Quote Originally Posted by sundance View Post
In my personal opinion. You're seeing the result of a good spawning year for that size of fish. With a bad year on either side. The spawn has been up and down for a few years. Last year was the best I can remember recently with this year being the worst. At least from my experience. Just my penny. A slot size may help but it will never happen. Like Monk always said. North Carolina DNR doesn't really care to keep up with anything. They're mediocre at best.
Just curious, why do you think this has been the worst year for spawning????