Commentary: It’s time to make catch-and-release bass fishing statewide in New York

I recently came across an old YouTube video posted July 12, 2009, that records my interview of Dean Meckes, of Clayton, describing how he won the New York State Bass Federation tournament out of Ogdensburg by bed fishing for smallmouth bass with a drop-shot rig.
That’s right, 16 years ago anglers were bed fishing for smallmouth bass well after the June 15 annual season opener. Resolute bass anglers have been begging for implementation of the statewide catch-and-release bass season in Jefferson and St. Lawrence counties (as well as Franklin and Hamilton counties) in northern New York since the program began. Yet, it is still denied.

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