Lake tout have the ability to release air from their air bladder when brought up from deep water. Since the majority of lake trout are under 75cm, almost all of the trout would end up being released, and all these undersize trout would be succeptable to the usual factors of mishandling or getting hooked deep. IMO, I think 75 cm minimum limit is a little rediculous because that's keeping lake trout that are 10 pounds plus and these trout are the spawners. As well, from my experience most of the fish I caught during my trips were in the 60-70 cm range so there's lots of fish to be caught and kept that are around the existing minimum size limit.
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