This is the crap that needs to be addressed with the DEC. With the stocking cuts on the way, the DEC needs to step it up and stop this garbage. The legit trib guys and us lake guys depend on the trout to survive the slow king times.
The NYS Health department did a study two years ago on people that eat fish from Lake Ontario. I was one of them. They took blood samples and urine samples to check for contaminants in my body. All levels were very low and I eat a lot of fish from the lake. I was talking with the head of the project and she told me mercury levels in Lake Ontario are way down compared to what they used to be. Recently, they changed the eating restrictions on trout and salmon on Lake Ontario. We can now eat more than one meal a month except for lake trout.
One thing I have always wondered about fish weight is the length of the "growing season". Do harsh winters and late springs will yield smaller kings because their growing season is shorter?
That smallmouth population will not rebound until the creel limit is reduced. It is silly that the smallmouth population is WAY lower than it was years ago, yet you can still keep 5 a day. Not good management practices IMO.
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I will be interested to see the info. One years data does not show a trend. Steve Lapan said it himself that the fish were not their normal areas last season due to the inconsistant weather. This will also affect the gill net surveys for lake trout. Also, The seven years showed an increase in population WITH stocking short falls.
I'm not asking for further cuts Jerry. The cuts they are making are the right decision in my mind. As for protecting breeders, the slot limit should go back to No fish in the 25-30" range. Those are the prime breeders according to the DEC. As for lampreys, I find very few lampreys or lamprey wounds on Lakers. I find way more lamprey and lamprey wounds on browns and kings. I will have to start keeping a log of laker wounds on lakers. I have a hard time believing lampreys target other species when the laker population declines when we do not see many lamprey wounds on lakers in big numbers to begin with.
They need to put the 25" - 30' slot back to keeping NONE in that range. Slots are for protecting prime spawners. The keep one in the sot is stupid. Why have a slot at all.
The laker cuts make sense to me. The adult population is very high and can do a ton of damage. The Canadians do not fish them and they are stocked with very few getting culled out. The kings get boxed and we keep their population in check for the most part.
I did not attend due to my work schedule. I would have been there if I did not have to work. I heard a couple grumblings from guys saying why go when we have no say in the matter. Well, I believe we do. We talked about laker cuts if they were going to cut kings. I thought it would never happen and now it sounds like they are going to cut them. Can someone give a summary of exactly what was talked about?