I started this thread in part as a way to look at way's to protect something that may or may not need it.Also as a way for you guy's to come up with other ideas on how to do this other than taking poles away if this (pressure) is what MDWFP is baseing their changes on.Iknow yall want data but this is the goverment your trying to deal with and we all know how that goes.Instead of bashing and being negitive when someone throws an idea out here put your head's together and give the guy's going to the meeting some differant ammo to shoot at them.Now I'm going to spin this another direction.What do yall think caused such a rise in pressure,pop.groweth a rise in the # of people who crappie fish or the big 4 gaining trouphy status?I'm going trouphy status I don't see people comeing from many miles away just to catch of limit of average size 1lb-11/2lb they come for the chance to catch a trouphy.I know from reading on here alot of yall oss have made friends down here and come for more than the fishing but the majority come for big fish.In the future and I hope it never happens but if the quality of fish drop and let's say they find with data it was caused by pressure here is what i think will happen.I't get's where you can't catch a 3lb fish, 2lb fish become few and for between but you can still catch your limit of average fish.Most of the oss folk's will move on to the next big thing.When the big fish are gone so will go the people and there money.The state of MS. her resources and her people will be left holding the stink end of the stick.