I'll just try and control the things I can like using a rubber net, single hooks, reviving and releasing, etc. and try to make sense of the many other factors involved. I will say that based on numbers and size of shakers this year next season should be great for 2 yr.olds but we will have to wait and see.
I hope you're right (Im sure you are) we have only see 3 yearlings and none in over a month or so, they hide pretty good in Squam, they looked OK, first one we caught was a month after they were put in, it was dead (hooked in the heart) we weighed it, 4oz, about double it's weight in 1 month, lst one was a few weks ago, maybe more, it was about 9", I thought should have been bigger ??? When we clipped the fins in April they ranged from 5 to 7 inches.
