A Selfish Lake Erie Treats Tournament Anglers Rudely

Saturday May 7, 2011 marked the opening of the Lake Erie 2011 Trophy Season for smallmouth bass and the date of the Southern Tier Bassmaster’s first open tournament of the young season. Seven two man teams took to the water

early that morning with high hopes of catching that long awaited lunker bass that they dreamed about all winter long. And dream is all they could do as Lake Erie yielded no 20” fish, the required legal size for this season, to any of the competitors. Many were hard pressed to catch any bass that day. Consequently no fish were weighed in. Lake Erie 1…fisherman 0.

We as a club are in the process of trying to convince the DEC to lower the size limit to 18” for the early season. One of our members has done some research on the matter and has compiled the data. If you follow the provided link you can read this data. If you agree, please e-mail the DEC at the e-mail address that is contained in the data.

Bob Green