Well the minimum on bass has made the bass population thrive in wanahoo so don’t see a reason why a slot limit wouldnt be ok for northern. Seems like a waste to let all that wonderful fish fillets to die and not be able to experience a northern meal and not have to drive hours away to catch one. We pay good money for fishing permits and don’t see a problem in a harvest of a few northern. And if you ever been out to wanahoo which I am a few times a week and hear a lot of guys complaining about too many northern and snapping thier line trying to catch other species.
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