Fishing Alberta.Net

Hello, hope everyone enjoyed a great summer. It isn't over just quite yet, i predict many more sunny days and excellent fishing yet to come. Fishing in the fall when the leaves are turning color is one of my most favorite times. It the frost in the morning and the cool air that  takes me awhile to get me going before that sun comes out.

If your like me with a inboard, it is almost time to start lining things out for the annual winterization which usually occurs mid October if the weather holds in the cool morning hours. Over the years I learned to do the entire boat check of  tasks to make sure it has it has a nice safe storage over the winter. i beleive we have some video's  of these procedures and procautions when caring for your boat. As far as the lucky ones who use smaller boats and outboards you have a bit more time.  A heated garage, well good for you.

Fishing Alberta Net is now on Facebook, for those of you that are well facebook friendly. The list of friends has grown to almost 500 in a couple of weeks, ah the power of the internet.

i know alot of our members have alot of pictures to share, so feel free to upload them anytime. You can also add video's or put events on the calendar if you choose.

On a personal note, fishing this year was good, not quite as successful as last year, but was still alot of fun. My goal was to prevent any boating mishaps of any kind, wait there was one now that I think of it, I had a lovely young lady who decided to cut right behind me full speed and cut my trolling line, I was ready for the rod to go airborne, but the line just cut, so it wasn't a big deal.

Hope everyone is having a great summer. I know the last week of rain was a bit much, but the farmers should be happy, and hopefully save the crops.  Always look at the positive side of things. It is great to see 101 site members  and 180 in the forum.  The website is growing and we are coming up to the final draw on July 15 for the Grand Prize of the travel suitcase  (rod and reel), its quite nice.  The GPS we just gave away to a fellow in Carvel, AB, he should never get lost in Carvel anytime soon.

Still looking for the bragging photo of the summer from a member. Who caught the biggest fish this summer. Our next adventure for the Fishing Alberta Team, is to the rockies for some rainbow trout and whatever else we can find.  Have to get the old fly rod shined up and ready for action.

As mentioned, any member who wants to write a article  for the blog is welcome to do so.

I could give some fishing tips, but I always shy away from telling someone how to fish, that the fun about it and the challenge it presents, live and learn.  Unless your out on a windy lake in the cold without a bite, you tell yourself please tell me what I have to do to get a nibble, anyone?

The good news, the cold windy days should be behind us and the water sports should be in full swing. The prime fishing season is here. I always liked the third week of July.  See you next time on the blog where I might have some good stories to tell from the Rocky Mountains.

Enjoy your summer!

Welcome to the first edition of the Fishing Alberta Blog.  I thought it was about time we added this application to the mix. My thinking is, I could use this forum to update and inform how to interact with the websiteand fellow members. My other thought was to add an addiitional way for our members both on the website and the forum to express themselves. Any member from either location can write their very own blog and I will post it. I think everyone would like submit some wisdom. The best thing you don't have to write every week.  Send it to

fishingalberta.net@gmail.com on a word document. I will copy and paste it. Include your name, photo if you want.

It can be anything from fishing tips, fishing trips, description of your business and services you offer (fishing and camping related). Look forward to some interesting blogs.

As you may of noticed I changed the color scheme of the website, i think its looks much better, a bit dark before. Sone of the features you may not be aware of are: 

Website members can upload pictures, video's and put events on the calendar right from your own computer. Don't worry i have lots of space for your 200 pictures. You can also interact with fellow members by sending them messages, commenting on their member photo's etc..

The kids section is a great place for the younger ones to explore the world of fiishing, lots of stuff for them to do, you might even like to try some of the quizzes yourself.

I going to add another application to the website, a e- store  featuring mostly fishing books and some electronic fishing gear like GPS and fishfinders etc. Look for it in a couple of days on the nav bar, should be some great books to read.

You may of noticed advertising banners on the website. We place them hoping you as the member or guest will click on them and shop there on their own secure sites. The reason we do this is to fund the website by commision we earn. We use this money to buy our fishin gear for our contests every summer.  We do this website for the love of fishing but its sure nice to give free stuff away every summer. Be sure to check the list to see if you won.

We right in the heart of fishing season and I'm sure most of you are out trying your luck at the various lakes. We still need some of that hot weather to get those wakeboards out. Looking forward to it, can't beleive Canada Day is here already.  Cheers ! Good fishing to ya!