04-12-2010, 04:53 PM
In reality using jack numbers as the prime indicator of next years returns is "dust in the wind" for 2 reasons. 1) the IDF&G has been artificially propogating Jacks (and 5 year old or 3 salt hens by the way...) for several years, artificially raising the numbers, but no one really know how much the numbers have gone up. 2) jacks can swim through 4.5" tangle nets that the commercials are using for springers right now. These 2 factors lead to higher jack counts at the dams, and higher estimates for next years runs, if that is the only factor considered.
Back to my other post, one thing I left out was, by wiping out jacks, you would also wipe out those big 3 salt females we all want to catch so badly...
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Back to my other post, one thing I left out was, by wiping out jacks, you would also wipe out those big 3 salt females we all want to catch so badly...
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