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Originally Posted by ericlin0122
catch & release is good.
kill fish by trying to pull out your lure/hook is not.
JUST CUT YOUR LINE.
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Yup.
Catch and release is one management option for F&W. In areas that have limited fish populations and high fishing pressure...allowing a limit could severely deplete the population. Putting a quota or slot limit or size limit can help in some situations but generally there is a sustainability issue that is being considered when placing a C&R reg in place.
C&R does not work everywhere and in every situation just like other option may not work. F&W just needs to put their best foot forward when contemplating each situation.
It seems that in streams...the size at which trout spawn is larger than what people are willing to harvest...therefore some protection needs to be in place to allow natural reproduction to occur. We can't stock everything as it is just too expensive and mother nature does a better job on native species genetics that we can.