agreed! I feed my family at least once a week on catch too. id bet its a change made from a small group of no harvesters types that are just yelling the loudest so they think that's majority thinking.
Only one way to counteract that. Speak up!Rg
we tried that and the threads disappeared
Well the Dec has a plan.... https://www.dec.ny.gov/press/122166.html
Please read this recent article. Minnesota & Wisconsin are light years ahead of most states when it comes to panfish research & management. They’re the ones that started the big panfish initiative.https://www.in-fisherman.com/editorial/managing-for-big-bluegills/382986
Here’s an interesting read regarding response to their survey.https://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/fish_marine_pdf/sunfishanglersurveytb.pdfI find it interesting that they sent the survey to their 147,000 subscribers and that only 1400 answered. If I’m reading it correctly, that’s a pretty apathetic reaponse.Rg
i agree with you on bed fishing taxid. cant get behind a limit though. they are just too plentiful to need that. imo i think the bed fishing does way more harm than fishing the rest of the year does. i see them while bassin in spring. run and gun around the lake then load up and run to another lake to rape it too. not a big worry if its not a state wide regulation though either. id be up for a couple of our lakes to be regulated for trophies. several lakes already give up 10"ers regularly.
Nope. The complainers outnumber the responders by a majority.Rg
But do the complainers respond to the survey? Or am I misunderstanding?