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Originally Posted by -JR-
Its nice to have more trophy catch and release lakes around big cities .
There is no reason that we need to drive 5 hrs to catch a big fish .
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Full on C&R won’t achieve that goal that should be clear when you look across the province. Protect the large fish, harvest reasonable numbers of smaller fish to keep reasonable numbers, don’t over harvest game fish that double as forage, and as much as some might cry about it artificial bait only in areas of concern.
I rarely eat fish and would be all for more trophy fish but also understand that resources in a body of water will only has so much forage to go around and fish need to eat to get big
Another big factor in Alberta is algae blooms stress fish slowing feeding/growth rate. The algae robs oxygen at night. This is why in aquaculture uses ponds they bottom is dredged/suctioned to remove organics, bacteria is also added to eat organics and often food coloring added to the water to prevent algae
Sadly water quality in some of Alberta’s water’s world be a huge challenge
It’s far more complicated than just C&R