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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.
by Nelson Daily Sports on Tuesday Dec 22 2020
November winner Rick Taylor show shows a catch during a day on the lake in November. Submitted photo
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.
Anglers are encouraged to harvest rainbow and bull trout in the main body of Kootenay Lake, then bring heads to local depots to be entered in the monthly draw for a prize worth $1,000.
Two Williams Lake men fined for snowmobiling in caribou closure
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A pair of men from Williams Lake has been fined over $9,000 by the Conversation Officer Service (COS) for snowmobiling in a caribou closure area back in 2019.
In March 2019, Conservation Officers and RCMP conducted a joint helicopter patrol of snowmobile closures east of Williams Lake.
Two snowmobilers were seen operating within the Grain Creek snowmobile closure near Quesnel Lake. The two operators went to significant efforts to evade all officers’ attempts to make contact but were eventually arrested near Caribou Lake.
One man was fined $5,050 after being found guilty of operating a snowmobile in a closed area, obstructing a Conservation Officer and operating a snowmobile in a reckless manner. The other man was fined $4,000 for operating a snowmobile in a closed area.
BC men fined over $9K for snowmobiling in protected caribou area
Two snowmobilers were handed big fines after being caught by British Columbia conservation areas in a forbidden area.
The two men were found after officers aboard a helicopter spotted tracks while flying around the Williams Lake area.
Officials say the two operators went to significant efforts to evade the officers before eventually being arrested near Caribou Lake.
One man was fined $5,050 after being found guilty of operating a snowmobile in a closed area, obstructing a Conservation Officer and operating a snowmobile in a reckless manner.
The other man was fined $4,000 for operating a snowmobile in a closed area.