07-29-2015, 07:24 PM
[quote doggonefishin]
In the 100-150 cutts (average) I'll catch there on an annual basis, I would say my observations are the opposite. The 15-18 inchers are thin, then at about 20 inches, they start to put on bulk as well as length, and by slot buster size, they are usually pretty buff. (And this is the natural growth pattern for cutts.) There are occasional exceptions however.
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From the several hundred caught from my boat each year on Strawberry my experience has been the same as yours. I have also found a wide range, between individual cutts, on how hard they fight. To some degree, it has to do with how they happen to be hooked.
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In the 100-150 cutts (average) I'll catch there on an annual basis, I would say my observations are the opposite. The 15-18 inchers are thin, then at about 20 inches, they start to put on bulk as well as length, and by slot buster size, they are usually pretty buff. (And this is the natural growth pattern for cutts.) There are occasional exceptions however.
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From the several hundred caught from my boat each year on Strawberry my experience has been the same as yours. I have also found a wide range, between individual cutts, on how hard they fight. To some degree, it has to do with how they happen to be hooked.
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