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Originally Posted by Sundancefisher
That is a shame. So you are totally opposed to all quality fisheries. But you have not even fished one by the sounds of it.
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That depends on what you consider a quality fishery. If making it easier to catch and keep one 20" trout instead of being able to catch and keep three harder to catch 20" is considered a quality fishery then yeah, I guess that I am opposed to it.
No, I have never fished in any body of water in Alberta that is officially classed as a quality fishery. Nor have I jabbed a sharp pencil in my eye but even thou I haven't experienced it, I bet that it would hurt. I have though fished lakes that I personally consider quality fisheries although not officially called such.
If there were two bodies of water each 150kms from my home and both held +20" trout, which lake do you think that I'm going to drive to?
A. A quality fishery lake with easier to catch large trout with a minimum size limited to +20" and a possession limit of one; or
B. A lake with harder to catch larger trout with a minimum size limited to 12" and a possession limit of three.
I'll give you a hint........it's not "A"
In lake "B" I have the option of keeping three +20" if I want to. I also have the option of keeping three trout between 12" and 20" if I want something to cook up for myself for supper when I get home. I'm also the type that doesn't mind a challenge when it comes to catching fish and I realize that not everyone is like that.
It's all about options. This proposal will take the options away from anglers and limit them to one thing. If anyone that signs the petition doesn't understand that before signing it then too bad for them.
