06-22-2013, 06:06 AM
[quote rutnbuckhunting]It has been 15 yrs but we use to catch 5-10 a day over 20 lbs. But we have been up the last few years notta jigging. Not into the steel line trolling. Caught a lot that way in years past! What has changed?[/quote]
The internet. GPS with mapping (accurate). I-pilot trolling motors, turning those who previously never in their wildest dreams considered jig fishing into "jiggers" overnight. And mostly, as a result of such changes, there are far fewer of those macks you used to catch 15 years ago. More anglers, more harvest (intentional and non-intentional), more forage than they've ever had (fewer predators equals more prey), and fewer big fish leaves a few really old educated fish that are harder than ever to fool.
Just the facts, supported by thousands of hours of observaton, thousands of hours of sonar data, and catching one now and then.[
] "Biological" data does not exist because it is not gathered in any quantity over enough time sufficient to make any conclusions."
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The internet. GPS with mapping (accurate). I-pilot trolling motors, turning those who previously never in their wildest dreams considered jig fishing into "jiggers" overnight. And mostly, as a result of such changes, there are far fewer of those macks you used to catch 15 years ago. More anglers, more harvest (intentional and non-intentional), more forage than they've ever had (fewer predators equals more prey), and fewer big fish leaves a few really old educated fish that are harder than ever to fool.
Just the facts, supported by thousands of hours of observaton, thousands of hours of sonar data, and catching one now and then.[
] "Biological" data does not exist because it is not gathered in any quantity over enough time sufficient to make any conclusions."[signature]