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Originally Posted by Duck Butter
Doesn't matter when they spawn If you remove a fish in December or any other month it will never spawn
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Of course, but that neglects the fact that a lot of the fish caught in December would have never spawned anyway, because there are a lot of other predators and ways to die out there for a 12-15" trout.
Is is misleading and manipulative to suggest that every trout not caught in December will spawn the following spring and summer.
I'd have to look at their numbers more carefully to be sure, but odds are that most of the eggs are laid by the older females. Protecting the 20+" fish all year would likely do more to enhance reproduction than a three month closure on all the fish, which likely protects mostly the smaller fish.