03-22-2013, 04:34 PM
So...
My brother was down there last night. He snagged 5 and let them all go. Several of the regular Willard crowd was disguted that they were letting them go. My bro told them it was illegal to keep snagged fish. They laughed and told him he just doesn't know how to cook. They then told him it wasn't illegal to keep snagged fish. Its just illegal to snag on purpose. He witnessed dozens of tail hooked and dorsal hooked fish go in buckets. I don't want to start a stupid debate about interpretation of the laws. I spent enough time on the mission debating interpretation. I was hoping one of the dwr people would chime in and let us know if they will write a ticket if a person keeps a accidently snagged fish, because I don't think they will. I'm worried about one of my favorite fisheries. First this same crowd is allowed to thin down the wiper population and now the dwr has turned them loose on the largest population of spawning walleye in the lake.
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My brother was down there last night. He snagged 5 and let them all go. Several of the regular Willard crowd was disguted that they were letting them go. My bro told them it was illegal to keep snagged fish. They laughed and told him he just doesn't know how to cook. They then told him it wasn't illegal to keep snagged fish. Its just illegal to snag on purpose. He witnessed dozens of tail hooked and dorsal hooked fish go in buckets. I don't want to start a stupid debate about interpretation of the laws. I spent enough time on the mission debating interpretation. I was hoping one of the dwr people would chime in and let us know if they will write a ticket if a person keeps a accidently snagged fish, because I don't think they will. I'm worried about one of my favorite fisheries. First this same crowd is allowed to thin down the wiper population and now the dwr has turned them loose on the largest population of spawning walleye in the lake.
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