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Originally Posted by Duck Butter
Every fish caught is breeding stock if you think about it. Every fish of legal size is big enough to breed the next season whether they are 14" or 30" fish. No science says big fish breed other big fish. Big fish are OLD fish, simple as that. IF big fish bred big fish, then with ALL this catch and release crap that has been going on with bass fishing in the last 20 years or so, wouldn't the world record be broken at least once a year. The record was set by an old man in Georgia a LONG time ago, and he ATE IT  |
This i agree with you on! Big Trout are not going to bred bigger trout! your 14inch and smaller are the hammers! they produce the most eggs a year!
Not killing Big Trout is more of a respect thing! Kind of like the guys who let the 8point buck walk to get the 12point
I do not like to eat a trout over 4 or 5 lbs....I prefer the 12-16inch ones
I try to tag big trout so i can see what there pattern is when they get caught again! Its cool and fun hobby for me