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Originally Posted by JLH
True – on the flip side if you have a one fish limit at 36” all fish have several good spawning years before they can be legally harvested.
I don’t know what the right answer is but I cringe when I think of all the small bass that would likely be killed with an 18-27” slot limit. Every year a few select YOY classes would be getting hammered up and down the coast.
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It used to concern me as well, but if big fish are left alone, recruitment is so good that what is taken is quickly replaced and there is enough abundance for plenty of fish to get beyond the slot. I cringe much more knowing the impact of the tons of big fish on the bank of the canal in may or on boats in jersey in november, and va and nc over the winter.
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