Quote Originally Posted by Duayne View Post
It is.
I would like to see it changed to a 20" "must keep" in the summer and 32" winter limit. Even small ones die in the summer when released.

Don't know about a must keep. Some people don't clean and eat fish, just catch and release. And if I release it and it dies, or I take it home and eat it, either way it's not coming back next year.

I know dead fish are an eye sore, but isn't it true that dead fish provide habitate for lots of bottom feeding fisah as well as for tons of bugs and other necessary marine life that support the eco system?

I'd could support a must keep, if there was some sort of fish collection point were I could donate the fish caught. But I'm sure that's a pipe dream, even though I have seen this type deal along parts of the Cheaspeake Bay.