Tiger Trout

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[quote Fishrmn]And it's those 16 to 22 inch fish that become the monsters. More 22 inch fish would mean that some of them won't get harvested. And that would allow MORE 26 to 30 inch fish.[/quote]

And...ultimately, more 30+ inch fish.

That's what you guys aren't getting...if you increase the growth rates of those smaller fish, you will get more of the really big fish. The problem now is that the growth rates of those smaller fish are dwindling, the bottleneck is getting tighter and tighter, and fewer and fewer fish are going to ever get really big.

But, on the flip side, if you increase the growth rates of the smaller fish, the bottleneck gets looser and looser, and more and more fish are allowed the chance of getting really big.

Also, just an FYI, there is another lake in the south that will be putting some really big tiger trout out in the near future. In 2009, what would have been a state record then was netted and released...and, since that time, the number of tiger trout over 22 inches has slowly and steadily risen. It is only a matter of time before some monsters are caught there too...
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