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4.5 Fishing Areas

Interview participants reported past and current fishing areas in numerous , rivers and creeks throughout their traditional territory including in the vicinity of the proposed Project. MFN members report fishing for various species of fish including: whitefish, perch, jackfish, suckers, trout, sturgeon, and grayling (MFN1, MFN2, MFN3, MFN4, MFN5, MFN11, MFN12, MFN13). Similar to the accounts about hunting, many MFN members relayed stories about using their status card when fishing in lieu of a provincial fishing licence (MFN11, MFN12, MFN14, MFN15). Members reported fishing predominantly with a fishing line; however some participants also net fish or have in the past.

Figure 4-5 is an overview of the fishing areas identified during the study. Figures 4-6, and 4-7 are focused maps that show the fishing areas listed below.

Fishing locales within the Regional Effects Assessment Area include:

6. Gladue for jackfish (MFN2) 8. Sturgeon River for jackfish, pike and sturgeon (MFN1, MFN11, MFN12) 9. Atim/Dog Creek to Big Lake for jackfish and pike (MFN1) 10. Muir Lake (MFN1) 11. , catch and release only (MFN1) 12. Beach (MFN1) 14. Devil’s Lake/Matchayaw (MFN1, MFN13) 15. Nakamun Lake (MFN1) 16. Isle Lake (MFN1) 17. Lac la Nonne (MFN1) 19. McLeod River forks near Whitecourt (MFN1) 21. near Evansburg (MFN1) 24. Iosegun Lake (MFN1) 25. Simonette River (MFN1) 26. Smoke Lake (MFN1) 27. Little Smokey River (MFN1) 31. Berland River/Grande Cache/Hinton area (MFN1) 46. Carson Lake for trout and perch (MFN11, MFN12) 52. Thunder Lake for walleye/pickerel and jackfish/northern pike (MFN11, MFN12) 63. South end of former reserve (MFN11, MFN12) 67. Wabamun Lake for whitefish and pike (MFN11, MFN5)

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70. West end of Atim/Dog Creek (MFN11, MFN12) 77. Lac St. Anne for walleye, whitefish and pike (MFN3, MFN14, MFN15) 78. Lac la Nonne for perch (MFN3) 80. Birch Lake on the Alexis Reserve (MFN3) 81. Un-named creek from Sturgeon River to Lac St. Anne for suckers (MFN3) 82. East end of Atim/Dog Creek (MFN3) 152. Lac St. Anne for whitefish (MFN7) 162. Cunningham Bridge in St. Albert for jackfish (MFN13, MFN14) 173. Western edge of big lake, spawning for suckers and jackfish (MFN13) 180. Lac la Nonne for walleye and pike (MFN13) 195. Sandy Lake (MFN1, MFN13)

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