Quote Originally Posted by bandchaser View Post
As a out of state fisherman, and I love visiting down there as much as I can, Lake Washington is very much need of assistance. The quality has gone way down over the past 3 years for sure. The changes made last year were very much needed, but I agree with lowering the creel to 20. Possibly moving the minimum up to 12", but completely remove the option of keeping 5 short fish, period. Way too much wiggle room there for abuse.


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There's a catch 22 in the 5 under rule, if someone is satisfied to keep 5 under on a good day that 5 goes toward their 20 fish limit so they can only keep 15 over, aren't the bigger fish what we are trying to preserve? I think we are all caught up in trophy fish and are forgetting the sportsmanship and our responsibility of be good stuarts to the outdoors. If you need fish keep em if legal if you don't there is nothing wrong with catch and release. I have not put up any fish this spring, we have eaten fish a few times but I put mine up in the summer.