LOL I think I got good karma by posting this. After writing this I started thinking been awhile since a got a true monster out of the bow. Next day I started out with a nice 17incher on third cast. Much later in the day I landed a monster 20+inch rainbow in some rapids. Super thick! Looked more like the salmon they sell at safeway then a trout.
So spent 7am-2pm on the bow caught 2 fish and consider it one of my best days recently. Plus enjoyed nature spotted: female rig neck pheasant, mink (saw it go into water and come out with a minnow!),bald eagle, osprey, pike, blue heron, and deer. All within 10 drive from my house.
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Originally Posted by CardiacCowboy
This would have to be applied to very specific flowing waters were there has been enough research to ensure it can sustain. There is already a pretty liberal brook trout limit/bounty in many es1 streams. It most have been effective as brook have become rare in these waters.
In the bow? No way!! As a catch and release river there is a crazy amount of anglers on the water add in those who would start to keep fish and bow would be decemated in 2 years. I fish the bow in the city limits often and tons of people walking by comment they won't fish the bow because they can't keep fish. I personally know many anglers that I would not trust on the bow with a 1 fish limit. They would keep 1 if they caught 1 but would keep more if they thought they wouldn't be caught or go out in a group and keep 1 per person. I live close enough to good water I could easly catch and keep 1 every day. Never mind what makes the bow special (at least for me as a mostly spinner shore fisherman) is the quality not the quantity of fish in the river. I know I might not catch many but have a good shot at a 20incher every time out.
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