Todd,

I would agree with that statement some of the time, but not all the time. Can you see the analogy about the 8 fish caught in the Willamette today vs the 20 boats that fished it. If the limit were two fish today, how come they didin't even come close to a 1 fish per boat average. If it were 2 fish limit, would that have increased their odds?

Do you ever feel like you fished a spot so hard that you caught every biter you could but still had only half of your allowed limit. So does that mean there are no more biters out there? Or did you wear our all your tools of destruction. Someone else may be able to pull out a few of them, but where the efforts are extreme, like the big C was, most all the fish that are gonna bite get taken. You can't increase how fast you put fish in the boat, it is up to the fish. If every boat on the water was getting limits everyday, then a 1 fish limit would have an effect. But when the number of fish per rod is averaging about 1 fish per every 3 rods, the limit doesn't make any difference. Sure some very good anglers are gonna catch their two fish on some days, but when they do, and they leave, their efforts get shifted to the next avavilable bait.