It will soon be possible to fish in the City of Yorkton. The Logan Green Fish Pond was stocked with 750 rainbow trout recently, which completes the Logan Green Water Management System and allows for a unique recreation opportunity.
The fish pond is the eventual destination of water that makes it way through the backwash water settling ponds. This is the final phase of the $33 million water treatment project, which has already several awards for the city for its innovative, environmentally friendly use of backwash water to create a green space within the city.
The fish pond part of the project was in partnership between the City of Yorkton, the Assiniboine Watershed Stewardship Association and both the Saskatchewan and Yorkton Wildlife Federations.
Adam Matichuk with the Sask Wildlife Federation, says that it's an opportunity for the city, as there is now a bit of nature in the City of Yorkton, with the fishery being built where they was none before.
The pond is strictly catch and release. Barbed hooks are not allowed, nor is live bait. All fishing must be done from the shore, as well use is restricted to daylight hours. As well, given that there is constant movement of water into the pond, ice fishing will not be allowed in winter.
Matichuk says that the choice of rainbow trout was because it is a species that does well in ponds and should be well adapted to the environment at Logan Green. While the fish are in the pond, he says that eager fishers should wait for a bit to allow the fish to grow, but that the pond should be ready this summer.
The project remains a bit of an experiment, and Matichuk says that they will be monitoring the water temperature in the pond closely all summer as that is the biggest concern for the well being of the fish.
"We're hoping that the fish do well in here and grow quickly, and provide a great fishing opportunity for the people.
