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Originally Posted by FOTW
This is a pretty good idea. The majority of kids just wanna catch a fish, Hold it, laugh, and then toss it back in the water. This "16" " rule would enable all the families out there to be able to go to a lake and consistently catch fish, Making the kids have a very memorable day on the water.
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If the lake can feed and grow trout...then it does provide everyone with equal rights to just catch or catch and eat a fish.
If anyone wants to see total management stupidity IMHO...just check out Mt. Lorette the day after stocking. People are yarding out trout...taking them back to their camp and then coming back for a second and third limit. Two weeks later...a day and two young sons can fish with dynamite and never see a trout. The two week kill fest is adults...catching pellet fed trout. If this is what we feel is an appropriate stocked fishery...why not allocate a certain number of trout to each license and we just swing by the Sam Livingstone fish hatchery and take our fish home directly. Save on gas...and a 12 inch newly stocked trout on a bait hook with 10 pound test is no challenge to call it recreational fishing.