Thread: Article: WHAT'S HAPPENED TO THE BITE ON MY FAVORITE LAKE???

crslider today 2/1/12 really good stuff.

Appreciate the response and the comments.

I would love for Kerr Lake ( Buggs Island) to have 20 fish limit and 10 inche minnum.I also think the wardens would need to police the lake real hard during pre spawn through the spawning .They might concider a limit on fish over say 14 inches .I know this opens a can of worms for the tournaments .But there are ways to handle that also.Most tournaments have a live weigh in rule, so release them back in the lake as sone as the weigh in is over.I would not want to take the big fish out of the picture,just protect them from over harvast.

Thanks for the response 49er. I know this subject generated a whole lot of great discussion and debate on the NC Board regarding size, creel, management and better enforcement practices. The exploitation of any fish when they are most vulnerable to be caught in huge numbers is a huge and growing problem everywhere it seems. I personally have often heard many "so-called" fishermen bragging about catching and keeping huge numbers of fish during these times. Sadly, there's a whole lot of these people who only fish when it is the easiest (not the rest of the year when you have to work for them) and all they care about is taking all they can get during these times and telling everyone what a great fisherman they are... the classic "look at me" syndrome. We as sportsmen who love to fish... truly need to organize and bring all of our conservation concerns to the table... and push relentlesslly and continuously to grow, monitor, enforce and protect our fisheries. Thanks for the response and good luck to you. Wayne

I can more than agree with the over harvesting issues that still continue today. I would like to see state laws that actually enforce catch and release during the spawn, rotating different lakes that are fished heavily for specific species of fish to give then a chance to catch up.