Eastern Canada (was: Which rod?)
 

On Wed, 19 Oct 2005 10:12:28 +0300, Jarmo Hurri
wrote:


Don Traveling fishermen face two decisions in eastern
Don Canada:

Don 1. Go for salmon or other species? Some localities
Don are managed solely for salmon i.e. the salmon conservation
Don rules narrowly restrict pursuing other species. E.g. sea-run
Don trout cannot be sought in Quebec salmon rivers (without a
Don salmon licence and salmon beat) except in tidal waters.

Don 2. Paying for a guide. Each provincial government
Don has debated whether this is a reasonable way of making the
Don traveling fisherman pay cash for his pleasure. New Brunswick
Don decided Yes (requires a licenced guide to fish any salmon
Don water), Nova Scotia decided No. The choice is ours.

Hi Don!

Pardon my French (pun intended), but are there any differences in the
number of public waters in each province? I've sort of got the
impression that provinces like Quebec make it much harder for an
open-mindedly straying fisherman. Or am I wrong?


Jarmo, there's a huge amount of public access water in eastern Canada,
however, the prime salmon runs will tend to be privately held.
Newfoundland & Labrador do have guide rules that make it more
difficult to go it alone. New Brunswick and Nova Scotia are less
demanding. Quebec is probably the easiest to gain access and if you
want to C&R salmon, even that's not difficult. Quebec is roughly
double the size of France and Germany put together with a population
the size of Switzerland's so as you can imagine, there are tens of
thousands of inland lakes and rivers that are virtually untouched.
Because there is so much fishable public water with little or no road
access, research gets tricky without local knowledge. The hinterland
of Quebec is a fisherman's paradise provided you can get to it and the
bugs don't leave you a dessicated corpse after you arrive.

If you're interested in eastern Canadian salmon, got to:
http://www.flyfishingforum.com/flytalk/index.htm and ask your
questions on the "Classsic Atlantic Salmon" forum. There are a number
of people on the forum who are qualified to help.

Peter

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Eastern Canada
 

Peter Quebec is probably the easiest to gain access and if you want
Peter to C&R salmon, even that's not difficult. ...

Hi Peter!

Thanks for the info. The reason I'm asking about these issues is that
it may be time to start planning for a major fishing trip. Again. I
bailed out of the last major trip of our group (Alaska this September)
because it did not suit my plans. But it looks like the group will
start saving money again for the next trip, which might take place in
'07 or '08.

When planning the trip that took place this year, we were effectively
choosing between Alaska, British Columbia and the Montana / Idaho /
Wyoming region. For some of these we found that for a complete
outsider, it can be very hard to form a really solid opinion based on
what you can find in books / sites etc. That's why first-hand
information from natives is very valuable.

BTW, as far as the different species are concerned, I myself am most
interested in trout, charr (including brookies) and grayling, but I
also fish for salmon.

Thanks again and all the best.

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Jarmo Hurri

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