Quote Originally Posted by sparky197 View Post
Bill, they are just not there. The population has been severely damaged. When you started coming down the population was decent. There was an announcement made early this year, then retracted, regarding the change in length and number limit. They decided not to change it this year but it is coming. They need to ask the anglers because the hoop net surveys are biased and not really producing mean results. I let this issue be known with several other very good local anglers 3 years ago and they are all in agreement today. The areas I used to go to following "patterns" now have 75-80% less fish. What used to take 2hrs. To get my 10 now takes almost a half a day. Yes , areas that held 4 fish now have 1 , 8 now 2 and so on. I would like to here your opinion after a couple of more trips. I hate to say it and this won't be a popular statement but the population has been mismanaged.
I totally agree with you. Evergreen recieves a ton of fishing pressure and I think the population is suffering BIG TIME.