04-20-2006, 09:36 PM
I do not think that sterile fish fight less than fertile trout. Over the years of fishing and landing both, I believe that fish fight against pressure and that pressure on the line causes the fish to fight hard or less. Many times I have hooked fish, given them slack and they stop fighting and lay on the bottom of the lake.
This is why when fighting a large fish I try to give as little pressure as I can so that they will stop fighting the pressure. I do not believe that spawning makes fish more aggressive. Also last year on Henrys Lake the three year old triploid brook trout were about two inches longer and had a larger girth than did the diploids.
My experience with catching triploids has been that they break me off as quick or quicker than diploids - but of course I do not know which it was because they do not let me look at them up close and personal.
Keep the triploid program at Henrys Lake. Since they have been being planted there we have been catching more huge fish than we ever have before.
Good Luck - can hardly wait until June when I can wrestle with these hogs.
Bill
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This is why when fighting a large fish I try to give as little pressure as I can so that they will stop fighting the pressure. I do not believe that spawning makes fish more aggressive. Also last year on Henrys Lake the three year old triploid brook trout were about two inches longer and had a larger girth than did the diploids.
My experience with catching triploids has been that they break me off as quick or quicker than diploids - but of course I do not know which it was because they do not let me look at them up close and personal.
Keep the triploid program at Henrys Lake. Since they have been being planted there we have been catching more huge fish than we ever have before.
Good Luck - can hardly wait until June when I can wrestle with these hogs.
Bill
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