10-21-2004, 01:55 PM
I wish they would inact that same slot limit at 11-Mile!
I really think what has happened at Spinney is good! Two years ago you could catch about half a dozen small pike a day with out trying. But they were swimming sleletons and had destroyed the one of the best trout fisheries in the world! Since they started stocking only 12-15 inch trout they have effectively starved out the hords of medium to small size fish, and now the big Pike have nothing to eat but their own off spring!
Spinney is on it's way back to being a place were a good trout fisherman can catch 20 fish a day between 18-24 inches, with even bigger fish possible each day if you get lucky! To me that is worth the tradeoff! That said, there is still plenty of big pike left in there, and that will keep the sucker numbers way down. They are just very hard to catch!
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I really think what has happened at Spinney is good! Two years ago you could catch about half a dozen small pike a day with out trying. But they were swimming sleletons and had destroyed the one of the best trout fisheries in the world! Since they started stocking only 12-15 inch trout they have effectively starved out the hords of medium to small size fish, and now the big Pike have nothing to eat but their own off spring!
Spinney is on it's way back to being a place were a good trout fisherman can catch 20 fish a day between 18-24 inches, with even bigger fish possible each day if you get lucky! To me that is worth the tradeoff! That said, there is still plenty of big pike left in there, and that will keep the sucker numbers way down. They are just very hard to catch!
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