Fished the derby today, had some great laughs and a great time. Enough about that...

The thing that I had began pondering is wondering how long it is going to take before the state let's even this fishery get hosed just like so many others. Like a 10 fish per person limit?

I started thinking, there are a few people that have been pounding this fishery everyday for the last month or so, catching their limits plus their partners are getting their limits as well. So, lets say, each time out (we'll go on the minimum side of things) they get 10 fish. So, in a month, one person gets roughly 200-300 fish depending on how many days they fish. So, if they take someone with them, then it's up to 300-500 fish. Now multiply that by more people, more days, etc....how long will it take for that fishery to be wiped out?

I saw one person today weigh in 46 or 48 fish. They kept absolutely every fish. Why? what is the point? It was a derby for the largest fish and largest limits. Do you think that keeping multiple 8" fish is going to do the trick?

In our boat, we weighed in 19 fish (for 3 of us).

I think that this is another case of the state saying that killing fish is justified, so we have this need to kill more than we need. For some odd reason, everytime this state gets an excess amount of any fish, they turn on the green light for killing. Why don't they ever feel that a surplus of a resource is ever a good thing?

Better yet, why don't we as anglers make wiser choices and do our part to help preserve our fisheries instead of whacking 20-30 or near 50 fish every day?

I don't know, just thinking out loud here....

Maybe I got too much sun today, but it doesn't make sense to me.