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Originally Posted by mickeyjim
They are fish stocking reports from comparable geographic regions in the States
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Not really comparable when when you look at how much farther North Alberta is. But I will say this. Alberta is almost the size of those 3 States combined. At best you could compare the lower third of AB. Still much further north then those States though.
About 600 water bodies (though I have heard numbers by some in about 660) in Alberta. Only have the numbers for ND and it runs about 420 by it self.
Much of Alberta's water is in the North and hard to access. Not so with the States(ND, SD, and MT).
Those 3 States have some pretty awesome Reservoirs, Fort Peck, Lake Sakakawea, Lake Oahe, Lake Sharpe, Francis Case and Lewis and Clarke. Not to mention Devils lake and others.
Any one of those Missouri River Reservoirs has more water/fish then pretty much Red Deer South.
Populations is bout 4 million in AB vs about 3 Million in all 3 of those states.
Being further south has advantages as well. Longer growing season as an example. Having some large relatively shallow bowl lakes doesn't hurt either.
Sorry, I had the numbers from the other States but cant find them at the moment
Best comparison might be Saskatchewan and even there its about 600 vs 6000. With population about 4 to 1 as well.
Alberta is quite unique and regs/ideas from other places may not be a good option here especially with the low budgets.
Hope this helps a bit.
Edit: And to the OP, sorry for a bit of a derail.