Reasons to Keep Every Gafftop You Catch

[MathGeek]

Originally Posted by sparkyc4

I say keep the Specks hungry. It'll make them bite my "Not so well presented" plastics.

It was a lot easier to catch the underfed (skinny) bull reds in 2013 than it was to catch the better fed (plumper) bull reds in 2014 and so far in 2015.

But in the long run, better fed fish grow faster (more trophies) and have higher fecundity (reproduction) rates, meaning more fish to catch in the future.