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Originally posted by JohnR
Notaro - you did do the right thing. One way to explain it to your folks is that these fish, just a decade ago, were hammered very hard, partially due to no regard to the little fish. Ten, fifteen years ago very few people were fishing them because they were not there in the numbers they are today. If a general disregard to these fish, especially the little guys, is done by one or many, it defeats the sacrafice of others.,

By years of stringent management and respecting the rules by all of these anglers, we now have the very good fishing we do with decent representation of year classes.

This is also your first serious year where you are on the long end of the learning curve. So over the next few years as you get more proficient, you will be able to catch more legal sized fish to put on the dinner table. You can tell your folks that you are in training to get to more & bigger fish and that the efforts you put in now, coupled with a responsible regard for these fish, will allow you reap the benefits tomorrow.

You made the right decision.

Amen, JohnR.. words well spoken....