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Originally Posted by Kurt505
From what I understand, by what has been explained on this thread, no you cannot leave your catch at your RV and still retain fish if the limit on the water body you are fishing is one.
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Yeah so I just re read the regs. Seems they have changed a bunch of the wording since ive read the general regs probably several years ago. So they actually once again to me make no sense.
Possession - A fish is considered retained (kept) when it is not immediately returned to the waters from which it was taken.
Daily Possession - The number of fish you are allowed to keep while fishing in one day is equal to the limit listed for each species or group of species at the lake or stream being fished, including any fish eaten or given away that day. When you are fishing at any lake or stream, you may not have in your possession more fish than the limit, or fish other than those of legal size, listed for the lake or stream being fished.
Province-wide maximum possession – All fish kept from any lake or stream, from any Watershed Unit, count as part of the provincewide maximum possession that must not be exceeded. Example – if fishing a waterbody with a limit of one walleye over 50 cm, if you keep (retain) a fish on a stringer or in a live well, you cannot release a retained fish and keep a larger one.
The maximum number of fish you may have, including fish at your home and fish caught under a special harvest licence, for each game fish species or group of species is listed below:
Trout – 5 in total, combined of:
0 bull trout (native to Alberta);
2 Northern Dolly Varden (stocked in Chester Lake only);
1 golden trout;
3 lake trout;
5 cutthroat trout;
5 rainbow trout;
5 brown trout;
5 brook trout;
5 tiger trout.
Arctic Grayling – 0
Mountain Whitefish – 5 in total.
Walleye and Sauger – 3 in combined total.
Northern Pike – 3 in total.
Yellow Perch – 15 in total.
Lake Whitefish and Cisco (Tullibee) – 10 in combined total.
Goldeye and Mooneye – 10 in combined total.
Burbot (Ling) – 10 in total.
Lake Sturgeon – 0
Non-game fish – no restriction on the numbers kept.
This reg seems to separate "posession" and "home".
So it says you can't have more than the lake limit you are fishing in your posession. Then it says the max you can have at home is 3 walleye. So doesn't seem both of these statements can be true. So if you always fish lakes with a one fish walleye limit it means you can't have any walleye at home either if you intend to keep one fish?
Talk about confusing. BC is so much easier. States it more clearly I think. 2 days posession on your person outside of ordinary residence and once at home no longer counts towards posession.
BC "
ordinary residence … a residential dwelling
where a person normally lives, with all
associated connotations including a
permanent mailing address, telephone
number, furnishings and storage of
automobile; the address on one’s driver’s
licence and automobile registration, where
one is registered to vote. A motor home
or vessel at a campsite or marina is not
considered to be an ordinary residence.
possession quota … the number of fish of
any species that an angler may have in their
possession at any given time, EXCEPT at
place of ordinary residence (see above).
In most instances, the possession quota is
two times the daily quota.
QUOTAS
For all game fish, there is a quota or limit on the
number of fish you may retain.
Refer to the Regional Chapters for Regional Daily
Catch Quotas and to the Regional Water-Specific
Tables for special quotas on some individual waters.
Daily quota … the maximum number of fish of a
given species, group of species, or size class
that you may retain in one calendar day.
Possession quota … no more than twice the
daily quota unless otherwise specified (see
definition, page 96).
Monthly quota … the maximum number of
fish that you are allowed to retain in one
calendar month.
Annual quota … the maximum number of fish
that you are allowed to retain in one licence
year (April 1 to March 31).
Quotas are not cumulative: you cannot possess
a quota from each region that you fish.
As a general guideline, never have in your
possession while at or near any lake or
stream, more fish than the allowable quota
for that lake or stream. Check the Regional
Regulations and Tables for daily catch
quotas for B.C. sport fish."
I'll delete my prior posts since I am obviously dead wrong clueless when it comes to the letter of the law posession for fish in AB these days.
Seems i can no longer delete. If admin wants please delete all my posts from this thread. I don't want to spread disinformation.