The regulations just went from 7 down to 5 last year because the Caney is being developed as a trophy fishery. The river has an amazing growth rate, and tighter harvest restrictions were the next logical step to moving the river from a good trophy trout fishery to a great one. To be blunt about it, the guys who were wanting to keep 7 holdover fish every time they went are exactly the problem the regs were changed to address. The people who want to keep some fish can still keep a few, and the people who would rather have a shot at a trophy fish have a better fishery. In my opinion it's a reasonable compromise.
As far as saying there are people who keep five fish and then come back for more - well, those same people used to keep seven fish and come back for more. You can't give up on reasonable regs because some people are unethical.
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