My point is mathematically they have less of an impact now than they ever had. Point is that the effect you are seeing is not the cause of commercial fishing.Originally Posted by AaronS
If you would like to blame someone blame pay lakes. Then blame the people that run them and go to them. The pay lake is willing to pay big money for big fish. The fish market is willing to pay better money for bigger fish to satisfy the pay lake demand. Used to there was demand for smaller eating size fish. They paid as well or better than large fish. Pay lakes changed that. Now pay lakes can get the small fish from fish farms (out of state btw) but there is still the demand for the large trophy fish.
One commercial tag can only keep one fish over 35" a day. I would be willing to bet there are not 250 commercial tags sold to guys fishing the Ohio. And no way are the fishing everyday let alone catching their +35" fish everyday. We are talking minimal impact.
Your vitriole is misplaced.
What I don't understand is why anyone would pay to catch something you can catch for free in a lake or river.
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