Cuts at the berry cleaning stations

[FishfulThinkin]

On the one hand, the lack of sportsmanship and regard for the regulations boils my blood.

On the other, bringing up my Kokanee rigs for the fiftieth time of the morning, for another 17" wet sock of a cutt does too....

I am about as far from an educated fish biologist as they come but it sure seems like allowing a limited harvest of the mid range cuts would help improve overall size without negatively impacting the incredible current cut population. 

Is there somthing simple I am missing in that assumption?

I was there the day fishing at Jordanelle opened for the first time knowing that there were over 2 million untouched rainbows that had been stocked while the reservoir was filling but was closed to fishing. Everyone easily caught limits (8 back then) of 2+ pound rainbows at will. That went on for several weeks until the fishing slowed noticeably. I spoke with a biologist who who estimated that 1.5 million rainbows had been harvested during the first several weeks of fishing. I could see the same thing happening at the Berry if they removed the slot limit on relatively easy to catch cuts.