Utah should ban all bait completely where they have slot limits

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[font "Comic Sans MS"][#800000]There is no way to win in this discussion, but I’ll add my two cents worth anyway. It’s a slow day today and I’m bored, so here goes.[/#800000][/font]
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[font "Comic Sans MS"][#800000]There is a small amount of sense to what Guideman is proposing. But you must understand exactly what that proposal is and its impact on the fishermen, women, and children of Utah. As I read his proposal, he was proposing a no bait restriction on only those waters having a slot limit. Right away folks are jumping on the proposal like it would be Satan turned loose on the world. I wonder how many of those folks actually know how many bodies of water have a slot limit. I did the research for you. There are 35 bodies of water listed in the proclamation that have a size restriction of either over a certain length (27), under a certain length (2), or both (slot)(7). Out of how many fishable bodies of water (there has to be hundreds) in the state?[/#800000][/font]

[font "Comic Sans MS"][#800000]Breaking that down even further by either trout or bass, we find 9 bodies of water with a trout over a certain length restriction, 2 bodies of water with a trout under a certain length restriction, and 5 bodies of water with a trout slot limit restriction. That’s a total of only 16 bodies of water with a trout length restriction.[/#800000][/font]
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[font "Comic Sans MS"][#800000]Based on my limited knowledge of the bass fishing community, I would guess that there aren’t a whole lot of folks fishing for bass with bait. So for the time being, I’ll assume that Guideman was talking about a no bait rule primarily aimed at trout waters with length restrictions. And if he did in fact mean to limit that to only those waters with an actual ‘slot’ limit, we are talking about 5 (that’s right – 5) bodies of waters that would have a no bait restriction in Utah. Those 5 bodies are the Green River, Kolob, Mammoth Creek, Panguitch, and Strawberry.[/#800000][/font]

[font "Comic Sans MS"][#800000]Now be honest; is this really going to have a major impact on your ability to take your children fishing on any given day and their enjoyment of the outing? I’m guessing not. But this is just one man’s opinion. Your mileage may vary.[/#800000][/font]
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