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Chez,don't get me started on how the PGC destroyed the deer herd. I'm blaming global warming,no fish,no deer,no small game,no waterfowl. Boy I miss those old days. lol
Hogs are needed to control stunting plain and simple. Sometimes they go overboard yes. A 6 acre pond shouldnt have a 50 fish limit, but I dont foresee the commish micro managing a game land pond. Personally I think those hogs did that pond a favor, if they caught that many
A limit of 20 panfish is plenty for anyone. We can blame the Fish Commission for the lack of fish and the Game Commission for the lack of game, but the truth is it's the abundance of greed that's the problem. Who needs 50 fish at one time? There are those who go day after day during the spawn and will stay until dark to get number 50. They are first to complain the fishing is going down hill after they have continually taken the biggest breeders out of the system. Also, there are those who brag they filled 3 doe tags. Three doe, plus maybe another 6 young born in the spring, that's another 9 deer that could have been running around next season. And we blame the Game Commission? Yes, maybe for the abundance of tags, but do they need all that meat or is hunting somehow confused with the number of animals one can kill? There would be enough for everyone if we only could police ourselves.
Another option that I thought was pretty good was if anybody has fished Ontario they sell 2 different options for a fishing license. There is a conservation license and if you elect for that one essentially your limit you can keep for all species is half of what the standard license holder can. That said if you don't purchase the conservation license you pay a good bit more $ for your license.
Lets just blame Trump when we can't catch big ones and be done with it
And then there are guys like me that may only get out once or twice due to work. A 50 fish limit for me is good cuz I can have fish to eat and fish in the freezer for when I can't get out .
Pa. should consider something other than it's panfish enhancement program at certain lakes. I've done most of my fishing in nearby South Jersey so far this season and have caught some very healthy crappie and yellow perch. Lots of slab gills too. New Jersey has a 10", 10 fish limit on crappies and a 50 fish combined limit on all other common panfish. As big as they come over there, I have no problem with that. I suspect that the limits might be the reason why. Those Pa. meat hunter types take any size they get in a lot of cases. I know all about that, I lived in Pa. for 61 years. Did a whole lotta fishing there too.