New Regs Out, Burn the Internet Down!
Ha, figured some of you might like to see the new regs admin added a link to above. There are some significant changes this year.
They went ahead and opened PCR to retention as well as Burnstick and Glennifer and also 5 other new tag lakes including Gull. Bow River regs were simplified and changed to bait ban catch and release everywhere from Banff NP to Bassano Dam. It is now also illegal to waste burbot. Also illegal to dispose of unused bait within 50 metres of water bodies except in a regularly serviced waste disposal receptacle. There could be more too those are just the highlighted points at beginning of regs. Make sure you read through them carefully and understand them. |
Pine Coulee. Allowed to keep 3 walleye any size. Any bets on whether there are any fish left before summer!?
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Looks like an in-season change coming. I'm sure they must have meant to say "pulled" not plugged. |
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With a walleye and pike limit of 3 each, it'll be fished out in a year. The boat launch and dock should be one amazing spectacle on opening day...:scared0015: :party0052: Quote:
It's perfectly OK to fish with it - which exposes it to the water and will inevitably result in lost bait entering the water body - but it can't be disposed of within 50m? Seriously? How are the 99% of minnows or worms in a tub OK to be released in the water while fishing, but the 1% remaining are a serious issue if put directly into the water? Is the bait affecting or somehow how harming wildlife within 50m of shore? Throwing it in the bush 51m away is perfectly fine? If it's a littering thing due to the mess or the smell, then just issue a ticket for littering... |
Don't bypass watercraft inspection stations. If you do and they find critters on your boat, the fines/jail time are HUGE! They are very nice people and often have giveaways like drink insulators, floating keychains and drying cloths for your boat.
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Another thing noted is a comment saying that the Tiger Trout stocking was seen as a success and they plan to increase Tiger trout opportunities this year. Strange that they still haven't made them a sport fish species yet... |
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Just make it illegal period. |
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I see "The edible flesh of legally kept game fish must not be wasted, destroyed, spoiled or abandoned (this does not apply to burbot)." Which would be the same as a burbot thrown on the ice and wasted was still considered "legally kept". |
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Bout time they increased the licence fees for non resident and non resident Canadians.:sHa_shakeshout:
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It's entirely about Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) prevention. Zebra/ Quagga Mussels and non-native fish As for the comment about dumping worms and leeches in the water, you're supposed to kill and dispose of outside the water. Dew worms and earthworms are an Invasive Species, changing plant composition by mixing the soil horizons, so should be killed before being tossed |
A class tags for walleye out of Gull lake now, thats good to see
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Really hate to see the PCR change, I used it as an introduction spot for newby's, mobility impaired friend, grandkids, morning fishery with neighbours, get the boat running in the spring etc.. AER asked for input until early March 2017, the Regs. must have been finalized and into printers by that date. Sad really, they did not want any input it would seem. I guess in a few years we will may have another put and take small trout fishery.
As other have stated opening days will be a gong show. Might be fun to watch if it wasn't so sad. I would have thought that if they really wanted the walleye out of there, maybe a one or two tag system for kids etc. may have sufficed. At least that would keep the whole thing some what manageable. |
Dont worry their plan is to fish it out as bad as it sounds. They are removing them to turn it into a trout lake. They will succeed easily I would bet.
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I would have preferred a retention of 1 on pcr, if we are honest with ourselves that wasn't a healthy ecosystem, all those fish were stunted and eating themselves out of house and home, hopefully this allows other fish species to live and thrive. Perhaps we can see some perch or whitefish introduced as baitfish was sorely missing and the walleye eating all the pike and burbot should end. It's a bit much of a change in this particular lake but good to see walleye not being given the status of god in all of our lakes
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http://albertaregulations.ca/fishing...anagement.html Online does not trump paper, neither are actually the law just summaries of it. The law used to state Quote:
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Link- http://worms.biology.ualberta.ca/spread/ |
Yes please keep the walleye under control at gull. No better time than now. Hope they give lots of tags for the mid range fish and manage it as the perch whitefish and Ling and pike lake that it is. Nothing wrong with having the odd big walleye around and they will spawn successfully if they are big mature experienced females. Pike should be one under 75cm for a year or two to protect the dwindling number of bigger females because they have great gene pool there. Just my opinion.
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