05-02-2012, 12:09 PM
Strawberry is a success. Tweaking took place a few years ago on the slot size, which was very good.
Now possibly another tweak on slots, barbless hooks, number of hooks? Maybe even slot on rainbows. They can eat microbugs up to about 16 to 18 inches, because their gill rakers are spaced close enough to filter their food. So maybe nothing under 18 on rainbows. Let them grow big and fat.
The real challenge is getting the fishing public on board. It took decades to change the attitude of full limits and ":I want to keep every fish". Many still hate the slot. F&G challenge has been to keep public happy yet have fish large enough and aggressive enough to keep chubs in check. They got a trophy lake as a side benefit. They are more about selling licenses. They choose Cuts and Rainbows. Easy to catch. They didn't choose Splake.
They hadn't mastered Tigers at the time. But Cuts had history, they changed the type of Cut to fit the need. The recipe is working. Small tweaks, ok. Not tigers, because tigers may be better predators hence maybe a decline in Cuts. Also Cuts reproduce, some naturally, or at least we get the eggs and milt from those in the lake. Not so with tigers.
I think it is a question for debate, not a real possibility.
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Now possibly another tweak on slots, barbless hooks, number of hooks? Maybe even slot on rainbows. They can eat microbugs up to about 16 to 18 inches, because their gill rakers are spaced close enough to filter their food. So maybe nothing under 18 on rainbows. Let them grow big and fat.
The real challenge is getting the fishing public on board. It took decades to change the attitude of full limits and ":I want to keep every fish". Many still hate the slot. F&G challenge has been to keep public happy yet have fish large enough and aggressive enough to keep chubs in check. They got a trophy lake as a side benefit. They are more about selling licenses. They choose Cuts and Rainbows. Easy to catch. They didn't choose Splake.
They hadn't mastered Tigers at the time. But Cuts had history, they changed the type of Cut to fit the need. The recipe is working. Small tweaks, ok. Not tigers, because tigers may be better predators hence maybe a decline in Cuts. Also Cuts reproduce, some naturally, or at least we get the eggs and milt from those in the lake. Not so with tigers.
I think it is a question for debate, not a real possibility.
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