I don't know what's going on with this one. I have a feeling that because so many people are pissed off about it, it could get some kind of fast track thing and get changed much sooner than the regular DFG reg change timeline.

The commission has the ability to make changes whenever they want, they just don't typically do it if Joe Public sends them a request to change the regs. They usually make changes when the biologists recommend changes to protect fisheries or things like this (rockfish closures or a change in the size limit for bass at Diamond Valley Lake for example - both of which were probably recommended by DFG biologists). So if this issue feeds back via actual DFG biologists or enforcement people who realize that it's a stupid reg, it may get changed quite soon. That's just speculation on my part. I'd sure like to know who snuck that one on the books though. You may be able to find that out on DFG's website for the commission. Too busy @ work today to check.