Quote Originally Posted by wannabe fisherman View Post
number of poles doesn't matter when you have a limit of 25 fish 25 is all you can take 50 poles or 1.
This is why I highlighted certain terms. In this case, when you are talking about "harvest rate", or the number of keepers you keep over the course of a fishing trip and take home, you have to remember that most anglers on most days never catch their limit of legal fish. Creel surveys have documented this over and over. Also, keep in mind that the study was on 3 lakes in Mississippi, all of which, I believe, have a 12" size limit. So while your point about only being able to keep so many fish regardless of how many poles you catch is correct, it still doesn't mean that just because you fish with 10 poles you'll get your limit of, say, 25 keeper fish, especially if you have a size limit in play. Simply look at the Slabmaster results to see that not everyone who uses more than 1 pole per person comes in with a limit of 7 fish at every event, not to mention how many more wouldn't if they allowed you to keep 25 per person to weigh like Indiana regs allow.

-T9