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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Reprobait" data-source="post: 68404" data-attributes="member: 777">Here is what the G&F is proposing for new fishing regulations.   I wish that they would have tried to cut the Perch limit to 10 daily instead of just cutting the possession limit:"The plan to eliminate darkhouse spearing on Larimore Dam and Wood  Lake is among a handful of potential changes Game and Fish is proposing  for the 2016-18 fishing proclamation that will take effect April 1.Key  among those potential changes is a proposal to reduce the statewide  possession limit of bluegills, yellow perch and white bass from 80 to  40. The statewide possession limit for most gamefish species is twice  the daily limit, but the current possession limit for bluegills, perch  and white bass is four times the daily limit.Hiltner said creel  surveys show relatively few anglers catch limits of perch on larger  lakes such as Devils Lake, but smaller lakes take a real pounding when  fishing is good. Reducing the possession limits for the three species  could spread out the resource to more people, Hiltner said.Other proposed changes to the proclamation include:•  Implementing a statewide rule requiring boaters to pull the drain plugs  from their boats any time the craft is not in the water. Currently, the  requirement only applies to boats leaving the Red River, where invasive  zebra mussels have become established.• Opening some or all of  Lake Alice, Silver Lake, Rose Lake and Lake Ardoch national wildlife  refuges to some seasonal fishing. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service  this fall received approval to expand fishing opportunities on the  federal refuges, most notably opening Lake Alice to ice fishing, which  is allowed for the first time this winter.• Opening Sweet Briar Dam in Morton County and Braun Lake in Logan County to darkhouse spearing.•  Eliminating length restrictions for largemouth bass and northern pike  on Red Willow Lake and largemouth bass on North and South Golden lakes.  Surveys have shown the length restrictions haven't produced the intended  results.• Allowing silver carp to be harvested by any legal means.• Allowing the harvest of snapping turtles from July 1 to Nov. 15 with a daily and possession limit of one.•  Clarifying language that prohibits introducing anything into the water  for enhancing the direct observation of fish—with the exception of  underwater cameras."<a href="http://www.grandforksherald.com/outdoors/recreation/3902689-ndgf-plans-stock-muskies-larimore-dam" target="_blank">http://www.grandforksherald.com/outdoors/recreation/3902689-ndgf-plans-stock-muskies-larimore-dam</a></blockquote>

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