MIAcanes44 wrote:I think we should just leave it alone. I am just tired of people trying to change the limits because they are not catching fish.
Assuming people recommending changes can’t catch fish is laughable. Most everyone recommending changes are the folks who do catch fish regularly and fish more often than the regular guy.
My only motivation is to make it better. I’d love to finally break the 30” mark. Catching trout over 26” in this area is rare and it doesn’t have to be. I believe with a few changes like we’ve seen with bass we could increase the harvest and have more trophy fish.
Do your own research and see the number of eggs a trout over 20” produces compared to one smaller. Not to mention the genetics it takes to produce a 30”.
A 1-year-old seatrout at 11 inches is expected to produce 3.2 million eggs annually, while a 2-year-old at 15 inches would produce 9.5 million eggs, and a 3-year-old at 18 inches would produce 17.6 million. I can only imagine what a 25” produces.