Sylvan Lake is done
Thank you F&W for allowing a 1 walleye limit. Sylvan lake is now toast. Massively being over fished and no more excellent catch and release days.
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man tuff gig...if you say catch and release only people complain...if you say one fish...people complain....if you put a slot size...people complain.....if you put a draw/tag system...people complain...common denominator....people complaining.
how about this...we anglers take charge of our actions...ran into a fella with similar complaints....yet he still had his...I asked why...gotta get my share...:( |
Way too early to jump to any conclusions expecially on a one walleye limit that has not even run a whole season. To many the walleye over stocking was a negative on other species and they were happy to see them thinned. My self I think walleye fight like a wet sock so have little interest in C&R walleye and rarely target them in general
There is still a ton of lakes where you can C&R walleye all day at the worst. It’s a matter of fishermen have different interests so management is trying to find a way to please a variety of fishermen |
Let's just say it was enjoyable to jig the walleye. All 25 of them and they would be there the next time you went out. Made for a fun day on the water. Not sure they were ever overpopulated or crowding out other fish. Look what happened to the pike in Sylvan, you allowed a 1 fish limit and they got decimated. This was not the walleye's fault. Yes trout are more fun to catch I agree there.
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About time they opened a damn lake and it might as well be that one.
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I am 90% C&R myself but I also respect people fish for multiple reasons. The fisheries in Alberta are there for all angles so some variety in management is a good thing in my opinion. Lots of changes I would like to see but understand that a portion of fishermen would view them as a negative change PS some trout are ok but rainbows suck to me lol |
Save a pike, whitefish, and perch....bonk a Walleye.
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OP ever consider maybe the schools were all known so when their friends started to go missing they found somewhere else to hangout? I dont know never fished for them in Coronavirus Lake
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What kills me here is there are millions of walleye at Wabamun that are destroying that lake and stunting every species in there ………. why not consider doing that in a lake like that.
I one year all the people from Edmonton can correct 15 years of poor management of that watershed. If that lake get any more walleye in it, they will be breaching the water and throwing themselves at you like those Asian Carp. |
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I still get the itch once in a blue moon to target them but rarely |
I think it is too early to tell. Maybe after a good decimating this year they will put a tough slot on or close it again. We'll see.
I only targeted whites at Sylvan so cannot speak too much to the wallies. |
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For starters here is a good article and specifically mentions walleye's mortality rate as done by the Minnesota DNR. http://www.northlandoutdoors.com/201...y-live-or-die/ |
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Finally starting to see some schools of whites again in LSA. Weird eh, might have to do with the walleye retention the last 5-6 year. Figure it out. Or your an expert who wants to catch 25 starving to death Walleye? |
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Sylvan lake has been fished and harvested for a hundred years. And back in the day limits were liberal. Never killed the lake then and it won't now. If god didn't want us to eat fish he wouldn't have made them out of meat. |
clean those stunted walleyes out of there. Go to wab and catch and release runty walleyes all you want. Lakes polluted with walleyes soon have no perch no whites skinny pike, you name it. See all those people out there catching wallies and having fun? They wanted to keep a fish and thats why they are out there fishing. You can still throw them back. Lots left.
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The only appeal I can see is that once over populated they can be caught in large numbers with very little effort... meh. IMO they should have these lakes on a rotating open season, one year Pidgeon, Wab the next etc... if the lakes can sustain a HEALTHY (not necessarily shooting fish in a barrel numbers) population then over lap them. Instead of one fished out lake, you get multiple balanced fisheries. |
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I can catch fish on all these mid AB and south lakes. WDF |
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