CO CPW wants to ban fishing w frogs

[Bluumoon]

You literally can’t make this up…
Public comment through July 16

Amphibians as Fishing Bait Regulations

Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) is considering a change to fishing regulations that would prohibit the use of amphibians as fishing bait. CPW is seeking input from the public to help inform a potential regulatory proposal. Public input will be accepted by CPW from

engagecpw.org

 

[Bluumoon]

Hopefully some other people submit comments on this. Proposing you can’t catch a frog and fish w it in the same pond it came out of….

 

[Chris in TN]

Who sits around thinking up this stuff?

Is there marijuana involved in the process?

 

[NRA4LIFE]

Only in CO. The new CA. You folks there are screwed, just like us in WA. This crap is just the beginning. Little frogs were the best bass bait ever back in WI.

 

[North of 60]

Just wow...

 

[average]

Seems more reasonable than the AIS checkpoints that get lots of support

 

[Hnthrdr]

Wut? This is dumb… very very dumb…

 

[pods8 (Rugged Stitching)]

Did CPW staff or was it the new commission proposed this?

 

[Jimbuck]

Amphibians have been on the decline for years. This was inevitable.

 

[Bluumoon]

Amphibians have been on the decline for years. This was inevitable.

The bull frogs (invasive) and salamanders they are proposing not use are not endangered or on the decline.

 

[Chris in TN]

The bull frogs (invasive) and salamanders they are proposing not use are not endangered or on the decline.

So, FWIW, when I was a kid we could buy crawfish (a nickle each, but that's another story) to use for bait. They were hands down the best bait for the annual spring white bass spawning runs on the TN river.

TWRA stopped that. You can't sell crawfish here anymore. I don't know if it's still legal to use them for bait (if I source them myself I don't honestly care - I'm a poacher like that I guess) but it isn't legal to buy/sell them for bait here. We can, at least for now, buy them to eat, at least.