ok heres the problem with limits. Its gonna be an argument no matter what they set it at. but limits are limits and 25 is a great limit. Reasons:
A)bioligist know way more than us on the subject and they know what will keep the ecosystem in good working order. you have to have balance. too much either way is a bad thing
B)all yall that fish 3 times a week, yea keeping 75 fish per week is rediculous, you personally will never eat that much. But for the folks that fish 5 times per year, 125 fish to eat on the whole year isn't that much.
C) people been catching fish for years and I haven't noticed any fishing changes like, oh man we used to murder em last year but this year we not catching any, thats because people are catching too many. I've been fishing G.I. for years and every year I have the same results regardless of the amount of new anglers added to the mix. What about the days when there were no limits, we sure still catching a bunch of fish still today even after theyd keep as many fish as they caught.
If you've ever read the trout masters book each speck releases tens of thousands of eggs every year maybe even hundreds of thousands(id check but my friend has the book) if you go by that, think about the hog explosion and fish will make many many more fish per year than a hog can make hogs. now I know alot of the fish become food for bigger fish but still theres more than enough to go around. And if you want trophy trout, change your tactics and fish for trophy trout. Your not going to catch trophy trout by fishing for schooling trout.
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