Yellowstone Lake-End of an Era

[ironrod]

I've been fishing that lake for the last 15yrs as well...we too have seen our cut #s dwindle....however, I believe we may be seeing some progress. Like others have said...10yrs ago we had 60 fish days...almost a hit on every other cast. Most fish were 16-20 ". Then 3 yrs ago we averaged 20 fish days and all were 18-22"-nothing under 18". Last yr we again had average days of 20 BUT the sizes were divided equally from 12-20"s...good to see some young fish staying away from those Lakers! We also trolled slow and deep (40-60ft) for lakers and our numbers of those have decreased as well...last yr we took home 18 after a 2 1/2 day trip...3yrs ago we had around 30. I do think we're on a positive trend but we really DO need something else in place to make a true come-back! I think they ought to keep it open for another month-lakers are fall (late fall) spawners and they come up in the shallows so more of them could be caught!!
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