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Originally Posted by The Spank
How does throwing more money at it change it? C&R anglers kill more than their share too! Mortality rates can be every bit as high in my opinion as catch & keep especially in winter when walleye & perch tend to go deeper and do not have the ability to burp off air while being brought up.
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Well with more money ( and if it actually went were it should) we don't have to close places like Raven brood trout station and can afford to build more. I agree mortality rates in winter are higher and if you can't keep the fish your fishing for in deep water then maybe it's best to leave them be but most lakes in Alberta don't have that issue. I disagree that catch and release is anywhere close to catch and keep as far as mortality rates though. Lakes like pigeon and Sylvan have hundreds of walleye caught and released daily and there's still tons of walleye in there.