Thread: Bass? Alberta?
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Old 09-12-2011, 08:16 PM
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Originally Posted by sheephunter View Post
While that may seem to make sense on the surface, I think you have to look a little deeper. There is no evidence of bass ever spawning in Alberta...the same can't be said about rainbows. I think you need to look at the causes of mortality and the spawning success for each species to get a bit more complete picture before making that comparison. Some of our southern reservoirs may be able to support a smallmouth population but I doubt there is a lake in Alberta suitable for largemouth.
99% of the waters bows are stock in are not suitable for spawning the % of natural spawned fish is not sufficient to self sustain the species. If the same stocking program was affixed to bass that the trout had there could be a nice bass fishery in alberta at this time
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