A slot limit puts ALL the recreational harvest pressure on a specific year class or two effectively eliminating them from the population and causing a lot of C&R mortality on fish out of the slot. There are more than a million rec anglers in NY , if they each take one slot size bass per year...
My point is that IF, and that’s a big IF the resource is in trouble , leaving the bass to spawn unmolested and then disperse without being harvested would be a good thing.
Enforcing possession out of season would be the same as fluke or c bass or scup. Not sure about the C&R aspect out of season , perhaps ending that too. Hey, IF the resource is in dire straights , extreme measures are required.
How about a season starting July 1 and a STATEWIDE 30" size limit , Hudson included?! It's insane to allow a directed fishery on actively spawning fish and micro rats.
Nothing to do with NIMBYism at all, as residents of one of the five East End we have the right to fish our waters , no permission form the state required. Why would you want to give the damn DEC any more power than they already have?
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