Bustin Lips wrote:Well look at the bright side... Red lake will remain the most poached lake in the state.
lanyard wrote:I'm a recovering walleye guy. Some of my numbers might be off since the "reconstruction" to make me more normal.
I get the idea is to protect the breeding fish. And maybe with the 17" minimum enough people will get their 14"-17" fish.
But after what, 6 years, the 17" fish will be 26" and past spawning and all the year classes underneath will have been losing population each year until they hit 17".
Close the gap to 17"-22", with two over 22" no more than one over 26". Get the most out of that 5 year spawning span and start moving the bigger fish out.
Or did the DNR change all that in their wisdom years ago with a "one over 22" in the daily limit?
I quit caring about walleyes years ago, but bad management still drives me insane. The slots are socially contrived "science" based on human carrying capacity and a need to say things are being managed appropriately.
Bullet21XD wrote:My views on walleyes in MN are simple.
The DNR has to regroup and manage every "walleye" lake as a put and take fishery. Period! They really should know by now, that walleye management simply doesn't work when you have thousands and thousands of anglers, both res and non res, that do not believe in their ideas.
Mille Lacs is a perfect example. There would be significantly less fishing hours on the lake if people were able to go out and keep the first four walleyes they catch. In years of late spawns, and throughout summer months, this would have a HUGE impact on fish populations. More fish. More balance. Healthier fishery. The DNR can't possibly know if inadverdant waste kills more/less fish than liberal size limits. On ML, I personally believe catch and release does more harm than catch and kill, especially with it being a "live bait" lake.
I'm sure there are others similar as well.
The DNR can heavily stock the classic walleye lakes by not stocking many of the smaller lakes which are already put and take fishery's...and should be stocked/funded by their associations.
Fish Felon wrote:Lanyard, I like your plan. 17-22" with 2 over 22" and only one over 26". They say those 19-21" females are the prime breeding fish. With that slot you'd protect those and not cause the age structure to be too top heavy and crash like it cyclically does at Mille Lacs.
ducksmuggler wrote:I have grown up fishing pool 4 that has a 15" minimum size.... most fish are 14 3/4 "
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