Originally Posted by
KnightWKNF
I heard the reason Walker shot it down was the Wardens wrote a report stating they did not have enough staff to police the new law and in order to do so would cost the Dept. more money to staff up to police it. Walker saw extra $$$ and shot it down; the number the wardens listed was exorbitant.
Weird thing is that panfish is open year round and apparently they aren't policing that to make sure people are actually releasing game fish they catch....not sure why any staffing change would have to occur.