Catfishing is one of the biggest growing sports in West Virginia. My main goal in creating this petition is to stop paylakes in West Virginia. A flathead and blue cat life span can exceed over 20 years. When you put a big catfish inside of a pond or “paylake” it cripples the life of the fish . A fish that has been naturally growing in a river or lake can’t sustain proper oxygen , temperature, and stress that the paylakes are putting on them . Fish are caught over and over again stressing them out and eventually leading to death . A fish can sustain 1-2months living in a paylake . The amount of time generated to produce a 50lb+fish takes years therefore crippling the flathead and blue cat population. Please sign this petition and feel free to write a comment