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Posted by }<)))*> StriperChaser on September 22, 2005, 10:25 pm Most people agree that the striped bass fishing at Smith Ideas differ on how to accomplish a turnaround. The No where is the riff more evident than between the Ron Curtis, president of the striper club, which has Some members of the club differ with Curtis and his board of directors. The club’s DGIF PROPOSAL: Eliminate the current two-per day, 20-inch minimum size limit and Link: Read the article
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A split in the ranks of Smith Mountain
Lake anglers
By Bill Cochran
ROANOKE.COM COLUMNIST
Mountain Lake is only a shadow of what it once was. If
you don’t believe that, you weren’t part of the good old
days.
fishing fraternity is split over whether to make drastic
regulation changes or stick to the current management
course and hope it works.
Department of Game and Inland Fisheries’ staff and
members of the Smith Mountain Striper Club.
about 700 members, believes that current regulations are
working.
Preservation Committee recommended the slot limit as an emergency issue, but the
club’s board of directors turned it down
implement a 26- to 36-inch slot limit from Oct. 1-May 31. During this period anglers
could keep two stripers. From June 1 to Sept. 30, there would be no size limit and
the catch limit would be four.
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