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View Poll Results: What age group are you and which category do you fall in?
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(Under 30) Anything thats legal is kept and eaten,
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3.65% |
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(Under 30) Fish are released only on certain occasions ie. large fish, heavily fished fisheries,
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11 |
8.03% |
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(Under 30) Only do catch and release,
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32 |
23.36% |
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(Over 30) Anything thats legal is kept and eaten,
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5.84% |
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(Over 30) Fish are released only on certain occasions ie. large fish, heavily fished fisheries,
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30 |
21.90% |
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(Over 30) Only catch and release,
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37.23% |
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08-14-2012, 10:00 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Iron River
Posts: 353
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Catch and Release statistics?
Just curious what amount of guys, and gals on this forum practice catch and release fishing in some form in alberta. Im also curious if there is a difference in percentages in age groups. If any one has these statistics please share.
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08-14-2012, 10:04 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2008
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Catch and eat. It's not polite to play with your food.......
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08-14-2012, 10:58 PM
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Edmonton
Posts: 1,844
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Your missing an option. Catch and release for the most part but will keep fish from certain locations.
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08-14-2012, 11:17 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2010
Posts: 1,792
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Quote:
Originally Posted by FishingFrenzy
Your missing an option. Catch and release for the most part but will keep fish from certain locations.
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Also missed 50/50 split? Or fish kept when overnight camping? Or raw fish eaten like a corn cob when fishing hungry.
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08-14-2012, 11:32 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2012
Posts: 1,010
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100% catch and release. Okay technically I'm working on the catching part but when I eventually manage that I'd release it. So far I'm on 'Catch and have it jump out of the net twice.' Correction: I'm on the 'Get a bigger net' part...but after that, release 
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08-14-2012, 11:36 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Posts: 7,268
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didnt vote... my category was absent..... i am well over 95% catch and release, but the odd(very odd) time, i will have a feast.
oh ya...... i am over 30.
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08-15-2012, 07:48 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Posts: 72
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Same for me. 99% of the time it's catch and release, but when I'm at the right location with the right gear (frying pan) I may eat a keeper. Otherwise it's not worth the hassle of taking my *usually* one keeper worthy fish the two hour trip home to hit my frying pan. It might change when I get a boat and don't have to fish from shore... but until then, C&R for me.
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08-15-2012, 10:13 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2012
Posts: 30
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95% catch and release, only keep the ones that are dammaged. Over 30 yrs old.
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08-15-2012, 10:24 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Saskatoon, SK
Posts: 1,353
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94% catch and release, and I am 29.5 going on 30.5
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08-15-2012, 11:25 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Iron River
Posts: 353
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Now that you guys mention it I realize I should have put another one. I should have labelled it occasional harvest.
I can honestly say even though i wouldn't expect the same numbers in the general public i am surprised at what percentage of people on the forum are strictly catch and release. I would have thought most people would be somewhere in the middle. I also would have thought that there might be a difference between generations in angling practices but the ratios seem almost identical.
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08-15-2012, 11:28 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Posts: 729
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Over 30 and mostly catch and release.
When we make extended trips out in the bush, we do eat fish every second day to help conserve the food we bring out with us.
RD
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08-15-2012, 12:00 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Iron River
Posts: 353
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Hey Rock Doctor are you a Geo or just like music?
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08-15-2012, 01:22 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Posts: 729
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Levy
Hey Rock Doctor are you a Geo or just like music?
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Nothing like that, It's from a Rock Crushing performance while driving my Jetboat down a skinny river.
RD
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08-15-2012, 01:23 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Calgary
Posts: 169
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100% C&R. Never plan on keeping a fish. Every Fish caught, will be released. It's my fly fishing code.
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08-15-2012, 01:26 PM
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Banned
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: edmonton
Posts: 11,434
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Quote:
Originally Posted by FishingFrenzy
Your missing an option. Catch and release for the most part but will keep fish from certain locations.
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08-15-2012, 02:07 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Edmonton, AB
Posts: 697
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Catch and release mostly, as for the keeping part, lets say a lake has 3 walleye over 50cm, generally only take 1, when we do keep, depending on the lake, survivability, and condition of the fish AFTER the release.
Under 30.
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08-15-2012, 03:11 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: With my dogs
Posts: 4,545
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Will keep the odd fish (usually Brookies...yummmmm), but most go back. I'm old.
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08-16-2012, 04:39 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Calgary
Posts: 1,742
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Quote:
Originally Posted by FishingFrenzy
Your missing an option. Catch and release for the most part but will keep fish from certain locations.
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I did not vote for the same reason. This catagory was missed. I would certainly put myself in this one also.
Rob
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08-16-2012, 06:33 AM
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Edm.
Posts: 4,931
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Most lakes around Edmonton are catch and release,so after fishing these lakes all year, I will head farther north and have a shore fish lunch every day . (age group over 30)
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08-16-2012, 09:17 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Blackfalds
Posts: 6,952
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I keep if I want to, and it's legal. If I don't want to (most of the time) I let it go
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08-16-2012, 08:36 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Calgary, Ab
Posts: 2,835
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I'm a C&R guy, however will keep a brookie if it eats my hook, and the odd chain lakes rainbow trout. going to keep some fish when I buy the expensive BC license though next week 
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08-16-2012, 10:48 PM
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Join Date: May 2011
Location: Edmonton
Posts: 1,464
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Never keep. Love fishing but dont care much for the eating part. Way over 30.
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08-17-2012, 12:37 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Red Deer
Posts: 673
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I rarely keep anything but will harvest the odd northern pike or walleye if the lake is cold enough. I primarily target trout and always put them back, I'm just not a fan of the way they taste when the water warms up.
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08-17-2012, 12:52 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Edmonton Ab.
Posts: 1,417
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95% catch and release. When I go home to northern Sask, it's catch and keep. Early winter I catch and keep my trout from lakes subject to winterkill like Chicacoo and Saur, to put in the smoker and stock up on smoked fish for xmas. Otherwise sometimes my friends will want some fish, so I'll keep a couple when legal, and get together for a fish fry and beers.
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08-17-2012, 12:53 AM
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Banned
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Join Date: May 2011
Location: down by the river
Posts: 11,428
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I release a lot of fish.
I'm going to slay the whites for the next 8 weeks or so though.
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