Alberta Fishing: Fishing Paradise
One of Canada's western provinces is Alberta. The capital of this province, situated in south, is Edmonton. We can also mention that it is the fourth-largest Canadian province and that it was named after Princess Louise Caroline Alberta of Britain� Alberta contains several rivers as well as a many lakes for fishing and a whole range of water sports have developed here. As a fisherman, in your spare time you should really try to organize a trip in which you will be able to experience the superb freshwater fishing available in one of the lakes. You will discover that big fishes are a rule in Alberta's lakes rather than an exception. In fact, Alberta is, according to a lot of people, an angler's paradise, for both novices and experts. To be more precise, you will find more than 600 lakes, 245 rivers and 315 spring-fed creeks and ponds. No matter if you prefer to cast, troll or fly fish, you will have a great time and what is for sure is that you won't have to stop at the fish store at the end of the day . Fishing types
In Alberta, there are three major groups using the fishery resources: -The sport fishing -The commercial fishing -The domestic fishing In Alberta, sport fishing is the most important type of fishing. It has both the largest harvest and the most participants. We can count about 17 species of fish in Alberta that the anglers are looking for. While walleye is the favorite fish of Alberta anglers, yellow perch is the most common and easy to catch. On the other hand Alberta anglers spend most of their fishing time trying to catch some northern pikes. Some species of "trout" are also valorized in On Alberta territory any person can sport fish if he or she has a fishing license and if you are under 16 or over 65 you don't even have to worry about the license because you don't need one. Commercial fishing licenses have been issued since 1910. The catches regulation started only in 1917. Commercial fishing, is usually a part-time occupation for most fishers in the province. The purpose of domestic fishing is to provide food and is usually conducted with gill nets which are set primarily for Lake Whitefish. As with commercial and sport fishing, domestic fishing requires a license and is subject to limits and regulations. Fishing limitation The Alberta Government is the one who looks over the province's fish resources. The first aim of its actions is to protect the fish stocks now, in order to ensure a great amount of fish in the future. The surplus fish stocks are used to maintain recreational and commercial fisheries as well as to sustain Indian subsistence fishing. In the last few years, Alberta's fish resources have decries because of over-harvest of fish and habitat loss to the extent that nowadays it is no longer possible to satisfy all current demands for fish and fish products. The Alberta Government makes sure that the harvest by all users does not exceed the productive capacity of the habitat. As a general rule regarding fishing limitations, Alberta promotes catch and release as well as the use of barbless hooks. Moreover, maximum possession limit is: · 10 for Lake Whitefish and · 3 for Walleye and · 3 for Northern Pike Of course, in some Alberta waters, the keep limit is zero and in some others, there are minimum length restrictions. To give you an idea, for many of the Alberta lakes and rivers only walleye that exceed 50cm in length and pike that exceed 63cm in length are allowed to be kept. |
