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Originally Posted by chubbdarter
so your answer yes comes with a 'BUT'
okay so really what your proposing is reduce the stocking rate in the 17 lakes now listed as quality?
then once this is proven to work...you would like to increase the amount of lakes under the quality fishery classification.
I wish i understood the simplicity of your proposal...because im all for it....dump the extra fish normally dumped into a quality classed lake into a kids pond....everyone wins
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Let me try and simplify how I see your position.
If there were reasonable numbers of trout to harvest but over a certain size, and ice fishing was allowed would you care if all lakes had regulations limiting to harvest over a certain size whether that is 1 or 2 over 16 inches or 20 inches?
Maybe some quality lakes should allow some ice fishing at least to see if it is a problem. Bait fishing is harder as it does have much higher catch and release mortality.