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Location: Ontario | You can really see the 'boom and bust' in tackle trends by looking at any number of Buy&Sell pages. Yesterday's treasure becomes today's trash. Muskie marketing is as high turnover as any other sport's, and this is where I see the biggest growth in the future..selling stuff and selling the sport to sell stuff. The guys that have been doing it a long time with the basic graphs, rods, reels, boats and baits will keep chugging along, just fishin'. Not to knock the way our system works in N America, just that as long as people are willing to swap their money for new stuff, you can 'grow' just about anything, from the Flowbee to Pet Rocks to tix for Carrot Top's stand-up act. The WR is a sitting duck, there are probably ten patches of water I think could do it, and maybe another ten that nobody's heard of that could do it too. It'll either be caught on a walleye jig by accident or a #5 Mepps on a fifteen year old Garcia reel out of a 16' aluminum boat....totally deliberately. |
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Location: Chicagoland | If this global warming thing is real, then all of Canada and Alaska could have muskie in this century... that would be sorta cool, catching muskie and watching grizzly bears wrestle |
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Location: Syracuse, New York | In 5 Years:
-Gas prices level off around 5bucks/gallon and no one thinks twice about it
-A trend towards lighter tackle
-GPS tags that allow the average angler to track fish they've caught previously
And maybe not in five years but eventually:
-A continuous C&R season
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Posts: 181
| I see catch and release lakes only becoming more common.
I see artificial bates becoming more common due to the spreading of disease.
I see challenges to privatize lakes to help maintain costs.
I see genetic altered fish on some lakes
I see the move to hybrid boat engines.
I see new protection for the boats that lessens the chance of spreading milfoil and other non-native invasive species.
I see some strains becoming more acceptable and common place in all states.
I see lighter boats (save on gas).
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| I agree with DJ. I think the pressure on Canadian waters will ease up some. The price of gas will keep people home. Althought the cost increase is not as dramatic as people think, the perception will keep some away. Especially those from distant locations or not from MN.
Pressure in MN will continue. However I think you are going to have a lot of guys loose interest when they realize how difficult the sport can be.
All positives for the Shield guys. Less pressure and bigger fish. The only way to go i think. |
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