I might not like seeing a bay I fish in made "Off Limits" but I would be willing to do it if it helped the fishery. The one thing I think should be considered is if they decide to do this, they should not make make the same bays "Off Limits" every year but rotate them every 3-4 years.

We are getting to the point where we could start losing more and more fishermen. It is getting more and more expensive while at the same time limits continue to decline. Many former fishermen will never come back because it costs to much with too little return. This means less and less money going into fish and game management.

We shouldn't abuse the resource but at the same time if sportsmen continue to see limits decrease some of them will finally say enough, instead they'll take the money they normally used to catch a fish dinner and instead buy steak for the entire family. If they did it would be way cheaper.

Being outdoors is what's its about but enjoying a nice bunch of crappie is icing on the cake. I think there are a lot of fishermen out there who would be willing to help put out habitat or do whatever that would help bring crappie back. Bass seem to be doing pretty well and you can't but wonder if it's because that's where the money is.

I've talked to Mr. Prister on a couple of occassions and he has always been a straight shooter. Hopefully the best decisions made will benefit fish and fishermen and in that order. There may be more serious problems on the horizon w/Asian carp that they will have to deal with. If it continues to be a problem, our fishery could be headed in a downward slide that will take many years to work out of.