Thread: Management of lake Conway or lack there of.

Originally Posted by Cmj

I do have a problem with seeing 5 gallon buckets FULL of 8-11 in fish toted away on a regular basis though.


C.J.

How would we us/G&F stop it without a limit? I don't think it can be with out doing it or something changing. Just take GC and there 1000s of fish that come out of there a week and I don't thing there 1/3 of them have any great size. I could be wrong I have been wrong before. But if you stop the 5 gal buckets out, the fish size will be bigger in 6 mo to a year,then you would have some nice quality fish. CP wrote a story sometime ago about quality and quantity of fish. i thing if you put a limit on them you get the best of both world bigger and number. Either way, to get bigger fish there will have to be some changes. How do we give fish a change to grow without catching them.

Originally Posted by Gindog

How would we us/G&F stop it without a limit? I don't think it can be with out doing it or something changing. Just take GC and there 1000s of fish that come out of there a week and I don't thing there 1/3 of them have any great size. I could be wrong I have been wrong before. But if you stop the 5 gal buckets out, the fish size will be bigger in 6 mo to a year,then you would have some nice quality fish. CP wrote a story sometime ago about quality and quantity of fish. i thing if you put a limit on them you get the best of both world bigger and number. Either way, to get bigger fish there will have to be some changes. How do we give fish a change to grow without catching them.

It has to be done on a lake by lake basis. Nimrod Lake has a problem with over production so a length limit could be counter productive. Some lakes have low recruitment (reproduction success) and a length limit could help. Only so many lbs of fish can do well per acre, if you get too many short fish they can be stunted.

Originally Posted by NIMROD

It has to be done on a lake by lake basis. Nimrod Lake has a problem with over production so a length limit could be counter productive. Some lakes have low recruitment (reproduction success) and a length limit could help. Only so many lbs of fish can do well per acre, if you get too many short fish they can be stunted.

I understand that also. Even is there was a way to cut the fish quantity down on smaller fish. I don't have the answers wish I did.

Originally Posted by Gindog

I understand that also. Even is there was a way to cut the fish quantity down on smaller fish. I don't have the answers wish I did.

If I understand your question, to lower numbers of small fish is to stock predators like Bass, Saugeyes, Flatheads , and ect. or catch and keep.