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Originally Posted by Jim Sammons LJKF

My name is Jim Sammons, I am a kayak fishing guide in San Diego and the host of two TV shows airing on NBC sports and The World Fishing network. I have been a angler in Southern California for over 40 years.[/FONT]

This morning I received the proposed regulation changes for Kelp, Sand and Spotted bass and I must say I was disappointed in what I saw. I am a huge proponent of changing the current regulations on these fish but I really think the commission is missing the boat on this one.

Like myself, most anglers I know, support some changes to protect these species, but also most anglers I know would like to see a slot limit to protect the bigger fish. A slot limit is not even given as an option, they simply want to increase the size limit and lower the bag limit, and add a closed season on Sand bass.

I am all for the lower bag limits but adding a slot limit will do so much more for this fishery than an increased size limit.


For my shows I travel and fish all over the world and have seen first hand how well slot limits work. You need go no further than the East Coast of the US to see how well it has worked on muliple species there.

It is a fact that the larger fish produce more eggs thereby increasing the population, just raising the size limit does nothing other than allow people to remove the larger fish which produce the most eggs. A slot limit protects the larger fish, increasing the eggs deposited but also will give anglers the chance to catch and release much bigger fish and really get a trophy bass.


Most of the guys I know and fish with practice this anyway but by making this a regulation it will force the people that tend to over harvest, or that simply don’t understand the importance of the larger fish, to practice catch and release of these larger breeding fish.


Please consider adding a slot limit to the new regulations, I think you will be amazed at the support you will get from the fishing community. A community that honestly has little faith in the Fish and Game Commission after the hammering we took in the MLPA process.

Jim Sammons

Right on Jim...loved the last sentence, hence the highlighting...the ol' Mis-Labeled Phooking Ambush