Catch Limits

[MuskieBait]

(02-04-2013 04:38 PM)MuskieBait Wrote:  In my mind, no seasonal limit for any single species limit to exceed 3 (except for panfish...maybe 15 for panfish). We're recreational fishing...not going out to stock the freezer!

Bak...This is what you get for replying to a forum post while at work...incoherent argument.

What I meant to say was...

In my mind, no seasonal limit should exceed 3 per day for any species (except for panfish to set the limit at 15). Conservation limit should not exceed 2...if not even limited to 1 only.

And OT, I agree. There should NEVER be no limits on any species. White Bass, White Perch, Sucker species and Mooneye are not listed in Ontario...I assume there is no limit then? There should be limits on all of them.

Bowfin and Gar also has no limit...although not many people eat them...there should be a very reduced limit because they are such awesome fish!

It is not often not just a matter of managing a fishery, but to limit people's greed as you say, OT.

Look what happened to Lake Simcoe and their smelt population...years of unregulated netting during the smelt spawn wiped them out...and now there are barely any smelt run anymore...