04-09-2018, 06:59 PM
Chris, thanks for the lengthy response. It reminded me what my now retired father used to say about fishing regulations when he still worked for the DWR--he used to say that he hated unnecessarily restricting anglers unless the majority of anglers wanted to be restricted.
When I was younger, I wanted restrictive regulations placed on a lot of different waters in hopes of growing bigger fish. I saw the success restrictive regulations had on the fishery at Minersville Reservoir and wanted similar harvest restrictions placed on other fisheries around. But, my father would caution this approach and explained that fisheries where anglers already were mostly pleased should be left alone. What he was trying to get me understand was the social vs. biological side of restrictions.
In the case of the inlet, I would say that biologically there is no reason to change the restrictions. Closing the inlet at night or at all is biologically unnecessary. However, if the angling public wants that change to be made for whatever reason, it should be made. I would urge any of those fishermen passionate about closing the inlet to get involved with the RAC process and get serious about letting your voice be heard. It sounds to me like the reason it is open is because the majority of the angling public wanted it left open.
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When I was younger, I wanted restrictive regulations placed on a lot of different waters in hopes of growing bigger fish. I saw the success restrictive regulations had on the fishery at Minersville Reservoir and wanted similar harvest restrictions placed on other fisheries around. But, my father would caution this approach and explained that fisheries where anglers already were mostly pleased should be left alone. What he was trying to get me understand was the social vs. biological side of restrictions.
In the case of the inlet, I would say that biologically there is no reason to change the restrictions. Closing the inlet at night or at all is biologically unnecessary. However, if the angling public wants that change to be made for whatever reason, it should be made. I would urge any of those fishermen passionate about closing the inlet to get involved with the RAC process and get serious about letting your voice be heard. It sounds to me like the reason it is open is because the majority of the angling public wanted it left open.
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