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Originally Posted by Lard Almighty
I want to contribute some additional info on the regulation changes, particularly the hot button issues of the barb/hook point restrictions and the private trout clubs fishing during the pre-opening day closure. I filed an OPRA request with the DEP and obtained many, if not all, of the public comments submitted to F&W regarding the fish code proposals. After reading through all ~160 comments I was provided, and evaluating which ones were relevant, I found the following:
Barbless Hook/3- Hook Point Restriction on C&R Trout Waters:
Comments In Favor: 71
Comments Opposed: 40
Private Clubs Fishing During Closed Season
Comments In Favor: 81
Comments Opposed: 12
*Note that "in favor" or "opposed" means the comment applied either to the proposed changes as a whole, or specifically to that issue.
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Nice job Lard. 160 comments is really really sad considering there are over 120,000 resident fishing licenses and 80,000 trout stamps sold a year.
Lard how many comments were simply "I agree with all the proposed changes"?
