small lochans debate

Hi Dave,Matt
"Fish fair and free and spare the wee anes" it says on a memorial to a former clyde angler.Im more inclined that we should spare the big anes ,after all they are the wiser/luckier?? fish that will pass their genes on to the next generation.i agree that certain assynt lochs there is an abundance of small fish. these i think fall into two cateogaries,ie acidic/peaty lochs with poor feeding or spawning areas and the larger watersheds with lots of feeder burns,the latter also holding some specimen fish ,but how long would it take to cull the smaller fish
in for example the Urigill/borralan/cam/veyatie/fionn watershed .I quite like the idea of Bruce sandison,s description of "an experts loch"which generally means big "educated" trout,and believe that fish in thse lochs should be returned after all some of these lochs do not contain large numbers of these specimens.It really is down to the individual whether he is happy to fish for that rare specimen or is quite content to simply be on the water fishing
degards Davie (east kilbride)