I'm going on personal observations and hearsay, but the popularity of Police Lake south of Cardston seems to have diminished since they changed it into a "quality" fishery. I'm not sure what the ratio of people who would like to catch and release good sized fish compared to people that want to keep and take them home is, but it seems that many want to take them home to eat, judging by the couple of incidents of poachers I've seen at Police. I've heard that the campground has spots most of the time, even on long weekends.
Personally, I'd be all for another trophy fishery at Pine Coulee, but that's just my personal view and the type of fishing I like.
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