Outsmarting the bass boats

[ApS]

Originally Posted by MikeF-NH

hi everyone just a quick $.02 from me (some is fact, some opinion):
-pursuit of bass on public NH waters 24/7/365 = legal
-interfering with the above pursuit in anyway = illegal
-plucking bass from beds = legal
-not returning them right away during June = illegal
-male bass guard the beds (not the "mommies"). Females dig the nest, drop the eggs and leave the area.
-targeting beds is not unsportsman like or immoral as long as its legal. If it adversely affected the population, it would be illegal. Winni has no problem with it's bass population.
-it's not possible or legal to own a bass so any reference to my or our bass = reference to illegal activity
-everyone that fishes catches bedded fish whether they intend to or not.
-if we need to show concern for a species of fish in the Lake, let it be the salmon...a species that is certainly having a rough go of it.
-shoreline property owners own to the waterline and the portion of their docks above water but do not own any water or anything in it and thus have no say in how that resource is utilized.

1) As a shoreline property-owner, I at least, do "get a say" here.

2) It may not be "unsportsman-like" to drag Bass off their nests, but it is often overlooked that it's other than fishermen that "need" a supply of fish.

3) New Hampshire's Birdlife requires a large quantity of fish during a relatively short season.

4) It matters to residents' quality of life that Ospreys, Mergansers, Eagles, and Kingfishers can ever regain their former numbers.

5)The number of Loons—and even Cormorants—appear to be diminished this year.

6) Fishing the Bass from off their nests must be affecting the former large number of Bass, too.

There are a few small fish along the shoreline where I pull my boat out of the water nearly every day—but I don't recall seeing a single Bass fingerling this year.