03-22-2004, 10:00 PM
PBH and some others,
I'm totally LMAO. You ask what fisheries have gone downhill in the South? Come on. Here's one "Minersville." It was suppose to be managed for a trophy fishery. How long has the size resrictions been in place again? What do we have there now after several years? I'll tell you, a bunch of 12 inch fish. Whoopti do!!! Here's another one, Piute. Used to be great and it now sucks. Another one Kolob. Suppose to be again managed for a trophy fishery. I've fished it every year since size restrictions were put in place and have caught hundreds of average sized fish but no trophies yet. What a joke. There are too many fish in there in my opinion and it has stunted alot of the growth. Here are some more, Baker in which I've caught some nice browns in the past but now it sucks, Enterprise, and on and on. Yes we have had a drought, but I'm tired of the scapegoat excuses. All you hear for excuses are drought and habitat. Wouldn't it make sense to reduce limits and tag numbers during drought years? I say yes it would, but the "turn everyone loose theory" continues whether it's drought or not. Name one fishery in the southern end of the state that has been great because of great management? And don't say Lake Powell because it's in great shape not only from management, but because of the drought. And I repeat because of the drought. On a positive note I can't wait for the striper boils!! Bring them on!! Should be a great year for some quality fishing on Lake Powell.
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I'm totally LMAO. You ask what fisheries have gone downhill in the South? Come on. Here's one "Minersville." It was suppose to be managed for a trophy fishery. How long has the size resrictions been in place again? What do we have there now after several years? I'll tell you, a bunch of 12 inch fish. Whoopti do!!! Here's another one, Piute. Used to be great and it now sucks. Another one Kolob. Suppose to be again managed for a trophy fishery. I've fished it every year since size restrictions were put in place and have caught hundreds of average sized fish but no trophies yet. What a joke. There are too many fish in there in my opinion and it has stunted alot of the growth. Here are some more, Baker in which I've caught some nice browns in the past but now it sucks, Enterprise, and on and on. Yes we have had a drought, but I'm tired of the scapegoat excuses. All you hear for excuses are drought and habitat. Wouldn't it make sense to reduce limits and tag numbers during drought years? I say yes it would, but the "turn everyone loose theory" continues whether it's drought or not. Name one fishery in the southern end of the state that has been great because of great management? And don't say Lake Powell because it's in great shape not only from management, but because of the drought. And I repeat because of the drought. On a positive note I can't wait for the striper boils!! Bring them on!! Should be a great year for some quality fishing on Lake Powell.
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