Posted:
May 9, 2021
KLAIP continues to help kokanee salmon
The spring weather gets everyone excited to head outdoors and enjoy time with the family. Even more exciting is a chance to win an 18’ Kingfisher boat prize package worth $50,000! The Kootenay Lake Angler Incentive Program (KLAIP) runs until June 1, and the grand prize draw will take place in early June. Anyone with a freshwater fishing licence can enter the draw!
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 depots: Crawford Bay Market, Gill and Gift, Woodbury Resort, and Wynndel Foods and Outdoor Gear.
by Contributor on Thursday April 08 2021
Guy Rook, February winner of $1,000 worth of gift certificates was drawn from the Wynndel Foods & Outdoor depot. Submitted photo
The Kootenay Lake Angler Incentive Program is designed to help the iconic kokanee salmon population recover after their collapse in 2013. In 2017, only 12,000 spawners were estimated in the main lake. Conservationists have been trying to reverse the decline by conducting kokanee egg plants and fry release for the past five years.
The high in-lake abundance of rainbow and bull trout is suppressing the survival of the kokanee, the primary food source of these predators. The incentive program encourages anglers to catch and retain rainbow and bull trout while giving the juvenile kokanee a chance to grow.
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by Contributor on Tuesday Feb 16 2021
January’s lucky $1,000 gift certificate draw winner was Kip Lippa of Nelson, with an entry at Gill & Gift depot. Submitted
The Kootenay Lake Angler Incentive Program (KLAIP) continues until June 2021, when the $50,000 Kingfisher boat package grand prize winner will be drawn.
The four depots receiving the rainbow and bull trout heads have seen a total of 8,910 entries, which will give the juvenile kokanee a chance to grow.
The program is designed to help the iconic kokanee salmon population to recover. Kootenay Lake s adult kokanee populations collapsed in 2013.
Conservationists have been trying to reverse the decline by conducting egg fertilization and fry release for the past five years.
Posted:
December 27, 2020
Kootenay Lake local November KLAIP winner
Rick Taylor has lived on Kootenay Lake for 40 years and has seen some ups and downs in fish numbers and size but commented that the last few years have been catastrophic for the Kokanee numbers.
The Kootenay Lake Angler Incentive Program (KLAIP) is designed to help the iconic kokanee salmon population recover after their collapse in 2013. Conservationists have been trying to reverse the decline by conducting kokanee egg plants and fry release for the past five years. The high in-lake abundance of rainbow and bull trout is suppressing the survival of the kokanee, the primary food source of these predators.