arnold

These last couple of posts are beyond my brain power but I just cant get my head around how a salmon thats 4 years old eats more baitfish than a laker that lives to 12 . The offspring of both starts eating at age 1 or 2 . The math dosent add up but Im just a simple fisherman

Couldnt agree more. Charters can always /usually keep there customers happy by going deep for bows/cohos/browns but us rec anglers would like to see 30lb plus. Not that Im grateful but Ive caught enough teens/low twenties to last a lifetime , and one or two 30+ fish far outweigh a dozen teens , especially when they spool you and it takes 20/30 minutes to get to the boat and then it throws the hook. Thats what memories are made of .!!

In my humble opinion a moratorium is not the answer. The fish on both sides of the lake are the smallest in the 30 years Ive been fishing and its a wonder this hasnt happened years ago. Take an article , photocopy it and then take a copy of that etc etc. and the 100th copy will be un readable . This is the problem with the salmon whether pens or natural - they are all copies of copies of copies and the genetics are failing badly. Its not that they are not in good shape - our side has lots of bait and the fish have big bellies, but theres no muscle or whatever it is to put weight on for them to become 30/35lb fish' We need new strains - preferably west coast fish but trust me you could live to be a hundred and our ministry would have to have a thousand biologists reports ( who have no idea how to fish) and at least 2 junkets for the preferred few ministry guys and families to "review the situation" on the west coast I know Im cynical but Ive seen it all before and nothing will happen. Talk talk talk that will happen but real progress - nope