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<blockquote data-quote="Allen" data-source="post: 346153" data-attributes="member: 389"><p>Wouldn't that suggest there are plenty of bigger fish in the lake? I mean, if the average joe is cleaning a limit of 4-10 lb fish, they should be easy to find, right?</p><p></p><p>In reality, walleyes in particular tend to hang out with fish of similar size. I don't know exactly why that is often the case, but we've all had days where we've caught nothing but fish below 14 inches, and other days where everything we catch is north of 22 inches. The trick to winning these tournaments is to find where the bigger fish are hanging out and figuring out what they are feeding on, not sorting through an assortment of 50 fish ranging in size from 13-30 inches. Sometimes the tournaments just aren't being held in the parts of the lake with an abundance of the structure the biggies are frequenting. That's why NDGF does test nettings. Random test nets are intended to provide the fisheries people a glimpse into the overall structure of the population. Tournaments are a poor substitute for test netting.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Allen, post: 346153, member: 389"] Wouldn't that suggest there are plenty of bigger fish in the lake? I mean, if the average joe is cleaning a limit of 4-10 lb fish, they should be easy to find, right? In reality, walleyes in particular tend to hang out with fish of similar size. I don't know exactly why that is often the case, but we've all had days where we've caught nothing but fish below 14 inches, and other days where everything we catch is north of 22 inches. The trick to winning these tournaments is to find where the bigger fish are hanging out and figuring out what they are feeding on, not sorting through an assortment of 50 fish ranging in size from 13-30 inches. Sometimes the tournaments just aren't being held in the parts of the lake with an abundance of the structure the biggies are frequenting. That's why NDGF does test nettings. Random test nets are intended to provide the fisheries people a glimpse into the overall structure of the population. Tournaments are a poor substitute for test netting. [/QUOTE]
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