Bass Fishing
Why do we still live by rules made in 1898??
4/23/14 @ 11:02 AM
Why does WI still have closed gamefish seasons? Good fisheries management practices didn't start to develop till the 1950's and became what is today in the 70's and '80's.
Now that anglers are more well educated why on earth are we still living by rules that are 115 years old?
There's only two states left with completely closed gamefish seasons with minor exceptions; MN and WI. Are 48 other states wrong? There used to be over 25 states with closed gamefish seasons, why are there less now?
It's not sound scientific practice, it's social tradition.
Read this and tell me the fisheries science practices were more sound then, than now;
http://books.google.com/books?id=HL8wAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA1347&lpg=PA1347&dq=1897+Wisconsin+closed+gamefish+seasons&source=bl&ots=Lt09ZH19wz&sig=jErRqSpTRcuWgSNcbedCw7ZtyMY&hl=en&sa=X&ei=X-FXU5esApStyASSi4KQAg&ved=0CCsQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=1897%20Wisconsin%20closed%20gamefish%20seasons&f=false
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