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Location: Wishin I Was Fishin' | Please take the time to attend a meeting. Doesn't have to be in the county you live in and you don't have to stay for the whole meeting if you can't, however staying for the musky items and asking for support will help our cause immensly.
The 2 main musky items will be:
1) Statewide trolling all lakes 3 lines. I urge a no vote. This will be bad for our musky lakes where it hasn't been allowed, we are just starting to see catch sizes increasing with more catch and release and higher size limits. The state is also significantly reducing musky stocking in 2013 stating budget issues. We need to protect these lakes and send a strong message to the state politicians and DNR.
2) Green Bay 54" size limit - last time on ballot - hard not to loose faith in the system with us having to get it voted on 4 times, but this is the final one to make it happen. With minimal stocking the fishing has been getting very tough on Green Bay. We need to protect what we have left of it. Most of the fish from the high numbers years of stockings are in the 50" range and need to be protected. We want this to be the best trophy musky water as possible and we all know there are not many of them in Wisconsin.
Here is where the hearings are: http://dnr.wi.gov/about/wcc/Documents/spring_hearing/2013/2013locat...
Here is the question book : http://dnr.wi.gov/about/wcc/Documents/spring_hearing/2013/2013Sprin...
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Location: Green Bay, WI | I'm going over to Kewaunee tonight, to the hearing over there. I was there when I re-authored the proposal back in 2008, so I am going back there to speak on it tonight. I know Jay is going to Brown County, and I'm sure there'll be others there as well. So I am going to try to get to a different county. |
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Location: 31 | Thanks Joe, I'll be in Walworth with a friend tonight.
However, I respectfully disagree that maintaining this trolling ban will help to protect the muskie fishery. If 3 lines is the perceived villain, then it should be addressed separately. It is speculation that some lakes are thought to be doing better because of the trolling ban IMHO, and I'd argue that a more logical reason some banned lakes are doing better is due to higher size limits with an increased local awareness of the benefits of catch & release.
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Location: South East Wisconsin | I’m in anyone else in Washington County, WI attending? Let me know nice to meet new people. |
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Location: NE Wisconsin | Statewide locations for the meetings tonight. You must be a resident of the county to vote for delegates but can be from anywhere to vote on the questions.
http://dnr.wi.gov/about/wcc/Documents/spring_hearing/2013/2013locat...
Edited by Johnnie 4/8/2013 4:56 PM
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| Just got back from voting with my wife. Listened to the first few questions of the discussions. The old timers who stood up and asked everyone to vote down the trolling proposal because they "couldn't fathom what the up north lakes would look like with all the trollers" made me chuckle. No one is going to be rushing up north to rape and pillage the lakes trolling. |
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Location: Green Bay, WI | I just got back from the Kewaunee County hearings. No one said a word about the trolling question--or the 54" size limit meeting either. I spoke for 3-4 minutes on the history of the 54" resolution, but then no one else said a word. So either no one had a problem with it, or everyone pretty much had their mind made up either way and had already marked their vote for that one. There were about 45-50 people there, including the CC members and the DNR personnel. |
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Location: Yahara River Chain | Back from Dane County and it happened again. It looks like we have another PETA type as a delegate. The name is Melissa Smith and she beat out incumbent Matt Rainey for a 2 yr term. Bright side, Al Phalen was able to win reelection over Adam Kassulke for the 3 yr term.
Smith 250
Rainey 217
Phalen 234
Kassulke 196
Trolling question had about 6 speaker against and 1 in favor. Should be real interesting to see how the vote ends up.
We have to do a better job of turn out. Also one resolution questions was having delegate voting on line.
Edited by muskie! nut 4/8/2013 9:59 PM
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| The entire bleacher section was filled in St Germain. Many, many arguments against the proposed trolling proposal and none for it. 3 alternative resolutions were also voted upon. Almost all tried to address dragging suckers. |
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Location: minocqua, wi. | good night followed by a cold beer knockers pizza and a competitive National Championship game ... |
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