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Originally Posted by HunterDave
It works in other provinces without it being law to put back the big fish and only keep the smaller eatin' sized ones and no one is getting zapped with tazers there. I do it because I think that it's the right thing to do and not because I'm wearing a shock collar. Plus the smaller ones taste better and I don't care what anyone says.  It would definitely be a task because of the strong desire of some Alberta anglers to only want to catch big fish, but not impossible.
I would start by educating new anglers about fish conservation and attitudes that would help to improve everyone's fishing experience. I would encourage them to practice it everywhere and not dismiss it simply because "the fish can't spawn in the lake anyway."
Adults can be better educated by local fishing clubs and through talking with fellow anglers (peer pressure?). When someone catches a big fish to keep it should be frowned upon and eventually people will learn. Just look at the mocking that went on on this thread when I said that I keep small fish to eat and not the big ones. That type of attitude should be directed towards people that catch and keep big fish to eat and not the fella that catches and keeps the small fish to eat. |
There you go again...trying to extrapolate incorrectly to prove your point. Firstly...you don't provide any data to show that any other provinces have the same problem as us...few lakes and high fishing pressure. Also of course showing the actual limit to limit comparison between provinces and like water bodies with like fishing pressure. Simple to do.
Secondly...you are probably even stretching this to non stocked rainbow trout lakes... So in your data...please remove everything excepted stocked rainbows to make the comparison simple.
Thirdly...how many generations and decades would be required for dads and grandpas to teach their kids...the next generation to only put back the big ones and keep only the tiny ones even if all they caught that day was big ones?
Fourthly...your idea to fix a fishing problems is so simple...
just change the way society thinks and acts... Let's get started Dave...I will change southern Alberta...you change northern Alberta...by tomorrow noon...we should be done and you and I can exchange notes and share a rare scotch.
Fifth...let's force everyone to join a local fishing club...not increasing taxes however...we can all pay the yearly dues on top of our licence fees. Then we can all get lectured to. Upon writing a multiple choice test, verbal test and an essay question...we can wait until our mark comes in. If we pass the conservation test...then we get our licence and can go fishing.
The important thing is your idea is so simple...it beats the hell out of making a lower limit and adjusting the minimum size as required to meet the general fishing requirements for individual lakes.
So simple Dave...I wish you started this thread out with your post. We could of stopped after three.
