2012 alberta Walleye Draw Results?

Originally Posted by Walleye101

Alberta Fish And Wildlife laws are a complete joke. They do more harm than good. Saskatchewan and Manitoba have it right. I understand there are more lakes in those provinces. But why not have a simple slot size instead? Alberta is the best province to live in as far as I'm concerned but why gouge us like this? It's all about the money in this province.

I suspect they see very little money from this draw. Lots of hands out before the government gets any.

[Jamie Black R/T]

Originally Posted by Walleye101

Alberta Fish And Wildlife laws are a complete joke. They do more harm than good. Saskatchewan and Manitoba have it right. I understand there are more lakes in those provinces. But why not have a simple slot size instead? Alberta is the best province to live in as far as I'm concerned but why gouge us like this? It's all about the money in this province.

Fishermen per lake is why it has to be different....i like slot sizes too...but a bunch of alberta lakes get hit harder than SK and MB lakes.

Ive lived near lac ste anne for 16 years and have watched them bring it back to a great walleye lake...and the pike are still good in there too.

ill pay 13 bucks(or more) every year for the rest of my life to see it stay that way...open that lake up to a general slot harvest and it will be collapsed again in no time.

[HunterDave]

Originally Posted by Jamie Black R/T

...open that lake up to a general slot harvest and it will be collapsed again in no time.

Yup. I got drawn for class B in Lac Ste Anne again this year.

[JohninAB]

Originally Posted by Jamie Black R/T

Fishermen per lake is why it has to be different....i like slot sizes too...but a bunch of alberta lakes get hit harder than SK and MB lakes.

Ive lived near lac ste anne for 16 years and have watched them bring it back to a great walleye lake...and the pike are still good in there too.

ill pay 13 bucks(or more) every year for the rest of my life to see it stay that way...open that lake up to a general slot harvest and it will be collapsed again in no time.

Awesome reply.

[SNAGGLEPUSS]

3rd TRY LAKE NEWELL

[BBJTKLE&FISHINGADVENTURES]

Originally Posted by Jamie Black R/T

Fishermen per lake is why it has to be different....i like slot sizes too...but a bunch of alberta lakes get hit harder than SK and MB lakes.

Ive lived near lac ste anne for 16 years and have watched them bring it back to a great walleye lake...and the pike are still good in there too.

ill pay 13 bucks(or more) every year for the rest of my life to see it stay that way...open that lake up to a general slot harvest and it will be collapsed again in no time.

X 3 Great reply . I think that can be said with all or most of the lakes that currently are under the Walleye Draw , I think with do time there will be many more lakes , which is probably a really good thing .

As for myself I dont bother with the draw , Im not a huge fish eater would sooner take a steak over fresh fish any day .

[AppleJax]

I got Class A Pigeon lake and my fiancee Class B Lac La Nonne. The Walleye draw is a beautifull thing. The people who bash it dont understand it. Alberta 800 fishable lakes-4 million people. Saskatchewan and Manitoba 100000+ fishable lakes, not even half the population combined as Alberta. Do the math.......

[TJG]

It could happen, they are reducing most lakes down to 3 walleye limit.

Originally Posted by scrapper

Wow, what a differance between two provinces, I have a cottage in North central sask the lake we are on is loaded with walleye. the limit is 5 person and the bite is hot. I just can't imagine needing to apply for a draw to catch walleye. But I guess it is what it is

[Murr15]

wife and i pigeon class B
wanted long lake.........

[fish on]

Class A for Newell...Trophy on the wall

[ThunderBolt]

I'm so happy. I pulled a (Walleye) Class A draw for Battle Lake. Ya....hooooooo!!!!!

[scrapper]

My mistake the 2012 Walleye limit in Sask is 4 fish not 5

[Lefty-Canuck]

Originally Posted by Murr15

wife and i pigeon class B
wanted long lake.........

If you wanted Long Lake...then you should only put in for Long Lake, might take an extra year but you get to go where you want to be.

LC

[WTHunter]

Class B on Iosegun

[bowness]

Originally Posted by eggy

got drawn at newell, also 2nd year applying, now how big do i hold out for

I am relatively new to the walleye fishing but we have got some 4-6 pounds trolling bottom bouncers at Newell.

Got drawn and my son for Newell

[Willowtrail]

Got Class B at Ste Anne, second year in a row.

Jaime Black R/T, when are going to meet eachother and get us a fish fry?

I 999'd A and C to get priority.

[bubba 96]

Class a at Newell, gonna try and get a mount......4 tags for me and the boy.....woooohooooo:sHa_shakeshout :

[coyotezh]

Got Class B at Ste Anne

[ninimaafan]

Got 6 A tags for Pigeon. Wish I got them for Battle. Anyone want to broker a deal? PM me!

[huntsfurfish]

A for Newel

[horsetrader]

Got St Anne B and Elinore B

[happyfisher]

class a battle....lol never even been there.......dont even know where to start

[RapStaff]

2x class B on pigeon.
When I checked at 9am there was class A tags open for reserve at pigeon.

Lots of class C tags open all over.
Great eating fish............ Mmmmmmm Mmmmmmm good.

[Blake]

Class c for pigeon. Second year in a row

[Wes_G]

Originally Posted by Walleye101

Alberta Fish And Wildlife laws are a complete joke. They do more harm than good. Saskatchewan and Manitoba have it right. I understand there are more lakes in those provinces. But why not have a simple slot size instead? Alberta is the best province to live in as far as I'm concerned but why gouge us like this? It's all about the money in this province.

Its actually all about trying to manage a prescious resource. There is no way that some of these lakes can sustain an open season as they were in the past or they would just return to the collapsed or vulnurable fisheries that they were before, so they are put to a draw system. I dont necessarily agree with it either, I believe the changes need to come in the form of slot size limits much the same as Sask and Manitoba do.

On a side note, I was drawn last year for walleye on Newell. And without a boat it was difficult. 2 of the days I gave up and went to Rolling hills and would have been able to fill tags there had I actually applied for them instead. We managed 1 walleye at Newell ice fishing this passed winter out of 3 trips and it was a solid 28". We couldnt bring ourselves to put a tag in its mouth though, those are trophy fish!!

[npauls]

Originally Posted by Wes_G

Its actually all about trying to manage a prescious resource. There is no way that some of these lakes can sustain an open season as they were in the past or they would just return to the collapsed or vulnurable fisheries that they were before, so they are put to a draw system. I dont necessarily agree with it either, I believe the changes need to come in the form of slot size limits much the same as Sask and Manitoba do.

The problem with a slot size is that we in Alberta have a way higher angler per water system ratio then other provinces.

I was getting information for a buddy online and I came across a chart that had the ratio I mentioned and Alberta was way higher then anywhere else in Canada.

[deanmc]

Myself,the wife,and both kids all drawn for our first choice, class B for Smoke lake.

[WillyOneStyle]

Class A Pigeon lake. I hope to see y'all out there.