I live on the border(AB side) and only buy the SK license. I can't fathom wasting my time and $ in an almost zero retention province with an even poorer trout stocking program. Many of the stocked trout waters on the SK side are seeing fisheries gearing them to more of a trophy type experience by reducing limits from 5 to 3 and enacting size restrictions to only one fish over 43cm allowed and its working well. We are catching alot more bigger fish and seeing more mature fish on the camera while fishing. As for pike, walleye & perch well there is no comparison, SK has it hands down. Unfortunately AB falls well behind what is available in terms of waterbodies available to fish as it has so few opportunities available in comparison(800 natural lakes and rivers when compared with SK's 110,000!!). It's completely understandable comparing the differences just looking at those numbers along with the number of anglers as well.
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