01-06-2013, 04:42 AM
Talk to IDFG about Henrys!
The amount of fishing pressure in the winter on the ice is NOTHING compared to the pressure during the boating seasons. The info they gathered last year told them that the open ice fishing season didn't even make a dent in the total population nor did it effect the amount of trophy fish in the lake. Check you tube. IDFG posted a summary video of their survey results taken during the ice fishing season last year. I had a link emailed to me. Ill go back and see if I can find it and post it again. The data was solid. The video also explained the statistical package they ran all their data through in order to estimate harvest numbers, ect.
Hearing that the ice fishing has somehow taken to many quality fish from the lake is ridiculous without any scientific data to back it up. In fact all the data collected says the opposite.
There is pressure coming from the fly fishing community in IP to shut down the ice fishing regardless of any scientific data. I know for a fact this pressure is part of the reason Damon left. To bad. Really liked that guy.
The science doesn't lie people. Your experience at the lake and visual indications might lead you to believe otherwise but IDFGs survey results are statistically sound and include the results of thousands of hours of angling.
ICE FISHING DOES NOT HURT THE FISHERY
PERIOD.
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The amount of fishing pressure in the winter on the ice is NOTHING compared to the pressure during the boating seasons. The info they gathered last year told them that the open ice fishing season didn't even make a dent in the total population nor did it effect the amount of trophy fish in the lake. Check you tube. IDFG posted a summary video of their survey results taken during the ice fishing season last year. I had a link emailed to me. Ill go back and see if I can find it and post it again. The data was solid. The video also explained the statistical package they ran all their data through in order to estimate harvest numbers, ect.
Hearing that the ice fishing has somehow taken to many quality fish from the lake is ridiculous without any scientific data to back it up. In fact all the data collected says the opposite.
There is pressure coming from the fly fishing community in IP to shut down the ice fishing regardless of any scientific data. I know for a fact this pressure is part of the reason Damon left. To bad. Really liked that guy.
The science doesn't lie people. Your experience at the lake and visual indications might lead you to believe otherwise but IDFGs survey results are statistically sound and include the results of thousands of hours of angling.
ICE FISHING DOES NOT HURT THE FISHERY
PERIOD.
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