02-22-2013, 09:37 PM
I maintain you are talking about something completely different than what I call a Trophy fishery, particularly given your examples.
None of those lakes are producing world class trout.
They are producing 18-22" trout en mass. And a very, very tiny few bigger fish.
Please point me to a report of any of those lakes you mentioned producing 30+" fish in the last year. It's very rare to get something 25" or more out of your best possible example (Strawberry, which is a huge lake by comparison) in all the fishing hours put in there by members of this board.
Four 30"+ trout have been documented on this board or elsewhere from Scofield in the last 12 months.
As for the catch right after treatment... well... that period is not sustainable by definition. And a 7lb Brook is not the same as a 20lb Tiger.
The long and the short of it is I think we agree on the main point that the end game all depends on the sustainability of Scofield in its current state.
And I think we are both skeptical of that.
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None of those lakes are producing world class trout.
They are producing 18-22" trout en mass. And a very, very tiny few bigger fish.
Please point me to a report of any of those lakes you mentioned producing 30+" fish in the last year. It's very rare to get something 25" or more out of your best possible example (Strawberry, which is a huge lake by comparison) in all the fishing hours put in there by members of this board.
Four 30"+ trout have been documented on this board or elsewhere from Scofield in the last 12 months.
As for the catch right after treatment... well... that period is not sustainable by definition. And a 7lb Brook is not the same as a 20lb Tiger.
The long and the short of it is I think we agree on the main point that the end game all depends on the sustainability of Scofield in its current state.
And I think we are both skeptical of that.
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