01-28-2014, 05:16 PM
Don't want too clutter up someone else's thread.....
[quote hooknhunter]
I think a big part of Matt's point is that the big ones eat the little ones and help to keep the population of little ones in check. Even 8 and 9 inchers produce eggs, and if you don't have enough big ones, you will almost certainly over populate over time. With the birds, Bass, squaws, trout, coho, tiger muskie, etc, that may not ever happen in Cascade, BUT I personally would rather have an under population so that there is enough food to create big ones, the an over population where there is not enough food and the little ones get stunted, but still breed and compound the problem. I say, lets err on the under population side. Then we can still have the wonderfully diverse fishery that is Cascade.[
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awesome points HnH... One other thing, is taking home 1-3 14"ers really gonna make that big a difference on the table? Take a picture and stick it down the hole...
Matt
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[quote hooknhunter]
I think a big part of Matt's point is that the big ones eat the little ones and help to keep the population of little ones in check. Even 8 and 9 inchers produce eggs, and if you don't have enough big ones, you will almost certainly over populate over time. With the birds, Bass, squaws, trout, coho, tiger muskie, etc, that may not ever happen in Cascade, BUT I personally would rather have an under population so that there is enough food to create big ones, the an over population where there is not enough food and the little ones get stunted, but still breed and compound the problem. I say, lets err on the under population side. Then we can still have the wonderfully diverse fishery that is Cascade.[
][/quote]awesome points HnH... One other thing, is taking home 1-3 14"ers really gonna make that big a difference on the table? Take a picture and stick it down the hole...
Matt
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