I found last Thursday evening’s public hearing on the proposed 25-fish limit per day for crappies and bluegills both interesting and educational. Hosted by the Department of Natural Resources at the Dickinson County Community Building, 20 of us came to voice our opinions about the proposed daily limit. Marion Conover, chief of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources Fisheries Bureau, acted as moderator, while Jim Wahl, Northwest Regional Fisheries Supervisor and Mike Hawkins, Fisheries Biologist took notes on what each of us had to say. What really became apparent was the concern all of us had for both the fish and the fisheries. I’ve seen these public hearings get pretty loud, but even though there were differing opinions, there was respect for those views and the people that expressed them.