10-03-2003, 08:04 AM
Dude, don't read anything into my post, I'm a ice fisherman too. All that I'm saying is the fish will do better with fewer people fishing for them and keeping them. Last winter there were fewer people fishing the Berry and I think it was the new regs that made people change their mind about going there. I'm a 90% catch & release fisherman, the fish I keep the most are walleye and kokanee, most trout go back in the lake unless they are bleeding. I think the new regs are the best thing that could have happened to the Berry and as long as the people that catch and keep, don't over harvest like they have in the past the fish will grow to a large size once again. The fact that Fishcrazy and others are reporting bigger fish is proof that less people are keeping the fish and if that continues until next spring or summer there will once again be the big fish in Strawberry that we all remember. I think we are all looking forward to that day and I hope that is something we can agree on. WH2
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