Spirit Lake planting before treatment

[Fishrmn]

The barrier has been in place since 2004. I guess we can be glad that they didn't stop stocking as soon as the barrier was built. That could have been 8 years of tough fishing already. Another 6 or 8 years of little or no reproduction while the Cutts establish themselves would have meant 15 years of tough times in the Spirit Lake drainage. I guess it won't hurt as much to lose a couple of thousand Tigers. Maybe they'll increase the limit in the mean time to get some of them harvested before the rotenone.
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