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Originally Posted by MathGeek
We've compared our creel survey data with fishery independent data many times, and there is never a significant difference between condition factors determined from angler catches and that from net sampling.
The peer-reviewers on our published papers also had no trouble accepting our results from several hook-and-line studies.
Also, the USGS conducted a study in Big Lake using hook and line to catch fish to assess condition in the same way we are. Are they idiots too?
Assessments of fish condition based on hook and line sampling are widely accepted in the fisheries science community.
There is just no evidence to support your biased claim that fish caught by hook and line are not a representative sample, and there is a lot of evidence refuting it.
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Please link the usgs study. I have asked for that at least ten times and you won't link If you are looking into fitness of an ecosystem you can't make accurate assumptions by simply looking at weight and length. You need to look at the age and sex I would be willing to bet the usgs study looked at sex s d age.
Also, where have you published the other studies
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And did you figure in weir openings? Because you told us when weirs are open fish are skinnier