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And by the way that was only supposed to be a temporary rule until the disease subsided in NY. It has and the biologists got what they wanted and won't change it. They never would of implemented the rule if they knew what was going on now!! Too bad...STEP UP BOARD!!! Good god man!
Old news - buy bait from a bait dealer who will give you a separate bait slip for each dozen. Know the regs - only take bait on the ice that you will use leave the rest of your bait in the truck. Finally, the science for the bait slip is sound. No one wants to lose a Willyor Caspian like fishery to a virus.
We haven't lost them yet and there are folks fishing with Magog smelt on these bodies of water every weekend .
The same way the Battenkill River was supposed to have a temporary C&R study. That was about 15 years ago, it is still C&R.