If you're truly interested first educate yourself of the situation and the key players.

KDFWR Mission Statement:
To conserve and enhance fish and wildlife resources and provide opportunity for hunting, fishing, trapping, boating and other wildlife related activities.

Ron Brooks replaced Benjy Kinman as Fisheries Director in 2009 - he calls the shots. Listen to his comments at 2:30-2:40:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQYJd-7iQb8

Find more here:
http://www.in-fisherman.com/2012/12/...-in-pay-lakes/
excerpts:
Ohio and West Virginia passed regulations allowing the harvest of only one blue or flathead catfish 35 inches and longer daily, while Kentucky has no limit. “Those regulations passed without strong data on catfish populations in the river,” Brooks says.

“The process for new regulations in Kentucky starts with approval by an appointed commission,” he says. “Once approved, the rules are voted on by the legislature after public hearings and other input. So unless you can prove a biological problem, there’s no impetus to push for a regulation on the fishery. Based on everything we have so far, nothing really indicates a biological problem with the catfish populations.”


Jason (Jay) Herrala is the state biologist currently in charge of the study; he can be reached here:
[email protected]
let him know what you see and your thoughts

BTW, KDFWR has sent representatives to several tournaments this year as part of the study to observe. I know of at least 6. Not a single fish over 40 lbs was weighed in at any event. The last big event (Cabela's) out of Vevay had a big fish of 33 lbs. I only counted five fish over 25 lbs weighed in over the course of two days. The evidence is in.

Side note, there was a large tournament out of Crystal City MO this past weekend. It took 268 lbs in five fish to win. Winning team didn't even have big fish of event. Now that's the type of water I would spend my money and travel to to fish.

If you have little faith in the Dept - send your concerns to your state Rep:
http://www.lrc.ky.gov/whoswho/hsedist.htm

Show up at the meeting on Nov 1st!