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1 Walleye limit on Mille Lacs
- Thread starter bwoods11
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Daydreamer
5 year old buck +
And the night ban until December! A lot of traditions going down the drain.
biglakeba$$
5 year old buck +
Resorts are gonna really drop like flies now...
Who is going to go up there and spend a weekend to bring home a fish or two.... Its one thing if the limit was low and you could go out and still catch a bunch of fish....
The sad fact is that you cant even go out to enjoy catching walleyes just for fun.
My only reason to go up for a day will be for smallmouth.
Who is going to go up there and spend a weekend to bring home a fish or two.... Its one thing if the limit was low and you could go out and still catch a bunch of fish....
The sad fact is that you cant even go out to enjoy catching walleyes just for fun.
My only reason to go up for a day will be for smallmouth.
sandbur
5 year old buck +
Who will be left to buy these resorts but the tribe and the resorts will be off of the tax roll?
foggy
5 year old buck +
I think someone (like Brooks) oughtta start a campaign to stop all gaming at the casinos.....until they stop with the spring spearing and any netting of walleyes. I say we should have the same rules for the tribe as for other Americans.
BuckSutherland
5 year old buck +
Ya know what else is really sad??? The big pussys that run Fishing Minnesota/ Hotspot Outdoors and Lake States Fishing censoring almost all the post having to deal with it. They are so scared to hurt anyone's feelings that it's laughable. I got the boot from FM for calling out meathogs and now I am in a TO with the LSF girls. I dont know how many more resources we are gonna allow the DNR to destroy cause they avoid science and make rules according to political pressure. I get so nauseated with people that operate entirely under the assumption that since the DNR allows them do something it is a good idea. All them bonus tags sure seemed to work out real good (insert sarcasm here). I hope this shithole anus cancer that is the DNR gets it clock cleaned in an audit.
Greta&Gus
5 year old buck +
Mille Lacs is a muskie/smallmouth lake now. I have heard from a few muskie fishermen that it is some of the best in the state. Even if the fishing was great there I still would go somewhere else. In my experience there are still a ton of good lakes to explore. The walleye, like the deer, is no longer the pinnacle of fishing in MN. In 15 years it will all be about bass and muskie. We have some really good bass fishing in the metro and if I ever decided to make the investment I might start chasing muskies. If you want to catch wallyes, go to LOTW or BWCA. Sag is the best walleye lake around right now.
wiscwhip
5 year old buck +
My guess is Leech and Big Winnie will likely take on some of the fishing pressure. I have no problem with the tribes spearing anything, it was guaranteed in their treaty rights...provided they use equipment that was readily available when the treaties were signed. They want to trade them for blankets and fire water, fine, no selling to high end restaurants. They want to use a handmade dugout canoe and sharp sticks with a fiery torch in the other hand, more power to them. Spearing off the deck of a fiberglass bass boat or an aluminum deep-V with million candlepower spotlights or headband mounted lights and 5 prong metal spearheads only to sell the fish to high end markets in Chicago and other large cities, ummmm...not so much.
biglakeba$$
5 year old buck +
Pike limits are 3 per person..... WHY??
I can catch 3 in 3 minutes on most MN lakes...
I can catch 3 in 3 minutes on most MN lakes...
foggy
5 year old buck +
Yep.....and I don't keep ANY. The big ones are fun to catch....but that's as far as it goes for pike with me.
biglakeba$$
5 year old buck +
Pickled pike.... I make it by the gallon.....
chummer
5 year old buck +
Pike have disappeared from our fisheries the last 20 years but we used to eat the bigger ones. They tasted great but were a pain to clean. I think the zebra muscles lead to their decline but the walleye, perch, and bass have flourished in their place.
B
bat man
Guest
Mille lacs is full of zebras and it was a big pike Mecca every fall. I loved seeing 60 degrees forecasted pre rut and I grabbed the boat instead of the bow. 40 inch fish were a realistic expectation in October nov. But now we can spear and eat them.
Vermin.
sandbur
5 year old buck +
If we can believe the DNR data, zebra mussels have cleared the water in Mille Lacs, walleye numbers have declined, and northern numbers have increased. Walleye spawning time netting by tribes is another factor.
I did hear a report of one fishhouse averaging 100 walleyes per weekend this winter. Most of them were very small-a good thing for the future. About one fish per weekend was in the harvest slot.
I heard new regulations are that you must have 2 smaller pike in the boat before you can keep a bigger one (over 30). New limits of 3. I have not seen it in writing, but heard it from an area minnow dealer.
This former 10 pike limit made as much sense as our bonus and antlerless tags had in the past.
biglakeba$$
5 year old buck +
You must have 2 pike under 30 inches in possession before you can keep pike over 30 inches....... EAB for fish? :)
