Good post fishlessman. I've caught some nice browns out of Ossipee as well. I'd like to see it be the primary trout species stocked there as well. Stock all browns and forgot about the salmon and rainbows and we could possibly have a trophy fishery there. The only problem is if it were the only large lake in the state to offer a trophy brown fishery,word would get out and it would get hammered into oblivion. Make 3-4 lakes like this, spread out the pressure, and who knows what the results could be. Until it's given a fair shot, we'll never know.

Chris

youve probably seen me post this before but i dont like rainbows stocked in nh. i know another smaller lake that had a nice smelt population and was producing huge browns, not many, but up into the 9 pound range. then they started adding bows, too many bows, and the big browns are just about gone. wont mention the name of the lake as it certianly cant take the pressure.

My opinion on some of this as a NH fisherman is.....

1-3 agreed

4 This is absurd, between fishermen traveling, dodging tourists on the water and license fees it sure makes it sound like they don't want anyone to fish.

5 I strongly believe this one should be debated, what about guides? Do they want to shut down the guides? Maybe one line per person on the boat up to 6 lines max.

7 Can someone clarify this one, I am a frenchman and I just don't get it, no culling allowed?

Have a great day and hopefully a great season.
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The following are the proposed rule changes:

1. A cast of artificial flies means no more than 3 flies attached to a line....

2 trolling means angling by trailing a line from a watercraft/vessel being propelled by mechanical wind or manual power....

3 when trolling only one artificial bait or one fly or one tandem fly or one bait shall be used per line.

4 10 waters managed for trout and salmon.... From April 1 through September 30
reduce the bag limit to one lake trout or one salmon or one brook trout....

5 from April 1 through December 31 no more than 2 lines per watercraft can be used while trolling these ten defined waters.

6 increase the daily bag limit for silver lake in Madison to the four fish bag limit.

7 prohibit the possession of live freshwater fish with exception of tournaments as well as allowed for bait.[/quote]

Hi folks,

Liza here from F&G. Thanks for the very civil conversation and your ideas on how to improve the salmon fishery!

Since it's not been made totally clear, the "proposals" that went to the F&G commission were not the final proposals - they were concepts brought to the meeting for further discussion and input from the commissioners. At this point, the proposal ideas are still in draft form. When final text for the initial proposals are ready, they will then go through a rigorous public process, which includes a public hearing and comment period.

Then, after consideration of comments heard during this early drafting stage for rules, we'll be able to tell you more. Please rest assured that the 2-line restriction is NOT under consideration.

As more information becomes available and the initial proposal is developed, public hearing and comment period dates are set we will post it on the F&G website and I'll try to remember to put links here as well. It's my understanding that our fisheries chief, Steve Perry, will be at the fishlakewinni.com gathering on Sunday to answer questions.

Best regards,
Liza Poinier
NH Fish and Game
www.wildnh.com

All this concern about 2 lines per boat. Talk about going off half cocked.
Well maybe it was not all in vain. Maybe F&G got some insight as to our concerns and saw some good recommendations from our group.
Cal

Thanks to checking in with us here Liza. It's also great that Steve is coming to the Gathering.

There were some ideas proposed here on this forum that might also merit consideration from F&G when reviewing proposals.

Thank you Liza for the update! Just what the Dr. ordered!

Matt

Thanks for the thanks :)

Your insights are indeed appreciated. No doubt that the next round of proposals will benefit from this good conversation.

Liza

Liza,
I must say I'm impressed that F&G is keeping an ear open to concerned anglers and replying on this site. Any thoughts on a trophy brown trout fishery being established here in NH?(see previous posts) Thanks again for your reply.

Chris