09-03-2014, 04:31 PM
[quote RockyRaab]Standing by for the "basslash" from members who believe the exact opposite...[/quote]
Yep.
One more thing. This "directive" from the DWR is nothing new. They have advised this for years on certain waters. However, IMO, they are partially at fault for the lack of cooperation by anglers. Why? They say harvest more fish, yet maintain restrictive harvest regulations on some of the same waters. Take the Middle Provo river. They have been begging for more harvest there for some time, yet a large portion of the river has restrictive harvest regs. Same with much of the LoPro. Maintain these stretches AFL if you must to keep the fly purists happy, but open up the regs so people can take enough fish out for a decent meal. Same with small bass. If the DWR really wanted to get some small bass harvest accomplished as they say and some of our lakes need, increase the small bass limit from 6 to 10-12, if under 12 inches.
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Yep.
One more thing. This "directive" from the DWR is nothing new. They have advised this for years on certain waters. However, IMO, they are partially at fault for the lack of cooperation by anglers. Why? They say harvest more fish, yet maintain restrictive harvest regulations on some of the same waters. Take the Middle Provo river. They have been begging for more harvest there for some time, yet a large portion of the river has restrictive harvest regs. Same with much of the LoPro. Maintain these stretches AFL if you must to keep the fly purists happy, but open up the regs so people can take enough fish out for a decent meal. Same with small bass. If the DWR really wanted to get some small bass harvest accomplished as they say and some of our lakes need, increase the small bass limit from 6 to 10-12, if under 12 inches.
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