Savayman Posted March 21, 2018 Report Share Posted March 21, 2018 Trophy Carp Regulations update! Please visit: https://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/menu/CommDocTmyBillAllComm.asp?bill=HB-05360&doc_year=2018 If you submitted testimony please check to see if it was added. If not please send and an email as follows: Please send you email to: envtestimony@cga.ct.gov Subject line: HB 5360 exceptions to Trophy Carp Regulations I am against the exceptions for bow fishing introduced and added to HB 5360, especially for the Connecticut River & its Coves. As a catch & release angler I fully support and endorse the legislation to create Trophy Carp Waters and Creel Limits for common carp. The Connecticut river offers an exceptional opportunity to create a trophy carp water without impacting other fish species or the water quality. As noted by DEEP Fisheries scientists common carp rarely, if ever, pose any issues to water quality in Connecticut & surrounding New England states. Since their introduction in the 1800’s common carp have become naturalized and their spawn and fry provide exceptional food resources for other fish and wildlife. Where you find big carp you invariably find big bass, walleye, pike, perch and other species. The killing of many hundreds of trophy carp by bow fishers during the spawn is not only highly detrimental to creating a trophy carp fishery but has been documented to result in potential problems due to an increased biomass of smaller carp. The rapid growth in catch and release trophy carp fishing and the creation of Trophy carp waters, especially the CT River, is of significant economic importance to Connecticut. <Your Name , State> Please indicate if you travel to carp fish in CT? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savayman Posted March 22, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2018 Exception to bow fishing attached to HB #5360 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franky Posted March 24, 2018 Report Share Posted March 24, 2018 Sent, thanks Iain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philaroman Posted March 24, 2018 Report Share Posted March 24, 2018 (edited) WOW... ANY bow-fishing, for ANY species in a Wildlife Management Area (aside from brief, rare, special-circumstance population control... maybe once a decade, if needed) -- WTF is wrong w/ Connecticut??? Edited March 24, 2018 by philaroman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJ - Ryan Munn Posted March 25, 2018 Report Share Posted March 25, 2018 Hmm.. I sent an email a while ago but I'm not on the list. Am I too late? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(TN) Cannonball Posted March 25, 2018 Report Share Posted March 25, 2018 (edited) I sent in a reply before but I wasn't on the list. I cut-and-pasted the info and forwarded it to CT. Edited March 25, 2018 by (TN) Cannonball Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savayman Posted March 25, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2018 I’ll be providing an update end of this week on the next steps we need to take. Still not letting this go through without a fight! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobWhite Posted March 25, 2018 Report Share Posted March 25, 2018 Thanks Iain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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