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[cool][#0000ff]We recently had a discussion on what the right identification marks for rainbows are at Strawberry. Evidently, one of the sheriffs has been issuing citations for rainbows with orange slash marks. As Alan Ward, DWR guy for Strawberry informed us, that is not a valid ID factor.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Brett Prettyman had an article in Tight Lines in the Outdoor section of today's Tribune that provides some good info.[/#0000ff]
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Bout time![cool]
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[cool][#0000ff]Don't shoot the messenger. He's already half shot.[/#0000ff]
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A good read for a confusing topic. The proclamation is too broad for its definition, and I'm glad they are working to clear it up.
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In the same issue there was a picture of a girl holding a fish in a boat. She was a neighbor of Ralph Naylor. Way to go Old Coot. Acey
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You know, you can just clean the fish, removing the toungue, and then no more slashes! There are ABSOLUTELY no rules about leaving your fish uncleaned. Then no one can say the fish had cutthroat markings. Not saying that to cheat the system, as clearly the fish is a bow, it would just save you some grief.
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I say kill'em and grill'em
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Its about time! It figures the guys writing the citations probably don't know which end of the fishing rod to use! Good article, I saw it yesterday, some nice pics.
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I'm of the same feeling as Bigcat. "Cutthroat markings" is the key to me. I know we can tell the difference and a Rainbow is clearly a Rainbow even with an orange gill slash. The law is clear and clearly for the purpose of having us throw back those Rainbows with orange throat markings.
They should simply set the min size for all fish at 23". Trophy lake, it was never meant to be a market where you could catch your limit of meat.
I think a 2 fish limit, nothing under 23" would be good for the lake and cutts. It would take a few years for the grow out to take place but the rewards would be that any keeper would be like a two footer. The likes of which adorn walls everywhere.
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Troll,
I couldn't agree with you more. No confusion. Lot's of big rainbows mixed in with the cutts. I can't imagine anything much better unless they had some huge brookies as well like at Henry's. It sure is cool to catch a brookie in full fall colors that you can measure in pounds instead of inches. They could let people do full harvest on the brookies. It is easy to identify. Reproduce like crazy and are good eating. It would finally fill the needs of all people involved.
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