Thread: Pole limits

How about we just say that OOSer can't fish KY or Barkley during the spawn? That will make about as many folks happy as pole limits will. How about outlawing soda and coffee in our boats while you're at it? Horsepower limits? Once it starts it never ends.

If they force pole limits on us I will move to TN. or FL. and never spend another dime in KY.! Watch me do it!

Have Fifth Wheel, will travel!

I just two pole fish but am dead set against the pole limits. The limit is the same for everyone, no need to force anyone to fish a certain way. Be just as fair to ban all good fisherman, they have data that also says 10 percent of the fisherman catch 90 percent of the fish. Spider rigging/multiple fishing isn't the problem, I hope that they don't go down that road.

Bring on the pole limits. Who cares, I catch just as many as the riggers with my methods.

I hear that they may raise/increase the minimum size limit on crappie as well. Just more improvements to our fishery!!!

Why not put a HP limit on our boats, say 35 or 40 max. That way we can't run all over the lake to fish more places and possibly catch more fish. While they're at it they might as well outlaw compound bows, carbon and aluminum arrows, mechanical broad heads and shotguns over 3". All this makes about as much sense as pole limits.

And while the humans argue on ethical/non-ethical methods of harvesting 20 fish per human per day...

The Asian Carp are completely destroying our freshwater ecosystem by devouring the entire basic level of the fishery's food chain....

Really people...??

There are more important things that can be focused on...

Rickie

How about outlawing depthfinders with sidescan and gps too. No dropping structure in the lake either. Comeon man, give it a rest will ya.

pole limits have nothing to do with any of it whether you use 100 poles or just 1, a limit is a limit. electronics and gps have turned avg. fisherman into good ones, and good fisherman to great ones. the thing is we are all on the same playing field everyone has access to purchase all these things. if you say well i cant afford these luxuries, well i'm sorry but its not my fault or anyone elses.
if your not willing to adapt to new methods and technolgy, then just be happy your fishing and not working. limits are based on surveys taken by professionals just like in hunting or anything else. there are so many other details to be considered, ie. asian carp and water levels during spawn, that should be addressed before we start taking away poles from ordinary fisherman.

i dont mean to come off as some sort of professional or elitist becasue im not, not even close. once you begin taking away peoples liberties and forcing them to follow more and more rules eventaully it will backfire in the form of license sells, gas sells, restaurant and lodging usage, and many more areas of the economy because people will find a place where they can go do things how they want to do them.

the resource is what should be protected here. if they feel people are catching to many fish due to no pole limits then change the amount of fish that can be kept, but we dont need to tell people how they should fish. if one or two poles is all you want to use and you can truly catch as many fish as the guy using eight poles then be proud you are that good of a fisherman, but don't force your beliefs or ideas on people who want to use as many as they can. we are all on the same team, we all just love to fish. we should stand united and work towards cleaning up real environmental and biological issues before we start taking rods out of peoples boats. just my 2 cents, sorry for the rant.