Originally Posted by mikebossy
interested to hear reasoning why more fish would die??
Bring fish up from 100 feet down too fast, handle them then put them back in the water. For sure there will be alot more that die. Seen perch, brought up from only 25 feet down, get the bends. I hait slot sizes and c&r. Too much mortality rate! Kills fish for no reason.
Here is a thought, lets put a slot size on white tail deer!
after you shot one, weight it, if it does not hit between 250 and 275 lbs, put it back! LOL
C&R , slot sizes, are a joke. If you don't want fish taken, CLOSE the lake.
Rapalaman
The problem isent slot sizes or c&r they are there for a good reason and its simple if your allowed to take fish of any size then the smaller easy bitting fish are the first to be devoured!! befor they have a chance to breed or even hit maturity for that matter!
You see its not like the southern part of the continant where fish matrue fast and die soon of old age up here in the northern part of the world fish, especialy lakers in deep cold water live longer then most men do and do not mature until they are 6 to 9 years of age.
Having a slot size at least makes sure that those fish stay in the water and are givin a chance to breed ( as long as they are handeld properly)
The other major problem is the simple fact that Alberta has three times as many people as it does lakes unlike saskamatoonawin
or manitoba where the lakes out number the people 10 to one we dont have a choice our lakes with this kind of pressure and no regulations or slot size and there fished so hard it cant recover and the fishery collapses.