DWR ----says keep fish

[riverdog]

Lee's Ferry is way over loaded with relatively small fish for the size of that river. The regulations promote quantity over quality there by design. You can't keep any trout greater than 14 inches. So you end up with a gazillion 16-18 inch trout per mile and pretty much none greater than 21 inches. I fish creeks with less than 0.5% of the water flow of that through Lee's Ferry that produce bigger fish routinely. Look if you fly in from the East where a 6-8 inch brookie is the norm, catching 17 inchers all day long seems great. This is their target population of fishermen the regulations were made for.
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