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Post by footy3 on Jun 2, 2022 7:00:05 GMT -5
Looks like 15 and 13" <button disabled="" class="c-attachment-insert--linked o-btn--sm">Attachment Deleted</button> what app is that?
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Post by hookedup on Jun 2, 2022 7:09:44 GMT -5
I don't know what fishnfool uses but I like Pro Angler. Helps with fish identification and regulations - state or federal.
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Post by finatic on Jun 2, 2022 7:10:48 GMT -5
Crazy how much bag size and limit very from state to state. Connecticut and New York share the same body of water and they have different regulations how stupid is that.
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Post by fishnfool on Jun 2, 2022 7:34:38 GMT -5
Looks like 15 and 13" <button disabled="" class="c-attachment-insert--linked o-btn--sm">Attachment Deleted</button> what app is that? Fish Rules
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Post by hookedup on Jun 2, 2022 8:29:04 GMT -5
Crazy how much bag size and limit very from state to state. Connecticut and New York share the same body of water and they have different regulations how stupid is that. I'm not sure what the criteria is for any of the rules in any state. I get Coastal Conservation Association (CCA) of North Carolina updates and it appears that most of their regulations on recreational fishing is to limit what they can catch in order to give more to the commercial fisheries. Virginia has a fairly good system except for menhaden and that was regulated by the state congress instead of marine fisheries. They did that in order to give Omega as much menhaden as they could catch in the Chesapeake Bay since they made good political contributions and farmers in the western part of the state wanted cheap fertilizer.
I don't know about other states, but at least the two that I follow seem to favor political contributors and commercial fisherman over recreational and science (so many times the commercial quota is higher each year as the actual commercial and recreational catch is lower???). The only reason Omega is under any control is it was bought by a Canadian company and it's now regulated by Federal rather than state legislators.
Hopefully other states do a better job. Virginia is better now than a couple of years ago and the striper are finally returning to the lower bay, just not in big numbers like before.
And, Glen you are right that states seem to come up with crazy rules when they share the same water. Maryland and Virginia do different regulations on the Chesapeake Bay. How a scientific approach to fish management could be different for the two states is illogical. The only explanation might be that Maryland's coastal waters are different than Virginia's coastal waters and most of the rules cover the entire state's waters, not just the bay.
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