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| The Department of Agriculture has decided that it is now illegal to transport live fish accross State lines. I believe this is due to the threat of some disease currently passing around. I also believe it to be a temporary ban, but who knows how long it will last. I know the MN DNR is planning on buying more fish from private farms, and in a normal year, they can produce enough Muskies to sustain all of MN's lakes. But what about other States? North Dakota has some great Hybrid fishing, but doesn't produce any Muskies to stock. I think South Dakota was getting all of their fish from Indiana. And doesn't Wisconsin get a bunch of their Suckers from out of State?
Depending on how long this lasts, there could be quite a few changes in store.
What are your thoughts? |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | http://muskie.outdoorsfirst.com/board/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=29...
This is going to be trouble for programs across the country. |
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| Sorry Steve, I didn't know there was already a thread on this subject. Strangely though, there are not nearly as many replies as I would have expected. As you state, this is a big deal for some. |
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| It's a very big deal for those of us in IL, as around half of the fish we stock come from IN, WI, and MN.
It's also a pretty big deal for the (formerly) ongoing leech strain stocking studies in Madison.
What a lot of folks don't consider is that many bait shops also get (used to get) their bait from other states, including suckers...
I haven't really looked at other states, but for those that don't have hatcheries, musky fishing in those states is going to be in real trouble. |
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Location: The Yahara Chain | Does anybody know if they will allow eggs to cross state lines?? If not the LL study here in Wisconsin will be dead in the water. |
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| hate to see anybodys program suffer but there needs to be more sources made available even without the ban for LL strain then JUST the Minnesota Muskie farm,,,cant local Muskies inc chapters approach fish farmers in their states about starting a brood stock program if they promise to purchase fish on a regular basis in the future |
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| If they can raise the money they need I could see that working.
We're going to be around 10,600 fingerlings short here in IL next year. (45%) I don't know that the hatcheries in IL have the capability to make up the difference. I also wonder where the money is going to come from to make this happen. The DNR sure doesn't have it. The clubs aren't exactly swimming in money either.
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| 80% of Minnesota's resources are geared toward Walleye matters. That's just a fact that probably won't change. I think there are 5 private hatcheries producing Muskies in MN right now. They used to see out of State, because they made more money. That left MN. short on fish at times. A MN DNR representative told me that the MN DNR is already planning on buying more fish from those private growers than before. It was unusually hot this past year, which accounted for some loss in fish available for stocking purposes. Normally, in average weather, MN can produce enough fish for it's own lakes. This new regulation may actually be helpful to MN in a way. |
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Location: Palm Coast, FL | Our club had a meeting recently and this was brought up. The Webster Lake Musky Club still purchases fish out of state for one of the lakes we stock. The DNR informed us that next year there should not be a problem. It is the year after that where it could influence it. The DNR said that further testing was being put into place but has not been completed yet. As soon as this new procedure is finalized they will release that information for other people who raise them to sell across state lines. |
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