Thread: Three pole limit

Can someone explain the logic behind this three pole rule on Weiss or any other lake? Especially if you have a limit on fish,or are they not wanting you to catch the limit? Or not as fast? Please explain the benefit.

I have enough trouble with one pole.
Hurts my brain to think of trying to handle more than 3

They want to make it harder for you too catch the limit.

They want it to take you 3 or 4 hrs to catch a limit. If a guide could use 8 to 16 poles you would have a limit in 1 hr or less. You would think you did not get your money's worth!!!

The 3 pole limit keeps the riff-raff spider rig fishermen of the lake!

I also think it helps to keep people from "filtering out" the large fish from the population.

I actually like the 3 pole limit.

The number of rods really doesn't bother me and I am one of 4 riff raff fishermen coming down to Weiss on April the
4th. We will probably long line most of the time .

It hasn't kept me off the lake yet. I also catch bigger fish spider rigging than I do fishing any other way. It must work, I have won tournaments doing it.

People that prefer to spider rig will usually go to another lake where the can use as many poles as they want. This cuts down on the traffic and fishing pressure on the lakes with a 3 pole limit.

Can y'all imagine what a cluster Weiss would be if they allowed unlimited poles?... and after they fished Weiss out, they'd start on Neely.

I have no aversion to the 3 pole limit. When you get into them it's hard to handle three let alone a bunch more.

I've seen some of the guides use more than 3 poles per person several times on Weiss. Not all guides, but there are a few that are illegal when they fish.