I was reading the 2012/2013 season fishing regulations this weekend as well as the online draw summaries from previous years. Available
here .
I couldn't help but notice lakes that have been placed from open general walleye. (i.e. 1 over 50cm during the regular season to any person with a fishing licence). To a draw basis only such as Amisk which was open for 121 tags last year in class B meaning each tag allowed three walleye.
In this years regulations it states two new lakes have been added to being tags only and
two have been removed because they no longer have sufficient walleye species. I.e. the walleye are or near to extinct from the lake. One of these lakes is Amisk. Going through the previous years of draws I also came across Floatingstone.
Does it seam to anyone else like the reaction to save the lake is always a little to late? We are constantly letting lakes get fished out then closing them once there are no fish left? Its kind of sad when a species is removed from a lake forever, you'd think we'd learn from how many lakes were fished out in the 20's until now like the trout from Touchwood, the walleye from Lac La Biche ect.
End of rant.