[hammer4reel]

Hate to say I told ya so.
With what looks like compromise regs getting pushed , looks like the guys who kept saying let things play out got what they asked for .
Instead of educating that it was time for a slot limit to meet the reductions .guys kept saying status qou . That too many guys wouldn't be able to catch 19" fish .
Don't kill the big females . Shorten the season to keep the limit etc etc.

So what happens , instead of worrying about getting the 2 fish slammed on us for out of compliance . Those in charge headed what they thought would be best .
Since status qou wasn't going to happen , and guys already cried 18" was too big . They couldn't let it get to 19" or the fishery was doomed .

So now you will prob get the 3/18"


IMO instead of sitting waiting to see what would happen , if things were pushed different and more info was pushed , we could have had a more liberal bag limit .

The slot fish should have been pushed from the start like a few of us suggested.

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