S.T.A.R (Before & After Creel Change)

[Duck Butter]

Originally Posted by ckinchen

Do you guys feel like the "box trout" in the 12 to 16 inch range have increased in population as a result of the creel changes? In other words are you getting to 15 keep trout more efficiently now than you have in the past and finding more trout at least from a numbers perspective than in prior years?

Clearly the data provided by LAS in their yearly trout forecast is far from scientific but they have seen an increase in overall trout numbers in each of the last three years in Big Lake. Of course some of that could be from Ike/Rita as well.

Or is it a bad for the estuary in every perspective? It's clear the majority of the board feels like it hurts the trophy trout population.

Lets say Lake 'X' is 100 acres. There are only so many baitfish, shrimp, crabs, etc. in a body of water = food for gamefish. Your lake can only support 'x' amount of lbs of fish with the available food supply, lets say 100 lbs of fish. That can either be 100 1lb. fish or 20 5lb. fish, or 10 10 lb. fish. I would rather catch quite a few fish rather than sit all day and catch one, but some people are set on trophy fish. Either way, if TX people want to go out all day and catch 5 trophy trout, let em do it, I want to catch a bunch of fish and have a big fish cooking for many people