03-16-2016, 02:06 PM
[quote AllFish]Went out Monday morning, wanted to see if the walleye were at the baffles yet. Tried fishing legitimately, soaked a minnow, then a night crawler. No luck.
Saw about 6-8 guys there. All but one left eventually, son witnessed him snagging one big fat walleye, clearly saw it snagged. Guy turned his back, left the fish in his net and took it off the hook in his net and slipped it on his stringer. Son was infuriated, wanted to confront the "happy harvester"
I told him no, not our place. Others made it possible for this to happy. Just keep fishing legitimately, all you can do. Many have voiced their opposition to the inlet being open, but it stays open.[/quote]
I haven't ever actually fished Willard but hope to this year, seems to be a few threads on this exact issue lately. I find it odd that they don't close/restrict harvesting during the spawn like they do with some species, is it because they are overpopulated in there and want to thin out the walleye numbers? And do they get mushy like some species of fish during the spawn?
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Saw about 6-8 guys there. All but one left eventually, son witnessed him snagging one big fat walleye, clearly saw it snagged. Guy turned his back, left the fish in his net and took it off the hook in his net and slipped it on his stringer. Son was infuriated, wanted to confront the "happy harvester"
I told him no, not our place. Others made it possible for this to happy. Just keep fishing legitimately, all you can do. Many have voiced their opposition to the inlet being open, but it stays open.[/quote]
I haven't ever actually fished Willard but hope to this year, seems to be a few threads on this exact issue lately. I find it odd that they don't close/restrict harvesting during the spawn like they do with some species, is it because they are overpopulated in there and want to thin out the walleye numbers? And do they get mushy like some species of fish during the spawn?
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