Originally Posted By: NickD90
I've caught some real dandy Cutts in there trolling for other fish. 5 - 10 pounders are decently common. As known, the Sammy slough and tribs have lots of big breeders that push in during their spring spawning season. I know of a shore spot where I can have my lunch and watch many, many oversized females fin around and do their spawning thing.

I'm certain a reduced bag limit would help immediately. Based lots of other gold and blue medal trout waters I've fished, a daily limit of one fish over 16" would help tremendously. Within 2 - 3 years, there would be plenty of oversized trophy fish to C&R. Not everything has to die. That's Washington's biggest problem. Everyone here expects to kill something instead of just enjoying the sport. Lee Wulff has a famous quote that applies IMO...


To what extent is that cutthroat fishery (numbers and size) dependent upon all of those sockeye being reared and released into the lake? Would eliminating those hatchery fish trigger the law of unintended consequences? Serious questions.
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