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Old 03-15-2019, 04:48 PM
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Originally Posted by MathGeek View Post
The gist of the rationale is that with lower limits, there were too many small trout in the lake eating too much of the available food, so fewer fish would have enough to eat to be fat and grow fast enough to become true trophies.

For trout to get really big, they have to grow fast, which means there can't be more fish in the lake than the lake can support (carrying capacity).

Conserving ample forage is key for producing trophies in species that don't live a long, long time. Conserving lots and lots of 12-15" trout can be counter productive to conserving ample forage.

Well U know exactly what the oyster fisherman are saying??? TO MANY Redfish and Drum eating oysters!!!
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