Md. Implements New Rules ; Extra Regulations in Place for Bass Fishing Tournaments
The Washington Times › July 23, 2009
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In response to outraged citizens who complained about a recent bass kill after a fishing tournament was held out of Maryland's tidal Mattawoman Creek, the state has decided to implement a number of new rules and take a hard look at future regulations regarding bass fishing contests.
The Department of Natural Resources' Fisheries Service has decided to begin registration immediately of all large bass tournaments. That will allow it to see who uses the resource and to get in touch with tournament directors so procedures and catch data can be discussed and statistics that may otherwise not be known can be developed.See the full content of this document
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Md. Implements New Rules ; Extra Regulations in Place for Bass Fishing Tournaments
The service also will require that the water temperature in live- release boat tanks (which now will have to contain at least 100 gallons of water) be within 5 degrees Fahrenheit of the...
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