Tiger Trout

[MasterDaad]

Worm, the problem is you keep talking about average fish size and growth rates.

And the rest of us are talking about 30" Tigers.

There is one lake in Utah producing 30"+ Tigers. It's the one with a major Chub problem. It's not a coincidence.

Yes if you kill the lake, the potential for fishing out a bunch of 16-22" fish will go up. Way up.

There is definitely an open question about the sustainability of Scofiled's Trophy stock. If all those 25"+ fish are aging from the years prior to the chub takeover, then it's only a matter of time (and a short time at that) before the trophy fishery is gone anyway.

Just because Monsters live there, doesn't mean the area is healthy.

I mean, take any Japanese Monster movie you like... they are all about irradiated badness.

But if the current state is sustainable, I'd take it the way it is.

I'll be watching with interest for the results of the study.

Oh and one other note... duckdog I need to invite you with a free cooler full of your favorite beverage up to Strawberry for a day of fishing
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