22" in 4 and 1/2' of water

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Originally Posted by 5th Tuition

Well I have to give you credit. At least you have the balls to admit that it was a vendetta against one person. Now if I could just get Brandon to admit he was USED by the MCBA to accomplish this fact.

It was a great chess move to get Brandon to make the proposal. It worked to perfection.

5th (Marty)

Vendetta? What vendetta?

The bloody pictures were posted on a web forum based in New Jersey, then one in New England. The post that went with the pictures explained that the guys in the photos were in Maryland's Chesapeake Bay and it was supposed to be a catch and release fishery at that time of the year.

Since ASMFC member states monitor all of the important fishing forums, it didn't take long for them to get the word to Maryland DNR of their concern for the mortality in a supposed catch and release time of the year.

Place the blame where you want, but the truth is, the pictures were the proof that ASMFC needed to push DNR to act.