Kurt the best thing you could do for our fisheries, is lobby for more funding!
You bring up the 70-80s all I said was I didnt want to see a collapse again.
And I still dont.
What you have suggested and how you want it to work would very likely create what I and others dont want to see again.
If you think a lake/reservoir cant be fished out with a 1 fish limit? It would be just slower than 3 fish limit but still doable in waters close to large cities. On the other hand fishing would be great for a little while, with all the new lakes opened. My question is why would you want to chance it. Bear in mind that test netting is done on about a 5 year basis.
Good example was Milk River Ridge. Really really huge walleye in there and closed to fishing. Lobbying to get it opened worked. One fish over 55 from the start. People were catching and keeping 60-80cm fish like crazy. Was amazing fishing. Didnt take long to remove most of the fish over 55. Not collapsed but shows how much fish can be removed and how quickly.
But, I get it, its just so you can fill your plate.
