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re: Louisiana's Specks Five Years Later--a fishing guides take on impact of BP spill
Posted on 4/14/15 at 4:25 pm to lsufishnhunt
Posted on 4/14/15 at 4:25 pm to lsufishnhunt
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LOL... you seriously think this is the issue (there isn't an issue at all) with the trout population? A few dozen "breeder" trout that get weighed for the STAR tournament?
Trout reach sexual maturity by 12-14" length - approximately 2 years old. They then spawn multiple times each summer until their death, usually around age 5-6. Fish that are kept and weighed for the STAR Tournament are likely much older than 5 years and have already spawned at least a dozen times.
Preach. All I wanted to say has been said re: breeding. I do not believe that large trout have any special genetics other than they got lucky and lived longer.
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Posted on 4/14/15 at 8:08 pm to Motorboat
quote:Exactly. Trophy trout don't have special genetics like a trophy buck, they're just older, larger fish that have avoided the landing net or predators. There are many more younger smaller females who produce the vast majority of the eggs to sustain the population.
I do not believe that large trout have any special genetics other than they got lucky and lived longer.
I wish I could find the article I read about this a while back. Explained it very simply.
This post was edited on 4/14/15 at 8:10 pm
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