Regulation Changes

[SkunkedAgain]

I talked to Chris Penne about this a few months back, I thought it would be a good idea on Cutler... But after talking with Chris I agree with his thoughts. Let me try and summarize what I understood from that discussion... Basically with all the new tech that is available these days from live scope to 360 and etc, there is really no need for anglers to need more than the two rods currently allowed since the new tech is really evening the odds. It used to be that the multi rods could help you find where the fish were hiding, but now since you know where the fish are, you are simply left with figuring out what the fish will take... I've fished with multiple rods on the gorge and Henry's and the only time I have found it to be an advantage is at Henry's when the fish are into the one bite hit and run mode.. When you get one hit and they're gone if you aren't ready to set the hook you miss them and sometimes the jaw jackers will be able to set the hook for you so you can catch a fish... To me I liked the idea of multiple rods until I got set up with a full spread, now I never use more than two rods anymore... It's an idea that sounded good, but has proved to not really be that useful. We do use it on the gorge when we are trying to find what depth the burbot are going to bite at, but that was before we had the live scope in the group, so not sure if I'll even do that anymore... Anyway long story to say I used to think I wanted it, but now I've been converted to believe it's not necessary... I do hope we keep the two pole option though, I like to have a dead stick and a live action rod just to help figure out the bite for the day... Later J