OK--you're king for a day

[Clogston29]

i agree with all mike's ideas

but seeing that the trophy tag would be so hard to enforce, i'd make it one slot fish at 20-26" and either a second at 20-26" or a second fish at over 40". that would allow you to keep a "table size" fish and still keep a large fish if you get one later.

[ThrowingTimber]

1 at 36" and get some of those Bad Ass maine cops to enforce. The kind that will sit in your driveway, board your boat, video you on rocks that would be outstanding

and draggers would be pushed 20 miles off

and I'd be able to walk on water

[WoodyCT]

[QUOTE=ThrowingTimber;607475] ...get some of those Bad Ass maine cops to enforce. The kind that will sit in your driveway, board your boat, video you on rocks... QUOTE]

... but it's not likely in CT, and maybe RI, where so little of the state's income is from natural resources. Costs outway the benefits to our legislators.

Maine, and other rural states that rely on out of state money from sportsmen, has to protect the resource to keep the dollars coming up I-95.

But it's nice to dream about a perfect world.

Woody

PS I like Mike's ideas, but would be inclined to eliminate the commercial fishery for stripers all together for they must do more for the economy as a sport fish than as a food fish.