Originally Posted By: sprkplug
These days I tend to use Wr as an indicator of habitat. I still get a charge out of a bluegill over 150%, but I get a bigger thrill from seeing several fish at 135%. There will always be shooters and under performers within a population, so I look for an average. If I can establish that, I may then cull the underachievers no matter what Wr they are....if they can't make the average.


This approach makes a lot of sense to me. Use Wr as a tool for comparison of fish within the BOW not as an absolute number for management. I can see where calculating the average Wr for an individual pond provides insight into how that pond is doing compared to other BOWs while providing appropriate criteria for identifying and culling under performers in that particular pond.

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