If Flames&Powder won’t buy a fishing licence this year and pay the $20 a day fee, then their plan is working. The government?Ç‚Äôs Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection says the change is needed because the popular rivers are becoming over crowded. 86% less people on the elk river sounds about right to me. Due to the successful management of the rivers by the fisheries, it had attracted many guided and unguided anglers outside of B.C. B.C. anglers who have been fishing the southeastern rivers for years have noted a steady increase in pressure. Trailheads and drift boat access points now typically have several vehicles parked at them almost every day in the summer. And it is difficult to find a section of the river to wade without seeing dozens of boats go by in a day.
On the Elk River licensed commercial guides/assistants increased from 9, in 1995, to 52 in 2002. Guided days on the Elk jumped during the same period from 149 to more than 1500.
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