Thread: New Regs to Be Proposed Today

Who proposes these regulations? The game wardens or fish biologists or who? Is this because of bad spawning years in the past or just to much fishing pressure? If this passes it may put more pressure on the surrounding smaller lakes.

The State Biologist makes the proposal along with the biologist that is in charge of overseeing the big four.

Well thats their job and if they think these regulations are needed we need to stand behind them. No one really likes regulations or change but sometimes it is for the best future of our fish or game.

Only thing I have a problem with is the pole thing, a limit is a limit. No need to cut pole limits when the other is in place far as I can see.
Agree to disagree I guess and thats cool but if you werent involved the last time there was a pole change then you wont understand.

I didn't notice the pole limit. I am like you there it don't matter how many poles or hooks you are using if the fish limit is set. I don't see how or why the number of poles or hooks make a difference. Also looks like each person should be able to get their limit on the boat instead of the boat having a limit. My wife and I fish 12 poles at a time and when we get the limit we stop keeping them altho we very seldom get a limit.

With that same mentality, are they going to limit trotlines to three hooks to keep the catfish from being over harvested?

Good question, we need everyone who is a license holder in the state of MS to get on board with this and join the MS Fisherman's Assocation Group, out-of-state, in-state, expemt or whatever, if you are a license holder or can legally fish in the state of MS we need you.
http://www.crappie.com/crappie/group.php

Originally Posted by Speck

With that same mentality, are they going to limit trotlines to three hooks to keep the catfish from being over harvested?

You bring up a valid point in another respect, as long as you arent a commercial fisherman you are able to keep crappie off a trotline or yoyos, wonder what the difference is??????