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| This is a topic on a MN website I encourage you to read it as you can find the type of struggle it is to get muskies stocked into a lake.
This is a major Darkhouse area and their pres. even suggested it for proposal only to back out later. I will give you the link to the Waterville office so we can get as many people in support of this as possible. Also if anyone has the other links to the other area offices for the other 4 lakes please post them and support them. We need muskiefishermen to voice their wanting more opportunitys for muskies in MN. Who knows maybe one of these lakes will be the next Vermilion! http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/areas/fisheries/waterville/index.html
Thanks, Dan Crooms ch54
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Dan,
Do me a favor and present the case here. The link to the DNR is fine. To the other site...no. |
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| Thought it might be relivent to show the opposition in this area and the urgency to get calls on supporting this proposal. No intent to steer traffic to that garbage site.
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | I hear ya, any way we can help we will. Let the folks here know what needs to be done, and they'll step up. |
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| An E-mail or a phone call to the fisheries manager would be great.
Thank you all of your guys help will get this lake managed for muskies.  |
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| [email protected] This is the e-mail address for the Tetonka lake muskie proposal.
Here's some info on the lakes being proposed, http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/fish/muskellunge/muskiefaq.html
Muskie fishing is growing leaps and bounds so we need more fisheries in order to keep muskie fishing enjoyable.
Thank you guys for voiceing the need for more muskie waters, Dan Crooms ch54 |
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| News Releases
DNR to seek public input on five muskie stocking proposals
(Released August 10, 2010)
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will hold seven input open house meetings on Sept. 2 for citizens to learn about and comment on agency muskellunge stocking proposals.
Public comments will also be accepted from Sept. 1 through Sept. 30 online at [email protected], and by mail to Muskie Stocking Proposals, Minnesota DNR, 1201 East Highway 2, Grand Rapids, MN 55744.
The DNR is considering stocking muskellunge in five new waters starting in the fall of 2011 due to growing interest in muskellunge fishing. Proposed for muskellunge management are Roosevelt Lake in Cass and Crow Wing counties, Upper South Long Lake and Lower South Long Lake in Crow Wing County, Tetonka Lake in LeSueur County, and the Sauk River Chain of Lakes in Stearns County.
“All of these waters meet or exceed the criteria for muskie management,” said Dirk Peterson, DNR fisheries chief. “People who want to learn more details about each proposal are encouraged to attend our open-house style meetings.”
The DNR is proposing five new muskellunge waters because interest in muskellunge fishing has risen substantially in recent years. The best science indicates stocking muskellunge in low densities in these lakes will not harm existing fish populations.
DNR staff will not make a formal presentation at the Sept. 2 meetings, but will be available the entire time to answer questions. This structure - a lengthy opportunity for interaction with staff but no formal presentation - is designed to accommodate people’s busy schedules.
The locations and times of the Sept. 2 meetings are:
Mankato - Gander Mountain, 11:30 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Owatonna - Cabela’s, 11:30 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Waterville - DNR fisheries office, 50317 Fish Hatchery Road, 11:30 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Brainerd - DNR office, 1601 Minnesota Drive, noon - 8 p.m.
St. Paul - DNR office, 500 Lafayette Road, 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Montrose - DNR fisheries Office, 7372 State Highway 25 SW, 12:30 - 4:30 p.m.
Cold Spring - City offices, 27 Red River Ave. S., Cold Spring, 5 - 8 p.m.
Citizens unable to attend the Sept. 2 meetings can learn more about each proposal by visiting www.mndnr.gov/muskie, where the DNR has posted a summary of each proposal as well as answers to frequently asked questions.
All input - whether collected on forms at the public meetings or via online survey, e-mail or mail - will be considered equally.
The DNR will review public input during October and November. Decisions on each stocking proposal are expected in December. If the DNR decides to move forward, stocking would begin in 2011 or 2012. It would be 12 to 15 years after that before the fish reach 48-inches, the minimum size at which a muskellunge can be kept by anglers.
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Tim Goeman
Regional Fisheries Manager
MN Department of Natural Resources
1201 East Hwy 2
Grand Rapids MN 55744
218-999-7819
218-327-4263 FAX
[email protected]
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| Dan
you need to put this on the 'fishingminnesota' website musky section,,,,those are all the local guys who can possibly show up in person |
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| I would but I've been banned for life on that site for not getting along with the MDAA guys.  But someone with access should do it, that's a very good idea.
You also don't have to live in MN to have input. I would love to see 15,000 people in support of these lakes as it could go along ways in showing the DNR and MN polititions how importaint MN muskies are to the muskie community as a whole. Who knows maybe even other states will see this and start makeing more of a priorty of muskie fisheries as a whole.
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Location: Maple Grove | Hey guys. I have a log in over there and pasted the news release from above.
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The public input meetings on purposed new MUSKIE lakes are about to begin. Anyone who can attend these meetings, please do so. Your support on the NEW MUSKIE LAKES IS NEEDED. If you can't make the meetings you can still let your opinion be known by contacting Tim Goeman, Regional Fisheries Manager, at 219-999-7819 for information about the proposal and the different ways you can submit your input.
BRAINERD INFORMATION Upper & Lower South Long Lake and Roosevelt Lake
There will be a public information meeting hosted by the Minnesota Muskie Alliance to be held at 7:00 p.m. on Monday August 30, 2010 at Central Lakes College Cafeteria. The purpose of this meeting is to provide you with an opportunity to acquire facts and information about muskies and the stocking proposals, discuss how it will affect the lake and the local community and meet folks from the local Muskie Club. There will be several short presentations and handouts. DNR Fisheries staff will be attending these meetings. This meeting is not intended to be a public input meeting, simply a place where you can go and get information and ask questions.
The DNR will be holding the official public input meeting on the muskie stocking proposal for both Upper and Lower South Long Lake, and Roosevelt Lake from noon to 4:30 p.m. September 2, 2010 at the DNR fisheries office in Brainerd, 1601 Minnesota Drive. Comments may be submitted in person, by letter, phone, fax or via e-mail at [email protected] Notices for the meetings will also be posted in the local paper and at other public places.
ST. CLOUD INFORMATION SAUK CHAIN
There will be a public information meeting hosted by the Minnesota Muskie Alliance to be held at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, August 30 at the American Legion Club, 17 2nd Ave. N. Waite Park. The purpose of this meeting is to provide you with an opportunity to acquire facts and information about muskies and the stocking proposals, discuss how it will affect the lake and the local community, and meet folks from the local Muskie Club. There will be several short presentations and handouts. DNR Fisheries staff will be attending these meetings. This meeting is not intended to be a public input meeting, simply a place where you can go and get information and ask questions.
The DNR will be holding the official public input meeting on the muskie stocking proposal for the Sauk Chain from 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the DNR fisheries office in Montrose, 7372 State Highway 25 S., and from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the City of Cold Spring offices, 27 Red River Ave. S. Both meetings are on September 2, 2010. Comments may be submitted in person, by letter, phone, fax or via e-mail at [email protected] Notices for the meetings will also be posted in the local paper and at other public places.
MANKATO, OWATONNA and WATERVILLE LAKE TETONKA
There will be a public information meeting hosted by the Minnesota Muskie Alliance to be held at 7:00 p.m on Tuesday August 24 at Gander Mountain in Mankato. The purpose of this meeting is to provide you with an opportunity to acquire facts and information about muskies and the stocking proposals, discuss how it will affect the lake and the local community, and meet folks from the local Muskie Club. There will be several short presentations and handouts. DNR Fisheries staff will be attending these meetings. This meeting is not intended to be a public input meeting, simply a place where you can go and get information and ask questions.
The DNR will be holding the official public input meeting on the muskie stocking proposal for Lake Tetonka from 11:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. on September 2, 2010 at three different locations; Gander Mountain in Mankato, Cabela’s in Owatonna, and DNR Fisheries office in Waterville. Comments may be submitted in person, by letter, phone, fax or via e-mail at [email protected] Notices for the meetings will also be posted in the local paper and at other public places.
If you are interested in more information about the official muskie stocking proposals, please visit the DNR website at: http://www.mndnr.gov.muskie or type in “muskie stocking” in your web browser and you will be directed to the DNR site. Once on the website you will see references made to the individual lake plans, the muskie stocking proposals, and studies related to muskie diets and interactions with other fish species. You may also call Tim Goeman, Regional Fisheries Manager, at 219-999-7819 for information about the proposal and the different ways you can submit your input.
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Location: Minnesota: where it's tough to be a sportsfan! | Thanks Dan for posting this, as next Thursday is coming up quickly. Even though most will be hurried to get everything ready for the Labor Day weekend ya all please take time to give a Positive input on the stocking proposal. And may your lines be tight & hooks sharp! |
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