Some early morning digging and adding got me:
Total Number of lakes stocked by SRD & ACA in Alberta = 301
Total Number of "Quality Lake" = 17
Percentage of Lake that might be managed as Quality 5.6%
Numbers of anglers supporting a kill of 5 = 5%
Numbers of anglers supporting a regulation of kill over 20"= 76%
Is the Govt that far out of step with the angling population? Looks like only 5% of the anglers support SRD managing 95% of our trout lakes as non-Quality.
Of the lakes in the Quality list below only Bullshead & Muir. The rest are either to new to know or have already been screwed by poor management practices.
Bullshead PP1 1 > 50 cm Bait Ban Nov 1 - Mar 31
Police (Outpost) PP1 1 > 50 cm Bait Ban Nov 1 - Mar 31
Kerbe's PP2 1 > 50 cm Bait Ban Dec 1 - Mar 31
Muir PP2 1 > 50 cm Bait Ban Nov 1 - Apr 30
Champion ES1 1 > 40 cm Bait Ban Open
Muskiki ES2 1 > 40 cm Bait Ban Open
Beaver ES2 1/1 > 40 cm & < 40 cm Bait Ban Dec 1 - Mar 31
Fiesta ES2 0 N/A Bait Ban Nov 1 - Apr 15
Ironside ES2 0 N/A Bait Ban Nov 1 - Apr 15
Silkstone ES2 1 > 40 cm Bait Ban Open
Lovett ES3 1 > 40 cm Bait Ban Open
Pit 24 ES3 1 > 40 cm Bait Ban Open
Pit 35 ES3 1 > 40 cm Bait Ban Open
Pit 45 ES3 1 > 40 cm Bait Ban Open
Lower Pierre Grey's ES4 1 > 40 cm Bait Ban Open
Figure 8 NB3 5 N/A Bait Allowed Op
Don
And Sun...
You have to balance the number of fish in the lake to the food resources to maintain any growth @ all.
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