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Originally Posted by Walleyedude
. My preference is to throw them a couple sacrificial lambs and let them fish them out.
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It's your preference, but you are not the only type of angler in Alberta.
What you want is what fits your personal agenda, not a balanced fishery. Drop 75% of the anglers a sacrificial lamb so you can fish 90% of the lakes for walleye you can't keep. There are so many lakes in Alberta now that are grossly over populated with walleye. That's great if all you want to catch is walleye and throw them back.
If it's solely a sport fishery you're after, why not promote trout ponds or pike habitats? They fight a hell of a lot better than walleye, and it's not like you're going to eat them.
You are basing your argument on wanting a walleye fishery for yourself, not a healthy balanced multi-species fishery.
There are other sport fish in Alberta.
You know for certain my suggestion will fail, can you show me a case study that backs that up? Certainly not from Alberta where daily limits went from 5 to zero and even possession limits went from 10 to 1. Poachers will poach no matter what the limits are, so that's a moot point.
Why not drop a sacrificial lamb to your type of angling and keep a zero retention on 10% of the lakes? It's not like you'll fish them out.