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·Was catching up on my favorite fishing show, Lindners Angling Edge
www.anglingedge.com today.
This would be more of a conservation issue question but who actually reads the topic anyway, so please forgive my liberty in putting in general topics.
So, the crux of the program today was Minnesota DNR putting slot limits and 5 per on crappie and bluegills on the smaller lakes with BIG slabs of both species.
Just an informal poll, but how many guys toss the big ones back for breeding? Etc..... I never really considered it except to cull the little stunted ones in a few of my ponds.
I guess it would more of a passsing on of the sentiment from Big Al on the topic of slot fishing for genetics.
I love eating both of them especially little stream trout and when I fill the creel I tend to keep the biggest as they filet out nice. I am reconsidering that today in light of waht I learned from the show and it would be nice to know how to determine which of the IL lakes need this type of effort to support more of the bigger ones passing on the genetics. I don't have a clue on how to get that fish census data to be informed on a particular lake.
Food for thought. Please do not misconstrue this as a shot to the guys who take their limits it just was thought provoking to hear it From Al Lindner. I keep some fish and others go back depending on what I think the chance of them livingto fight another day is.
I respect anyone who enjoys their catch and it leaves me with one lingering question, how many little gills or paper mouth does it take to make fish a fry for 4 people and how the heck do you know how long to cook a 1 ounce filet. :lol:
www.anglingedge.com today.
This would be more of a conservation issue question but who actually reads the topic anyway, so please forgive my liberty in putting in general topics.
So, the crux of the program today was Minnesota DNR putting slot limits and 5 per on crappie and bluegills on the smaller lakes with BIG slabs of both species.
Just an informal poll, but how many guys toss the big ones back for breeding? Etc..... I never really considered it except to cull the little stunted ones in a few of my ponds.
I guess it would more of a passsing on of the sentiment from Big Al on the topic of slot fishing for genetics.
I love eating both of them especially little stream trout and when I fill the creel I tend to keep the biggest as they filet out nice. I am reconsidering that today in light of waht I learned from the show and it would be nice to know how to determine which of the IL lakes need this type of effort to support more of the bigger ones passing on the genetics. I don't have a clue on how to get that fish census data to be informed on a particular lake.
Food for thought. Please do not misconstrue this as a shot to the guys who take their limits it just was thought provoking to hear it From Al Lindner. I keep some fish and others go back depending on what I think the chance of them livingto fight another day is.
I respect anyone who enjoys their catch and it leaves me with one lingering question, how many little gills or paper mouth does it take to make fish a fry for 4 people and how the heck do you know how long to cook a 1 ounce filet. :lol: