"As for Don's comment on the 1 over 14" limit, I don't struggle with it as bad as I do the over 18" size limit that has been placed on the Minocqua Chain and has been in place on the Flambeau Chain for years now. It just seems to me that you just get that fish to adult/spawning size and then we allow it to be harvested??? That's the one I don't understand..."

I agree yet we allow spearing just as they get to adult/spawning age? Now, that's one I do not understand

And what actually is a "safe harvest" number? I admit I have no knowlege of that but 50% seems a bit high especially if adult/spawners are then also harvested through the year.