I'd have to agree with you guys, the creel limit is way too high and personally I am not a big fan of the taste of Largemouth or Smallmouth bass but that's just my opinion I guess. I think a 2 Bass a day limit would be fair enough so if some people do like the taste they can have some to eat. I'm not against anyone who is leaglly keeping and eating fish according to the current regs, I persoanlly keep and eat a lot of different species and people are within their rights to do so. I do persoanlly think "filling the freezer" with Largemouth is kind of ridiculous but that's just me. All in all I agree we need to make a change to this reg so we can keep and improve on the already great bass fisheries that we have but I'd have to say I don't agree with making people feel like jerks because they keep their legal limit if they choose to do so.

I'll chime in. Yes it's time to reduce the creel and two fish per outing seems more than reasonable. I also like Huskys idea of only one large fish a year, but I would think it would be next to impossible to regulate. I also believe that as some of our neighboring states have implemented that there should be a closed season during the spawn. This thought is due to the increasing numbers of tourneys being held every year.

Personally unless the fish will die I am a strictly C&R person for all species that I fish for. Yet that does not mean that I have to implore my beliefs onto anglers that are following the rules and keeping limits.

:o I missed Jims statement above, maybe Huskys statement of one large fish per annum does have some merit to be be enforced.

Like many of you, I found that post very disturbing as well. More restrictive creel limits could certainly prevent this type of behavior; however, this topic is a slippery slope.

Even if creel limits were reduced to 2 fish per day, what is next? Next....closed season during spawn? Why stop there? How about the imposition of Lake Waramaug like restrictions on the entire state. I have a great proposal that should be implemented immediately, here it is:

Black Bass may only be targeted from June 15 to December 1. During the open season, anglers may fish between the hours of 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Anglers with last name A-K shall be permitted to fish only on even numbered days of the month, while anglers with last names L-Z may only fish on odd-numbered days of the month. Failure to obey these regulations shall result in immediate imprisonment.

In all seriousness, I agree that most people are not taking 6 bass per day to "fill the freezer;" however this type of behavior prompts this type of reaction. Our enemies will use this reasoning and logic as a backdoor to effectively ban tournament fishing if we are not careful with our ranting.

My personal belief: If you have the audacity to come on a quasi-public forum and proudly exhibit your massacre, chastisement should be expected. If we can self-police this type of conduct in a respectful fashion, unnecessarily restrictive regulation won't become necessary.

It wouldn't be a bad idea to close it to out of staters during that time. Best fishing of the yr should be kept for ct res. only! We can't fish their lake during that time.