plant tiger trout in the berry

[Therapist]

It seems that the crux of the matter is that Strawberry anglers want two things, Trophy size fish, plus being able to harvest a limit of said fish, ain't going to happen. It is very difficult to manage a species for both growth and numbers, without having a large breeding population. Even then, you have to have sufficient forage to support the numbers.

Look at Lake Powell Stripers. In the late 70's early 80's, you had a huge forage base in Powell. Striper size was way up, 10 - 15 lb fish not uncommon. The numbers were there also, to the point that the Stripers decimated their forage, the population crashed. 20 years later, the forage is coming back, the numbers are still up and the size is starting to increase, slowly. Right now, Stripers at Powell are a numbers game, with a few bigger fish thrown in.

At Strawberry, forage will be the limiting factor. Until the stocked fish make it over the 'hump' and move from zoo plankton to small fish, forage will be the limiting factor on numbers and size. Fisherman will have to decide on which is most important to them, quality or quantity.

By the way, the reason that PBH makes so much sense is that he is a BIOLOGIST who knows what he is talking about !!! Listen to him and learn !!!!