Villageidiot

Seems like the admins have had their cheerios pee'd in too many times.

I've always thought taking the bigger fish out of the population makes zero sense. Unless you're looking at harvesting 1 meal for your family, or looking to hang a trophy (which thanks to management all these years, we have no trophy fish, except for catch and release waters. Huh interesting). We live in wackem stackem alberta. Unfortunately things will not change until our demographics change, I've heard too many times "We keep everything we catch because its a put and take lake!". Our province is a total gongshow as far as fishing regulations go outside of sensitive populations. That being said, we have to have some sort of equality in our fisheries. Both catch and keep and catch and release. I'm a firm believer in the One under a certain size as that has proven itself many times in fisheries around canada. But at the same time, i know there is the pull to supply food for yourself or stuff a big fish and hang it on your wall. That being said, I think something along the lines of 1 under a certain size limit. Or perhaps on our overstocked waters that are put in place to specifically alleviate pressure around the area, reduced stocking rates are needed and 3 of whatever size. Because its been told many times our SRD and F&W is are the most underfunded departments in all of canada. Why stocking 10000 fish into a tiny lake just to get wacked makes sense to anyone here.... i dont understand. It costs more $ to stock more fish. Plain and simple. 5 limit/person is a lot of fish, and 5 6" stockers is not a meal, which is then what urges people to take more, or bring family members out to increase limits... this all kind of spins in circles. When all said and done, i believe that if a person should want to kill that 40"+ pike, or 12lb walleye, or 10lb rainbow or whatever to hang on a wall. He/she should have to pay a special fee/tag to be able to keep a fish like that. Though not an unlimited amount of tags, that would be useless. That way, money can be raised to better control regulations, perhaps hire another CO officer for the area, or studies, or even back into the stocking program. Another cool idea i would like to see which i've heard of a few times, is two types of licenses, Not classified waters tags necessarily, but Quality License and a Put and take license and perhaps even a Rocky mountain license. Put and take being the more expensive of the 2/3. Create some quality stocked fisheries throughout the province in locations accessible to many, studies done to indeed make these lakes quality. Places that are patrolled on a regular basis for people breaking rules. While put and take fisheries being more expensive (perhaps MUCH MORE expensive) to fund the stocking of 250000 trout into a lake for everyone to keep 5 of should they please. Regardless. This guy happily pays the BC freshwater 80 dollar license, and the saskatchewan 60 dollar license for the year. Alberta's fishing license is pretty much a jar of pennies. I spend the extra money in gas to drive 45 minutes over the border. Just to have quality fishing. I try my best not to spend money on fishing in Alberta at least in our stocked fisheries because to me its just not worth it.

Nope, you're right uber. Dead drifting high sticking/a big hunk of meat doesn't work for bull trout. They definitely only chase and attack their meals to get their feed. They always pass up easy meals, and would rather expend the time and energy chasing around smaller fish. I wouldnt know. Carry on. In regards to rod selection, never tried switch rods, but as far as most of my bull trout flies go, they're all half chickens and lining a switch properly to have the ability to cast a fly like that, would be a real pain. You'd be looking at 12wt switch, and an 800-1000 grain head, at least in my case. I fish a 9'6 7wt, and chuck those flies with a powerfly taper. Its not pretty, but once you've entered the realm of triple articulated 6-10" flies, you can't really make it "look" pretty. Some might even say its not fly fishing. I just know that I dont lose any sleep over it. But my vote would be there is no need for a switch rod, and overhand casting a switch rod is not pleasant.

Sure would help you high stick better....

fishin buddy 140c or 120, comes with the side scan feature which works unbelievably well. Outcast makes a strap/mount to use with a pontoon or float tube.