I think a lot of people were blindsided with the walleye slots in these reservoirs especially when all the talk and input was aimed towards lakers in Cold Lake. I have only been fishing in Alberta since 2014 so I do not have the personal historical data that many of you have.
We all clearly love to fish, many like to keep where allowed and many practice catch, picture, release.
I think the biologists and decision makers could do a better job of explaining long term goals of lakes especially when the regulations change. You will never get the 200k plus angler community to agree with every change but I feel more explanation will go a long way.
I have contacted local offices to ask for long term goals of certain lakes and the information received back has been mostly fluff with unclear long term goals.
The more information that is shared, the more we know and that is never a bad thing.
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