks,you know that as well as I do.

But I do have a question for anyone familiar with Fickle lake..

Where in the H did the lily pads go?

Used to be plenty off the point and also across the other side.Now they are gone..

What the heck happened?

[Tuc]

Awwwh, don't worry Sonny, the Liberals are in now, they will fix things!