12-08-2003, 05:59 PM
[size 1]Increasing the size limit to 24" would be a step in the wrong direction for the state and anglers alike.[/size]
[size 1]There is one differece between here and starvation we are all forgettting. If strawberry ever gets too many large cutts it would not be any challenge at all to remove them. Could you imagine the first weekend they lifted the slot. You could probably walk across the boats and have things back in check after one weekend. You would never see the DWR gill netting Cutts the way they do Walleye in Starvation. The other factor is the cover and food base in the Berry is beyond compare. I think the Cutts can keep them in check and will if we allow them but they will never eliminate the chub food base. Second is the Berry has had it's own specific rules for a while. It is a unique water that deserves unique regs. I beleive the most fished water in all of the state deserves it's own regs if they better the fishery whether it conforms to the rest of the state or not.[/size]
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[size 1]There is one differece between here and starvation we are all forgettting. If strawberry ever gets too many large cutts it would not be any challenge at all to remove them. Could you imagine the first weekend they lifted the slot. You could probably walk across the boats and have things back in check after one weekend. You would never see the DWR gill netting Cutts the way they do Walleye in Starvation. The other factor is the cover and food base in the Berry is beyond compare. I think the Cutts can keep them in check and will if we allow them but they will never eliminate the chub food base. Second is the Berry has had it's own specific rules for a while. It is a unique water that deserves unique regs. I beleive the most fished water in all of the state deserves it's own regs if they better the fishery whether it conforms to the rest of the state or not.[/size]
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