Thread: New law for big 4

The only place I see this helping is in the case of a guide is the third man in the boat and letting the clients have the third limit. Dont know how much this happens but this thing is not gonna help.

Originally Posted by torch

I am more concerned about the trophy status on those lakes. I would like to see 1 fish over 16" in the daily creel limit.

I guess this will be there next move . I lived on Enid for 14 yrs . they target the spawn and any tournanent/ day before tour . I fished enid , sardis and grenada hard for those 14 yrs . and had my license checked 3 times maby per yr( . on avg .)
having limits on milage for wardens and hours on call makes me want to throw up my hands . worked 15 habiat days at enid to see the coe and mdwfp point fingers at each other over things they can't control and a legislature that only looks at how much money can be made. can these people get together and make the lakes better ? yes , but doubt that it ever will .example : trying to enforce (writting citations) for damaging creek beds on atv and the next 6 yrs. there is no water within a mile of where the ticket was written .the law did not help the fishing but made the state a little money . you see your idea has merit but you will only be setting limits for yourself , that you can already control .watched three guys at wildcat brake ( called dean hill rec. area now ) keep every fish they caught . when leaving the wardens were at the main entrance . I told them about the guys comming in by the old rifle range on 4-wheelers and keeping everything . their reply was " we can't be everywhere " . there are those that travel good distance to fish by the rules and those that could actually walk to the lake not observing any . to allow a guy say from amory "1" keeper over16 inch but allow this type management to exist is very hard to buy into .jmo