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Originally Posted by Slipknot
he also put one up instituting salt water fishing licenses, another for health care trust.
I don't know why they'd allow us to kill bass before they get a chance to spawn  |
Although I have a science background, I am not a fisheries expert. I will give you my best explanation based on my limited knowledge...
by have the slot between 20 and 26, the population of fish that size is reduced with the intent of taking some pressure off of the forage fish. This is supposed to allow the remaining fish to grow bigger, faster and reproduce more as they will be healthier/better fed. Also,some fish
may breed a few times by 26".
The 27-40 fish are now off limits, have less competition from schoolies and should serve as a healthy breeding stock to replenish the smaller fish. It is easy to replenish lots of 20-26" fish. It is harder and takes longer to replace the 38" fish.
The above 40"? Most likely it is to again reduce pressure on bait and allow for trophies to be kept.