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Originally posted by CpCdtrucker
20" to 26" is a kepper then anything over that has to be realeased until you get to 36" then you can keep it. They a taking fish before they can get to breeding size.
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by keeping small fish, you have a 50/50 chance of keeping a male. but, taking the larger fish, you are most likely taking a female as the further over 20#'s you get the less chance it is a male. if i remember correctly from my fisheries classes in college, population growth is regulated by the # of females in the population. it is actually better in the long run to take from the pool of small fish. if you really want to protect the species for the future, advocate a slot limit of only small fish allowed to be kept. no trophy level could be allowed. (before anyone jumps on me, i am not suggesting this) we are about as likely to see this happen as we are likely to never have the commercial/recreational debate on the site again.
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