Before this one goes completely off the rails, i'll give my 2 cents.
I don't honestly have a strong opinion either way on the subject, but I will say this:
Myself as well as a lot of my fishing buddies / people in facebook groups all agree they are catching the biggest walleye they can remember the last 2 years.
Maybe something is working with the current regs?
On a few lakes and rivers I wont mention (within 2.5 hours of edmonton), you can consistently catch 30" walleye if you know what you're doing.
Obviously its not perfect but its definitely better than when the population was on the brink.
Could certain lakes use more harvest? Sure. Could some use less? Perhaps. More studies need to be done and without any money put forward by the province the powers that be have to resort to annoying things like tags etc etc.
Its impossible to please everyone in a province like alberta due to the pressure vs the amount of water available, but they are doing pretty OK with Walleye management I would have to say.
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