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Old 06-05-2012, 11:39 AM
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Originally Posted by lsufish View Post
Hit the nail on the head, The argument is contradicting itself. One one hand you are saying that this lake can't be outfished with road and reel, and most "office fisherman" can only catch 10 trout a day.

On the other hand, the ten trout reduction is severely harming the big trout population because of overpopulation.

I dont know the answer, but i would suggest if you want to be taken seriously on this trout limit quest be sure to address that contridiction.
I am trying to figure this out as well. According to one of the research articles posted:

"Because the spawning season lasts so long, and the fish produce so many (larvae), it compensates for any factors that might interrupt reproduction," Shepard said. That dynamic reproduction cycle results in a survival rate that so out-paced the high predation factor, it would be almost impossible for hook-and-line anglers to make a telling difference in their overall numbers, Shepard said."

Seems like a limit change would have very little impact, if any, especially with office fisherman only catching 5 fish
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