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Originally Posted by lochness
In order to keep pike, it has to be longer than 75cm. Most other lake, 63cm.
I wonder what is going on there, why 75cm?
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Some lakes have a 75cm catch limit and some a 100cm catch limit. I think lakes that have a tendency to grow bigger pike they will give these larger size limits to give the pike a chance to grow to large proportions.
Some lakes have so many pike they sort of become stunted just like perch so these lakes sometimes have no size restriction or a 63 cm size restriction to thin the population a bit.
At least that is how I see it maybe someone can correct me if I'm wrong.
They actually changed the regulations on Snipe lake to only keep one under 75 cm which seems like a good way to protect the trophy fish. I wish alberta was more proactive and have more lakes with limits like snipe either under 63 or under 75cm for retention. I guess there are too many of us though and as a fisheries biologist expressed to me, Alberta anglers are like vacuums. If you give them a slot size they will vacuum out that slot.