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Originally Posted by Smoky buck
I rarely keep fish myself and usually when I do it’s one that had a poor chance of survival. But I completely support well managed catch and keep because it is beneficial to a fishery. This can be valuable tool in managing the balance so the forage is not depleted. In turn this provides a healthy system with feed to promote recruitment and maximum potential for fish quality. Providing c&k opportunity also promotes fishing and in turn gives anglers a larger voice. This also increases available funding. Another thing I have noticed is if anglers are happy with their fishery there is a higher % of anglers willing to get involved to give back
The key to this is achieving a well managed and balanced fishery.
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Agree but the key words are “well managed”. And we all have thoughts on those two words.