A root wad buffers the bank from erosion and simultaneously provides fish habitat.

Project stabilizes creek bank, enhances fish habitat

Roseilse Creek is home to a state-of-the-art project 
that looks like an all-round winner

A riverbank stabilization project on the Roseilse Creek is demonstrating how to restore, rebuild, rehabilitate and enhance fish habitat and the riparian area along the waterway. The project, which involves the Pembina Valley Conservation District (PVCD), Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), the Recreational Fisheries Conservation Partnership program, AAE Tech Services and the Rural Municipality of

The town of Roblin has recently installed new cost-saving aeration systems at a series of local lakes as part of its ongoing investment in the region’s recreational fishery.

Recreational fishery at Roblin luring visitors year round

Tourism doesn’t stop in the Parklands when the temperature drops, and now aeration upgrades to a series of local lakes will enhance fishing in all seasons

It’s not just the wind biting in this wintry corner of the Parklands these days. So are the fish. Fly-fishers across Canada and the U.S. have long known some of the best fly-fishing is to be found here. The town is designated “Fly Fishing Capital of Manitoba” and has regularly hosted national championships since 2003.


Wade Turner of Brandon was this year’s first-place angler, winning $1,000 with his 83.2-cm northern pike.

PHOTOS: Fishing derby draws crowd

The Rivers Northern Pike Fish Derby saw a good crowd again this year


There were 189 registered contestants in the Rivers and Area Game and Fish Association 10th annual Northern Pike Fish Derby on Mar. 10 on Lake Wahtopanah. A total of 37 fish were caught during the five-hour derby. This year’s winner was Wade Turner of Brandon, hooking an 83.2-cm pike. Proceeds from the event are used

Butter in dish

Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries bets on local food

Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries dedicates 25 per cent of food budget to local food purchasing

Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries doubled the amount of local food it bought to serve in restaurants at its two Winnipeg casinos’ restaurants this year, now dedicating 25 per cent of its annual $4-million food budget to local food purchasing. The food is served at its restaurants at Club Regent and McPhillips Station where approximately 9,000


processing fish for caviar

Amidst an oil boom, North Dakota produces premium caviar

There is only a limited number of paddlefish that can be caught per year

North Dakota is known globally not just for prolific oil production, but also, it turns out, for caviar. A distinctly American version of the salty delicacy prized for centuries by Russian czars gets its start each May in the cool waters where the Missouri and Yellowstone rivers converge, the same spot where explorers Lewis and

inside an aquaculture facility

High hopes for a new type of Prairie inland fisheries

Consumers are looking for sustainably raised seafood, putting the Prairie 
provinces in a position to capitalize on cheaper land and pristine water

At times, Rudy and Leslie Reimer have felt like they’ve been swimming against the current. But surveying the tanks at Watersong Farm’s newly built trout observation room, Rudy Reimer said that the five years they’ve spent developing and redeveloping their self-contained fish farm have been worth it. “There is a lot of potential here —


Ritz promises “common-sense” rules on fishery

Farm groups and municipalities complain current federal protection of fish and their 
habitat is often “over the top” and hinders even simple ditch and culvert maintenance

Ottawa says new legislation will mean less meddling in Prairie affairs by fisheries officials. While the announcement was welcomed by municipalities and farmers fed up with red tape for simple drainage and other waterway projects, environmental groups say the proposals declare open season on all non-commercial fish habitat.  The Conservative government wants to take “a

Add A Little Fish To Your Dinner

As I write this Louis Riel Day is just around the corner and if the weather is good – and even if it’s not – I’m certain many Manitobans will take the day to enjoy a little ice fishing. Much the same way camping gear has brought a lot of indoor comforts outdoors, gear for


Testing The Waters

Can we fish in your barn? Do you feed your fish worms? A lot of people are curious about the silvery trout now swimming in a Warren-area barn that once raised chickens. Owners Leslie and Rudy Reimer are happy to talk about what they’re doing. Fishing for answers on how to raise fish indoors is

Virus, Genetic Link Eyed In Canadian Salmon Deaths

Sockeye salmon in one of Canada’s key but troubled fisheries on the Pacific Coast may have a genetic flaw that makes them more susceptible to disease, according to a study released Jan. 13. Researchers have found a genetic profile in some sockeye in British Columbia’s Fraser River that indicates some are more likely to die