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KEEPING ACTIVE OUTDOORS

A trio walk along the pier past colourful kayaks at the Clear Lake Marina in Wasagaming. (File)

» Continued from Page 13 said. “It’s fun getting people
out of the house. I hope there
“They’re big, big fish and is also awareness in our lakes
we have quite a lot of them and rivers and streams and
in Manitoba,” he said. “Right the waterways of Manitoba.
now is actually sturgeon sea- It’s always sad to see so much
son. They like the colder wa- garbage and litter along these
ter.” places. It would be nice for
Some of his favourite fish- people to appreciate what we
ing spots include the Souris have in Manitoba. It’s a beau-
River, where bullhead can tiful, beautiful place. We’re
be caught, and Lake Wahto- very lucky.”
panah, where rock bass can One way people can help
be caught. However, the wa- out, Lamont said, is to bring
ter still needs to warm up this a garbage bag while they fish
year before rock bass season and to pick up some trash
starts. while they’re out enjoying the
He’s not a big fan of trout wilderness.
fishing, but said Bower Lake Up to the end of April,
in Turtle Mountain Provincial 10,000 fishing licences had
Park is a good place to catch been sold in the province ac-
them. cording to a spokesperson for
With the increase in in- Manitoba Climate and Con-
terest in the sport due to the servation. That’s up eight per
pandemic, Froese said he’s cent compared to last year.
hopeful it’ll lead to a lon- More than 171,600 angling
ger-term resurgence for fish- licences were sold to Manito-
ing. bans last year.
“It’s good for fishing to re- » cslark@brandonsun.com
ally have some attention,” he » Twitter: @ColinSlark