BG spawned multiple times last Summer with fry visible in large quantites last year continuing to this Spring. I had been attributing the lack of LMB growth (for my small sample size this Spring) to a stunted population with little growth potential. I'll see how it plays out through this July and go from there.
There is certainly much talk about the limited growth potential of LMB that are stunted.
On the flip side though, those same stunted LMB will reproduce, and the new YOY LMB hopefully have better forage conditions and could grow to full potential.
Considering that, aggressively culling of the stunted LMB will make better conditions for newly born LMB.
