The edible flesh of legally kept game fish must not be wasted, destroyed, spoiled or abandoned.

Clean fish for transport home in a manner that is not authorized (see Cleaning and Transporting Fish.).

This includes visible lights that are emitted by underwater cameras.

Use lights to sportfish unless the light is attached to a hook or line used in angling.

Use snares, firearms, or any device to attract, stun or kill fish by causing an explosion or electrical current in the water.

Use gaffs, gaff hooks or spring-loaded hooks (spring-loaded hooks incorporate a device that snags/traps/holds the fish).

Possess a snagging device (such as a gaff or gaff hook) while angling.

Set out or use bait to attract fish unless it is attached to a hook used in angling.

Dispose of unused bait within 50 metres of waterbodies except in a regularly serviced waste disposal receptacle.

Use amphibians, such as frogs and salamanders, as bait.

Possess live game fish – unless the fish have been lawfully caught by angling and are within 5 metres of the waters from which they were caught.

Release live fish or live fish eggs into any waters except back to the waters from which they were caught.

Use a hook with more than three points on a common shaft (see Important Definitions, page 15).

Use a lure in angling with more than three hooks as part of it.

Use a line in angling equipped with more than three hooks (e.g., three hooks, or three single-hook lures, or one three-hook lure).

While angling be further than 30 m from any line in the water.

Use more than two lines when angling into ice-covered water.Use more than one line when angling into open water.The fishery resource that you are protecting is your own. Report anyone you observe relocating live fish or using live fish for bait to the nearest Fish and Wildlife Office, or call Report A Poacher toll-free, 1-80. The placing of any live fish or fish eggs into any waters of the province other than those from which they were taken is also prohibited. Alberta regulations prohibit the transfer of live game fish or live bait fish or crayfish from one water body to another.

Zero limits fly rods