Quote:
Originally Posted by Brandonkop
It's not about bonking fish, it's about balanced fisheries and diversity. If you protect walleye in a lake they are an apex predator. They are fishing 365 days a year eating everything in the lake that they can fit in their mouth.
|
Couldn't agree more and as I've said in previous posts before. The bio's missed the boat on this point by a thousand miles no question.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Brandonkop
As many fish as we ever caught we never could have fished the lake out of perch in a lifetime. What we could not achieve in a lifetime the walleye have collapsed in 15 years of protection. It was really interesting to watch a lake change over time and population dynamics flux with the simple shutdown of the walleye fishery. Mid way it was looking pretty great... we have long since past that point.
|
Your dead wrong on this one. After several years of recovery, Long Lake was opened up for 2 weeks to allow a harvest of 1 Walleye. The Walleye fishery collapsed again only after 2 weeks. GPS, sonars, imaging, underwater cameras, GPS guided trolling motors, advanced lures & tackle, quads, skidoos, SxS, inflatable float tubes... we have an unfair advantage. Whether it be technical advantages or pi$$ poor fisheries management decisions, us humans have the ability to impact things with a flip of a switch.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Brandonkop
Natives are still netting these lakes. The oil industry continues to deplete the ground water and lake levels in areas across the province have suffered significant drop in water levels. Winterkill/ summer kill, blue green algae, nutrient loading from surrounding cattle and grain farms.
|
Agree with most of these points here as well however what do any of these points have to do with harvest management by fisheries?
Just a hunch, do you think that the water levels for "your" neck of the woods Garner, Mann, Floating Stone, Fork, Muriel... are due to the Oil industry? If so you need to get educated.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Brandonkop
You pointing the finger at me is kind of funny given haven't lived in Alberta for 15 years and I haven't kept a fish from the lake I mentioned in years. There are lots of fish in Alberta and super easy to catch... they're just all small starving walleye.
|
If you think the problem only started 15 years ago you are unfortunately very ill informed. Futher more I'm pointing the finger at all of us anglers not just you in case you missed that. What would be interesting is to see your viewpoint on what solutions you would implement to correct what you see as being wrong. Like most, you have pointed a bunch of fingers but are silent and it appears unwilling to participate at any level in contributing to improving our resource.