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Fish-skin-on-fillets rule unpopular with Pennsylvania’s Lake Erie anglers

The skin patch rule was implemented in 2022 so waterways conservation officers can identify species and ensure that anglers aren’t trying to pass off sublegal fish of one species, such as walleye, as keeper-size fish of another, such as perch. (Stock photo)

The Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission may soon change regulations for how anglers process walleyes, perch, steelhead, bass and other catches at Lake Erie fish-cleaning stations.
At its recent fall meeting, the agency’s board unanimously voted to replace the rule requiring anglers to leave a 2-inch by 2-inch piece of skin on their fish with one that would instead require them to keep their fillets fully intact.

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