DWR Possession Recommendation

[FishMcFisherson]

And judging by dubob's signature, you can most certainly collect that he is past senile and is losing more and more of his worldly wisdom every day. (just kidding)

Look, I understand that the vast majority of folk are law abiding citizens. I'm not trying to dispute that in any way shape or form. What I'm saying is that you will be able keep way more fish than you really need to under this new law AND still be a law abiding citizen. If there is already a problem with "happy harvesting", I don't see how legalizing it will help the problem. The people that already do it, will continue to do so. And now more law abiding citizens will be in on the action as well.

I have a legitimate concern that many large non-trout species are going to be over harvested. I understand that thinning out a bunch of the smaller fish will help bigger fish to prosper, but there are few size restrictions on non-trout species.

Finally... this is just an idea. Until it is proven affective, us arguing over whether it will work or not is pointless. I at least had the decency to admit that I'll be happy to be wrong. Everyone else is just spouting off their opinions as facts and attacking my credibility because I'm a younger person. Look, I'm sure the dwr has made mistakes in the past. Just because they have scientists on their side does not mean that every single thing that they do is going to be the right decision.

Any who, I do enjoy a spirited debate, and respect all of your opinions. I hope that in a couple of years I am catching larger fish.[]
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