Im not sure why the thread got closed. It seemed like a harmless discussion. I spoke with the biologist in may on enid. They had the shocking boat out working on it and I stopped and talked to them on the ramp. They say a very large percentage of keepers are taken out each year which leaves a small percentage of keepers to grow. Of course there will be the next yr class coming up to fill in. But these lakes are managed to maintain trophy class. So the goal is to somehow increase that small percentage of fish that are already over 12 inches. They mentioned a few things they are playing around with. I even heard trolling season is being discussed. But like someone said in other post, money talks.