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<blockquote data-quote="Traxion" data-source="post: 89840" data-attributes="member: 983">The answer to the minimum size restriction is no in lakes that receive moderate to high pressure.&nbsp; The over fish get taken as soon as they become legal size and soon you get a pile of fish right below the legal limit.&nbsp; Few get to grow up beyond that.&nbsp; The lake has to be able to produce a huge amount of fish and have lots of forage to overcome this.&nbsp; Look at Sharpe and especially Francis Case in SD.&nbsp; The each have a 15&quot; minimum.&nbsp; FC gets pounded because it is the first open water of the season.&nbsp; You can catch fish for days and struggle to get a limit.&nbsp; Another lake I fished on had a 14&quot; minimum.&nbsp; I ice fished in college for 4 days straight over Chrismtas break catching over 200 fish total.&nbsp; Four of those were over 14&quot;. I am sure there are cases where a minimum makes sense but all the stars have to line up.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Traxion, post: 89840, member: 983"] The answer to the minimum size restriction is no in lakes that receive moderate to high pressure. The over fish get taken as soon as they become legal size and soon you get a pile of fish right below the legal limit. Few get to grow up beyond that. The lake has to be able to produce a huge amount of fish and have lots of forage to overcome this. Look at Sharpe and especially Francis Case in SD. The each have a 15" minimum. FC gets pounded because it is the first open water of the season. You can catch fish for days and struggle to get a limit. Another lake I fished on had a 14" minimum. I ice fished in college for 4 days straight over Chrismtas break catching over 200 fish total. Four of those were over 14". I am sure there are cases where a minimum makes sense but all the stars have to line up. [/QUOTE]

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