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here in co we have two places w/ decent populations of kokanee salmon and lakers. Granby and blue mesa. To keep the population of kokes up, our biologists have suggested (and put in limits) to keep high numbers of big lakers. They encourage the harvest of big lakers. It seems to be working a bit for the kokes, of course at the great demise of big lakers. Maybe your biologists could do the same with lake george so the salmon can come back? I know the environments and situations are extremely different but maybe you should bring that up to them.just a thought
Last year was the record low for runs and egg harvests. This year it's almost a record high. The population of lake trout from last year to this year is pretty much the same.Mostly salmon just need to be protected too. Too many lake trout can harm the population, but keeping the small ones is the answers. Big lake trout need to be protected.
camo haha anyways we are talking about the land locked atlantic salmon here that can reach sized of up to 36" they mainly need to be protected at sizes up to 10-15"s dont quote me on this but i believe it costs the state about 1 dollar and inch to raise fish. Mainly because of higher pay benifits and all that where a private raiser can do them a little bit cheaper.