01-16-2014, 05:54 PM
kent -- no. What he's saying is that people are too concerned with protecting the larger pike. There isn't a lot of biological reason to protect them. They will eventually disappear, regardless of a slot to protect them, and they will not be replaced because the smaller pike won't ever reach those trophy sizes. So, eventually, what will you be protecting with a "trophy" slot regulation? Nothing.
The answer is to continue to harvest pike. Any size. Lot's of them. If you continue to harvest a lot of pike then you keep all pike in the zone of high growth rates. High growth rates result in big fish. Slow growth rates result in no big fish.
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The answer is to continue to harvest pike. Any size. Lot's of them. If you continue to harvest a lot of pike then you keep all pike in the zone of high growth rates. High growth rates result in big fish. Slow growth rates result in no big fish.
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