Yes. Thank you Dave.
For those who aren't aware, the Cal Dept of Fish and Wildlife is proposing a sweeping new raft of "simplified" fishing regulations that will affect EVERY body of trout water in the entire state.
CA is a big state, and I only am familiar with some of it's waters, but the proposed regs almost uniformly extend the season, increase bag limits, and reduce or remove gear restrictions altogether on these waters.
After so many decades of working with the angling community with the goal of protecting our trout fisheries, the DFW now wants to "simplify" things which in almost every case will likely result in hurting the fisheries.
This is really a big deal.
My local fly fishing club studied the proposed regs and intended to comment on all of them, but there are so many ways the proposed regs hurt all of our fisheries, and we have so many fisheries in CA, that the club's official position is now that it simply opposes all of the proposed regs.
I really have no idea why the DFW want to do this; making the regs simpler certainly won't stop some people from continuing to ignore them, if that's what they're inclined to do.
The DFW has finished its public meetings on this topic, however the window is still open
for a short time only to write to the DFW to provide them feedback.
Please, take a few moments to write your comments to the DFW! Even if it's just a couple sentences.
You can download and read the proposed regs, and how they will affect the fisheries you are familiar with, and also comment on them to the DFW here:
https://www.wildlife.ca.gov/fishing...K4EbgsIwKtPREdfqWPmciju4mpmIG7v_y1zLQlZvKYeAY
Also, Roger Bloom is the DFW's point person on this proposal, pleased also write to him in person at:
Roger.Bloom@wildlife.ca.gov
Every email counts! Even if it's just a couple sentences.
Here is what I'm writing:
I am completely against these proposed regs.
CA is a really big state, and its waters are numerous and extremely complex and diverse.
Decades of conscientious stewardship have lead to the creation of the existing specific protective regulations, and their complexity is a protective benefit to our state's waters, not a drawback to them.
The propsed "simplification" of CA's trout regs will in most cases extend the season, increase bag limits, and reduce gear restrictions on a massive number of our state's trout waters.
That will very quickly allow those waters to become over-fished and thereby ruin the waters.
Please don't enact any of these proposed regs!
Andy Coradeschi