Good point. I know there was a rumor flying around Talquin last year that they were looking at stopping the fishing during the spawn. I never could pin-point the rumor but did get a chance to talk to one of the guys on the lake that rides-around taking fish surveys. He told me the catches were down during the season (last year). I never limited out last year but caught good numbers and sizes throughout the year. In fact, I caught some males up to the end of May last year still in 2-3 feet of water---go figure?????

I would be for a limit during the bedding season. Say maybe cut the number in half from March-April. I would hate to see it get to that point but if that's what it takes--so be it! "OR" even increase the size limit. The 10 inch limit in Talquin really help the catch. I wish they would do the same here in Georgia.

What really gets me is when I see people setting on the dock with loads of fish in their 5 gallon buckets, most of the time the fish are below the inch limit. The game warden checks me over and over again on the lake, at the dock and this goes on all during the weekend. But the guy on the dock, takes his fish, dumps them in the back of the cooler in his truck and goes back for more! And in some cases, don't have a licenses and is fishing with the equipment he stoled out of someones truck/boat at the ramp!