NJF&G hypocritical trout regulations...

[Chrisper4694]

I've had enough of this...we need to plaster the internet, clubs and local bait shops with this.

I've always stood behind the NJ fish and game, praising their stocking efforts making NJ one of the best places to be an angler, based not on the size of the fish, but the vast variety of species and fisheries.

That being said, if these new trout regulations pass, i'm done backing them. We all buy the same trout stamp and this crap is getting out of control.

They took a step in the right direction when they got rid of the 'fly fishing only' sections of rivers and now they're taking a step backwards and if you think this is where it's going to stop you're living in a dream world.

Here's a link to the 2017 njf&g digest where they published an article dismissing the false claims about the dangers of barbs and treble hooks to fish vs. barbless and single hooks, with scientific studies sited!

http://www.njfishandwildlife.com/pdf...digfsh8-15.pdf scroll down to page 12

Now a year later they claim the opposite and want to 'nickle and dime' us with ridiculous regulations? sounds to me like special interest minority groups (fly fishing elitists) have their hand up someone's ass like a puppeteer.

I wonder how many big wild trout have died by fully engulfing and swallowing a tiny little fly and then being played to death on an extra long noodle pole just so some clown can pretend he's better than everyone else.

How about a regulation making a short 5-10 minute video and 10 question test on fish handling mandatory before purchasing a fishing license. That'd be an example of a regulation that would actually make sense if they really cared about the wild trout fishery!

All of us, out there much more frequently than these guys, catching countless more trout, are just as much conservationists as them if not more so; these new proposed regulations are based on NOTHING (proven by their own article from a year ago siting scientific studies) except maybe the special interest needs of a minority.

I'd make this post sticky and spread the word because this is another slippery slope situation. What's next? fly fishing only waters all over the place again? more expensive trout stamps to pay for wardens guarding these sections from real anglers? maybe trolling bans on certain reservoirs? who knows...don't let NJF&G hypocrites open this door!