i see they changed it to 13"(in streams) for channel cats state wide.(9 there) still no lenth limit in lakes and reservoirs. i am glad to see the upper limits too! unfortunately its not enough though! the commercial d____ will still be removing everyone's trohies for personal gain. the law should have stated NONE over 35". IMO if your a "catfan" then you probably already know how much damage the commercial idiots have done to our rivers. they will continue to ruin them under these regs too! they can be removed faster than renewed.


i have eaten my share of, scaled headed and gutted, 6" bluegills, sure. but when it comes to crappie i limit them to over 10". we are fortunate to have hundreds of lakes to absorb the pressure around here though. your lake must get hit very hard to have that small of an average. sounds like they should just stop fishing dogwood for a couple years, and let it rebound, if its that bad, dang! hope the new regs. improve your fishing brother.