Halfordian Golfer wrote:
On Mar 12, 3:22 pm, Willi wrote:
Halfordian Golfer wrote:
Limited harvest will preserve a fishery forever, not to a point. Pure
C&R creates incident mortality. Selective harvest can target this, so
it's more useful as a management tool. That said, any fishery which
can not withstand the mortality incident to pure C&R (which is always
the same or more impactful than restricted angling) should be closed
to fishing.
Why do you seem to have the desire to "cull" large fish? Can you cite
ANY study that shows that taking out large fish improves the fishery? I
cited two (and can find more) that show that the taking of large fish
has a detrimental effect.

Willi

Never said that. I am interested in culling the fish that makes the
most sense for the given situation and large fish are good candidates
because they start to create negative yield from a fishery. Slots on
both sides with restricted bags and restricted fishing, instead of C&R
and watch the quality of the fishery soar.

Your pal,

TBone


Do you have any studies that show that harvest increases the quality of
a trout fishery?

Willi