Attention Pa Fisherman: Special Regulations change
I fish the Little Lehigh and Lehigh, among others in the Lehigh Valley
(redundant?). I drive 5+ hours from Upstate NY to do so. Education is the
key. A snelled hook with worm, corn, or bread with kill a fish. Teach the
bait fisherman to pinch barbs and use methods that hook lips rather than
gills is the key.
Perhaps a mandatory fisherman safety course (like hunter saftey) would be in
order nationwide?
"G. M. Zimmermann" wrote in message
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To anyone from Pennsylvania, partiularly the southeast portion of the
state.
I was just out fishing on the Delayed Harvest ALO section of the
Tulpehocken
when a gentlemen approched me and we struck up a convesation. He informed
me
that he was a member of the loacl chapter of trout unlimited and that the
PA
Fish & Boat commission was proposing changesing the reulations of the
stream to
allow the use of bait during the period of time. Such a change would be
disasterous to the resident population of fish. Every other stream or
lake
with trout in it in this area is basicly fished out during the spring
trout
season, because most of the guys around here are only interested in
catching as
many keepers as they can. The Tulpehocken is the one place where most of
the
fishing pressure is from guys interested in catch and release. If any of
you
are intersted in preserving this fishery and its current regulation,
please let
the PA F&BC how you feel.
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