Banner day on the lagoon

gadio4533

Big day Saturday, total of 5 trout over 25" 4 slot reds and 1 28". Never caught so many large trout on one trip.:grin

Poppop

Way to go.

mako2567

Nice trout...

Gooner Pyle

Sounds like a great day!

Pescatoral Pursuit

Hear hear!

Net 30

I spoke with a marine biologist the other day when I was on the water and he thinks the number of huge trout this year is due to the fact that they are eating all the smaller trout. Grass beds dying off means less food and the trout are cannibalizing the smaller ones?

duckmanJR

I hate to say it.....but it is well known that in a declining habitat situation...the largest (best predators) are the last to go.

Add in the fact that after trout eggs hatch...they hide in the grass for 6 to 8 weeks and then start "schooling" behavior that continues up to age 5 years
(18 inches).... No grass means..what?

Net 30

Looks like we'll never get a break: Record cold snaps, fertilizer runoff, disappearing sea grass, overflowing septic systems leaching crap into the lagoon, toxic sludge dredging, Okeechobee releases and algae blooms and now hordes of large mutant canibalistic trout!

What the heck is next….Zombie Apocalypse?

dtm

Yea they should change the slot limit to 3 over 20 and 1 under to protect all the little guys.:fishing

Jettypark

Great first post....