lol. i'd love to see you with you hat off.
i havent fished this system, i have fished for grayling at bear, wedge and quarry. the largest that we got this year out of bear was approx 400mm (16inches) and the one i got out of quarry was probably about 10 inches.
as for fish 'n feathers... so if read this correctly, they say that the ONLY way the large fish could have possibly disappeared is by poaching from anglers?
so that in turn would mean that there is no way that the larger fish could have just gotten old and died and then because of the catch and release rule in place that there just too many fish in the water system to support large growth?
i wonder if they have ever contemplated the aquarium theory? i inch of fish per gallon of tank. 1 gallon tank = 1 average sized gold fish or beta, 33 gallon tank = 33, 1 inch fish or 3, 10 inch fish. over crowding causes failure to thrive in a lot of cases.
just a thought.