01-11-2010, 06:07 PM
I think we need a balance of put and take waters to trophy waters. Not everyone is into trophy fishing and limiting their access to subsistence fishing is probably not fair. To limit put and take fishing would severely limit the number of licenses sold as well and that could have a negative impact on the programs the F&G now maintain.That being said, I wouldn't mind seeing a few more trophy waters. Perhaps a slot limit on some of the Reservoirs and Lakes previously mentioned would have the desired effect as it has done on other lakes in the Western U.S.? Ririe however will never be a trophy fishery. The biomass simply won't support that kind of fishery with it's lack of food source. This decision should probably be put to a public vote rather than undertaken behind closed doors in my opinion.
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