New Fishing Rules to Take Effect for Stonewall Lake
Charleston Gazette
27 December 2013
By The Associated Press
SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- New fishing regulations are set to take
effect next year at Stonewall Jackson Lake.
The Division of Natural Resources said the changes include a six
fish per day creel limit. One of these may be 18 inches or longer
for black bass.
There also will be a 52-inch minimum size limit with a one fish
per day creel limit for muskellunge.
Previously there was a catch-and-release regulation in place for
all black bass and a 30-inch minimum size limit with a two-fish
per day creel limit for muskellunge.
Officials say the regulation change was proposed by biologists who
began noticing a decline in physical condition of largemouth bass
and increased numbers of spotted bass.