True i dont have a boat so i dont have a fish board
Accurate weight is either subtract net and/ or cradle
i think besides documenting it does help show how the esox are doing
I was wondering what the benchmark standard is that everyone would agree is trophy for
Rainbows/Steelhead 18lbs
Browns 15lbs
Lakers 25lbs
Kings 30lbs
Cohos 15lbs
Atlantic 15lbs
i know for muskie its 50" 30lbs pike 40" 15 lbs and for bass 20" 5lbs
Yes but with an nearly unlimited source of zebra muscles we are never going to get rid of them
At least the browns and lakers are eating gobies
also i came across a guy on the michigan sportsman forum who caught a coho salmon in huron and he found this in its stomach
Just a thought if they had the place that makes pellets add the remains of gobies and put them in pellets the hatchery feeds them maybe they would eat the gobies along with the alewives and might do better
Do you have recommendations for measuring girth i know to invest in a fish board & weigh the net if you have someone else to take a picture do you guys have any recommendations for calming them down while holding them I tried covering their eyes without touching them but it didn’t work ?
Ok I just thought that a much higher natural spawn then was is accounted for in stocking would result in more fish less bait smaller fish It would be great if they could get them to eat gobies
I personally know very little about the salmon but does this indicate a far lower alewife population
also dont they stock with a estimated 20% wild reproduction success and didnt a bunch of them starve and die off one year because the success rate was 80% instead of 20%
Nice and glad to see the even with it flopping around the boat it managed to be released i had a 34" not make it after flopping around but its also great to see they are reaching the 40" range there