Several years ago there was a series entitled “The World After People” which extrapolated how nature would gradually reclaim the earth in mankind’s absence.

For years thoughtful fishermen have fantasized about the quality of future fishing if the sports fish were given a year to recuperate without any fishing pressure.

In a world where every cloud has a darker lining, the thought that a year of successful spawns without human interaction and harvesting might portend “Lake Barrett-like” productivity and fish populations is at least a glimmer of light.... Tight lines!