02-22-2013, 08:54 PM
If we really are going to have this a trophy tiger lake, then lets do it! Trophy regs for tigers, with all tigers 15-27 inches needing to be released. Let's protect most of them once they are past the bottleneck, as we know they are the ones that have a chance of putting the hurt on the chub population. Fish in that range will do more to help the fishery, and if ever the population of chubs gets taken under control, then the growth of the tigers will diminish, we can lower the slot limit (but only a bit), to ensure the chubs will be controlled, and Price will become a mecca for trophy chasers coming up from Arizona, California and Vegas bringing millions in revenue to the state. Hooray! (sarcasm reaching breaking point)
Honestly, it would be fun to have some radical protection on the tigers past the bottleneck. For large tigers, they will not run out of food for years, will grow really fast, and protecting them would produce huge fish! Each fish past the bottleneck would get to 27 inches in three years max, which would be amazing.
Who knows, maybe the larger tigers will get a mercury advisory in the next year, which would help protect them as well.
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Honestly, it would be fun to have some radical protection on the tigers past the bottleneck. For large tigers, they will not run out of food for years, will grow really fast, and protecting them would produce huge fish! Each fish past the bottleneck would get to 27 inches in three years max, which would be amazing.
Who knows, maybe the larger tigers will get a mercury advisory in the next year, which would help protect them as well.
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