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Originally Posted by noodle creek
More fishing pressure ought to lead to more big fish being caught . There are other variables, but if the limit change did lead to more bigger trout, it would be quite evident. However, the opposite is what is happening and it's nothing more than a fact. Can't argue with facts. We have more people fishing, and although not everyone out there is a good fisherman, plenty are. If the limit change did lead to Big Lake being a better trophy trout lake, it sure isn't showing.
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More fishing pressure could lead to more big fish being caught, temporarily however big fish are like any other resouce in that they are finite. As far as fact, i haven't seen numbers that show less large fish are being caught. If you have that survey or study please list the link to me as i would like to see it for my own knowledge. I also don't think you are taking lagtime into account. For instance: WHen the pressure started to increase on the lake, more people were catching big trout as well as school sized trout. Therefore large numbers of both were being caught. There is a natural delay in any population because of the time it takes to reach reproductive maturity. It is possible that we could just now be seeing the negative effects of overfishing when the creel limits were higher.
Like i said earlier, I think W makes very vaild points, a compelling argument, and could very likely be right. I have no opinion either way, just pointing out that some things could be overlooked when people are drawing their conclusions. Read the book
Freakanomics, great book that talks about this in detail that is a very interesting read. Not boring at all.