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We’ve found a way to protect the majority of other species during the spawn (sans perch and panfish). So why not another great gamefish?

Here’s the kicker though. The spawn is smack dab in the middle of summer. So it’s a very easy argument to say, “well if you really cared you would want no fishing at all during the spawn”. It’s hard to argue with that, however it is a unique time for that to happen. Most other species for the most part are on the same schedule so it works out fine to delay the start of the season. Not so for the cats.

My own opinion is that all species should be C&R only during and before the spawn (or at least a window of C&R since you can’t predict the exact dates). Let them do their thing and then maybe start taking a few home for the pan.

IMO, I would like to see more CO’s out there enforcing the current bag limit rather than deciding if we need to change it. We can study until we are blue in the face, but in the meantime BillyBob is driving up here from (insert state) and harvesting a bunch of big old fish illegally.

What about a bunch of CO's just enforcing the fishing regulations period?
Some of these topics end up being the biggest bunch of hypocrisy I've ever read.

Quite honestly I take offense to being called "sad" or a "hypocrite" for choosing not to participate in a study.

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How many internet forum members does it take to change a light bulb?

1 to change the light bulb and to post that the light bulb has been changed.

14 to share similar experiences of changing light bulbs and how the light bulb could have been changed differently.

7 to caution about the dangers of changing light bulbs.

27 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about changing light bulbs.

53 to flame the spell checkers

41 to correct spelling/grammar flames.

6 to argue over whether it's "lightbulb" or "light bulb"...another 6 to condemn those 6 as anal-retentive

2 industry professionals to inform the group that the proper term is "lamp".

15 know-it-alls who claim *they* were in the industry, and that "light bulb" is perfectly correct.

156 to email the participant's ISPs complaining that they are in violation of their "acceptable use policy".

109 to post that this group is not about light bulbs and to please take this discussion to a lightbulb group

203 to demand that cross posting to hardware forum, off-topic forum, and lightbulb group about changing light bulbs be stopped.

111 to defend the posting to this group saying that we all use light bulbs and therefore the posts *are* relevant to this group.

306 to debate which method of changing light bulbs is superior, where to buy the best light bulbs, what brand of light bulbs work best for this technique, and what brands are faulty.

27 to post URL's where one can see examples of different light bulbs.

14 to post that the URL's were posted incorrectly and then post the corrected URL's.

3 to post about links they found from the URL's that are relevant to this group which makes light bulbs relevant to this group.

33 to link all posts to date, quote them in their entirety including all headers and signatures, and add "Me too".

12 to post to the group that they will no longer post because they cannot handle the light bulb controversy.

19 to quote the "Me too's" to say "Me three".

4 to suggest that posters request the light bulb FAQ.

44 to ask what is a "FAQ".

4 to say "didn't we go through this already a short time ago?"

143 to say "do a Google search on light bulbs before posting questions about light bulbs".

1 forum lurker to respond to the original post 6 months from now and start it all over again....

Substitute Light bulb with..whatever...you have to admit...it really rings true...Eh.
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