stretch that is exactly what i mean. that would be the best thing for this fishery, i mean who needs to keep 20 flatties? your just going to freeze em and never eat em. if your having a big fish fry keep maybe 5 then fish the next day and get another 5. and if your on a spot that holds 20 flounder thenkeep em on a stringer and keep the biggest ones.
There is no greater fan of fly fishing than the mud minnow.
Dear Wino…While your concern seems genuine, I would caution you to be careful what you wish for. Regulation, while one of life’s ugly realities, is no substitute for ethics and personal responsibility. Once we abdicate our responsibility we lose the freedom to choose. Ethical sportsmanship needs your promotion…find your voice and educate as many as you can convince to follow your council. Continue to set an example within your peer group, while respecting the choices that others make. Law enforcement greatly appreciates the efforts of the concerned sportsman when they report crimes against our common resources…so drop a dime on poachers…but don’t write your congressman and ask him to add more regulations, restrictions and fines into the balooning codebook. The biologists with SCDNR are amoung the finest in the land…highly skilled and dedicated professionals who strive to “err on the side of caution” when setting creel limits, seasons, and slot sizes for our prized Palmetto fin and fur. Catching and eating fish from the ocean and rivers and creeks has been a vital component of our Southern heritage harkening back to post Civil War dependence on “living off the fat of the land”, and having the skill and purpose to harvest and renew the gift of the raw land and it’s natural abundance.
Sol Mate
Mako 20B
225 Optimax
I’ve fished all of my life, and in the days before the regs on trout and reds, we always tossed the little ones back to let the grow up and released the really big redfish because they were generally full of worms (and eggs) and honestly did not taste as well as the smaller fish. We were taught sportsmanship from an early age and were taught to respect the resources we had. We always release at least 10 fish for every one we take home to eat. We freeze a few when we are fortunate enough to catch good numbers now and then, but they don’t stay frozen long. The regs are good the way they are and those of us that heed the infrequent requests from the DNR to release a certain species from time to time are also helping our fishery. If we all do our part everything will be fine.
PioneerLouie
Pioneer Venture 175, Johnson 90
Summerville, SC