Rainy day ramblings here.Tom Gelb recently sent me a pic of his grandson with a 47 inch hybrid caught with Tom in Wisconsin this year.That got me thinking about hybrids and LOTWs.(biggest in my boat ever was a 48 inch 32 lber out of Eagle caught by old buddy Bill Linn yrs ago)
It seems to me I see and catch fewer and fewer here.Not saying they ever were 'common',just that it was not unusual to catch one in the past.Some nice ones as well.Now I haven't caught one in at least 2 years.So:
Why?
Any and all input appreciated whether scientific,opinion,BS,whatever.Hoping Doug J will weigh in on this as well.
Also,am very interested in the 'size' of any caught in the last few years.My PB here is 46 inches and if memory serves,and maybe it doesn't anymore,Doug Js and Mark Windels PBs were also 46 here.It also seems to me the few I hear about nowadays are quite small.
What's up with all this?Fewer weeds?(a more recent thing though)Fishing tactics?Randomness at work?Or....?