Bassassin
Well-Known Member
Yes, I think it was you Devin that started debating about the commercial guys. And Devin the reason I believe there are no possession limits in Ohio is that in my experience most from Ohio, and I would say for every 10 yanks I meet fishing here at least 6 are from Ohio and they are all, I mean all, meat hunters. I have yet to meet a catch and release fisherperson from Ohio. In fact most yanks I know that fish here are meat hunters. Only recently the group I go down to NY with started catch and release. They would lose it when I threw back a fish, any fish 25 years ago. And that was only after they were told by their equivalent out MNR that they fished out their small 1000 acre lake. If you want to successfully get re elected in the states at any level you better tow the line when it comes to gun owners, hunters and fisherman. They simply vote for the guy that does what he or she is told to, if not it's your last term.
To get back to fishing, in my opinion the 100 fish possession limit is just fine. I don't keep any dink perch. Any between 8" and 10", I'll keep, over and under go back. 50 5" perch is the same weight as maybe 15 or so 10" fish. Think slot size, mine is between 8 and 10 inches. So maybe we should think about weight rather than numbers. I have never brought home more than 20 perch in years. Besides cooking all those little guys that have a greater number of calories and oil per fish than a larger fish I don't want to clean 50 fish at the end of a long day.
Everyone that knows I have a place on Erie are always saying hey where's my fish? They are in the lake waiting for you to buy a boat, fill it with gas and oil, buy some bait and tackle, pay for a slip or haul it with your truck and pay to launch it and go get them. Then you can clean them and cook them too. Days gone by I never knew the word no, learned my lessons well.
50 a day is plenty, even giving them away 50 is more than plenty
Everyones opinion is just that, an opinion, misguided or not.
I'm done with this one..
To get back to fishing, in my opinion the 100 fish possession limit is just fine. I don't keep any dink perch. Any between 8" and 10", I'll keep, over and under go back. 50 5" perch is the same weight as maybe 15 or so 10" fish. Think slot size, mine is between 8 and 10 inches. So maybe we should think about weight rather than numbers. I have never brought home more than 20 perch in years. Besides cooking all those little guys that have a greater number of calories and oil per fish than a larger fish I don't want to clean 50 fish at the end of a long day.
Everyone that knows I have a place on Erie are always saying hey where's my fish? They are in the lake waiting for you to buy a boat, fill it with gas and oil, buy some bait and tackle, pay for a slip or haul it with your truck and pay to launch it and go get them. Then you can clean them and cook them too. Days gone by I never knew the word no, learned my lessons well.
50 a day is plenty, even giving them away 50 is more than plenty
Everyones opinion is just that, an opinion, misguided or not.
I'm done with this one..
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