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Cory T |
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| Here is some information on happenings on Lake of the Woods! Attached is a email from a few people plus one by Gord Pyzer explaining the situation. We all must do our part in stopping large Commercial fishing operations on our Lakes. The one thing that can be done is not to buy any Walleye from any restaurants and fish markets. Eliminate the Demand!!! Regards Cory Toker Hi guys, I have been flooded with emails similar this one which is attached ! ! I believe as a well managed, responsible fishing club, we have to band together with other fishing clubs, organizations, professionals in the fishing industry, government officials, and more than likely lawyers to see what can be done about this severe problem. We as citizens, and as tax payer deserve the right to be heard, and we deserve to be able to help protect the sport fishing industry. I will be calling an executive meeting very shortly to determine what kind of response we can put together. I will also be asking the executive to pass a motion to spend the maximum allowable amount of monies to properly contact ALL FISHING camps and lodges, media (T.V. and print) as well as possibly do some advertising ie. Kenora newspaper to try and get other concerned Ontario residence aboard. I also believe that we should consult our lawyers, in regards to a possible injunction, to give this the proper time and attention which it deserves, before it is too late. In the mean time I believe we should contract a person to compile a CONTACT LIST of email/mailing addresses of all lodges, dealers, retailers, and private citizens. I truly believe that we will be able to get the communities support and the financial support to carry on this campaign. Now is the time to step up to the plate, as we cannot allow the provincial and federal government to wash this serious problem under the rug. I will be looking forward to all of your comments and concerns. Thank You, Dave Korstrom Vice-President, Canadian Esox Association Box 634 Lasalle,MB R0G 1B0 email: [email protected] www.canadianesox.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Corona" <[email protected]> To: "canadianesox" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 1:35 PM Subject: Have you heard about this??? > #290720, "LOTW Big Problem Possible" > > > Many of you have heard about the increased commercial > fishing by the first nation on the LOTWs and other waters in NW Ontario. > > I received this e-mail from Gord Pyzor (former Kenora fisheries > district manager, now In-Fisherman field editor and a very knowledgeable > person about NW Ontario fisheries ) this AM and it greatly conserns me. > > Some of you may have seen pictures of LOTWS gill nets with rotten > fish last summer. These are revolting, but are not the real problem. Nets > that aren't tended soon quit fishing. Nets that are well tended fish every > day are more of a problem, as these are the nets that catch fish. If the > commercial fisherman is a good one He will move his nets to the fish just > like you and I do when trying to catch fish. These are the nets that will > decimate a fishery, not the ones with rotten fish! > > Here's Gord's e-mail: He sent this to Dick Pearson, and Doug Stange > and myself. I feel that the thought was to get this out and talked about. > > I don't know what can be done from the US side as far as Canadian > natives commercial fishing, but I think that getting this out so people > are aware of the problem can't hurt. > > This is going to effect everyone who fished the LOTWs and the > Winnipeg River, and pretty #*^@ soom! > > Doug Johnson > > I'll be doing the same post on the MH site. > > Here's Gord's e-mail: > > "Good morning Doug, Doug, and Dick. > > Regrettably, you are about to watch the dismantling and destruction > of one of the greatest freshwaters fisheries of all times. > > Please see below. > > Gord > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Gordon > To: [email protected] ; Betty Wires > Cc: Robert Pye ; Dave Brown (E-mail) ; [email protected] ; Jerry > Fisher ; [email protected] ; [email protected] ; John > Monteith ; [email protected] ; Gerry Cariou ; [email protected] ; > [email protected] ; [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 5:31 AM > Subject: First Nation Netting on Lake of the Woods > > > Dear Fred and Betty. > > I received a very disturbing phone call last evening from Lee > Winterton (Guy Winterton's brother) about the extent of First Nation > commercial netting on Lake of the Woods, which corroborates what many > people (including myself) have been observing and reporting to you > repeatedly for well over a year now. > > I suggested to Lee that he call, and/or meet, with you as soon as > possible to fill you in on the details. > > As Lee reported, one of the principals in the new commercial fish > packing plant here in Kenora, advised him that he has been shipping > "40,000 pounds of a fish a week, all winter long, from Lake of the Woods." > > Lee also related a first hand account of an Indian commercial > fisherman who told him that he was taking all of his "quotas" from all the > lakes he was "licensed to fish" solely from the Lake of the Woods. The > commercial fisherman also suggested to Lee that this was now a common > practise with many other commercial fishermen. I am sure Lee will relate > the specifics when he meets with you. > > If this is true, the harvest is entirely unsustainable and will > severely threaten fish stocks in Lake of the Woods. > > As you know, the accelerated level of commercial netting on the lake > over the past year has been unprecedented and is cause for concern. It now > appears to be totally out of control. If it continues, I have no doubt, > whatsoever, that we will shortly see very serious responses within the > fishery. > > Indeed, if what Lee is relating is factual, and I have no doubt that > it is, given what many of us have witnessed ourselves and reported to you > repeatedly, the impact on the walleye and pike populations is > unsustainable. And the effect on other species, especially muskellunge, > that are being netted, killed and dumped as an unwanted by-catch is > disgraceful. > > If 40,000 pounds of fish a week are being shipped from the new local > fish processing plant alone, the implications are unmistakable. It > translates into 160,000 pounds of fish a month or over 2 million pounds a > year! And that is from only one source. Given the early ice out conditions > that now present themselves, if uncontrolled commercial netting continues > throughout the upcoming spring spawning period, the impact on the fishery > will be particularly harmful. Perhaps irreversible. > > I would urge you to take immediate and responsible action to reduce > and control the harvest to sustainable levels, else risk losing one of the > most important fisheries in Ontario. > > A friend. > > > Gord Pyzer" > > Fishing Editor, Outdoor Canada Magazine > Field Editor, In-Fisherman Magazine > Co-Host, The Real Fishing Radio Show > President, Canadian Angling Adventures Ltd. > Outdoor Columnist, The Kenora Daily Miner and News, The Fort Frances > Times, > Just Fishing! and Grainews (Farm Business > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "canadianesox" <[email protected]> > To: "Trevor Gates" <[email protected]>; "Stu Mann" <[email protected]>; > "Steve Barsby" <[email protected]>; "Stephen Crook" <[email protected]>; > "Sam Spiropoulos" <[email protected]>; "Sam Parasiuk" <[email protected]>; "Ron > Edwards" <[email protected]>; "Rob Howitt" <[email protected]>; "Pete > Howitt" <[email protected]>; "Neil Glasser" <[email protected]>; "Mike Fruck" > <[email protected]>; "Mike Butler" <[email protected]>; "Kris Kelsch" > <[email protected]>; "Kevan Sutherland" <[email protected]>; "Ken > Rey" <[email protected]>; "John Toone" <[email protected]>; "John Corona" > <[email protected]>; "Joe Kozar" <[email protected]>; "Jim Lanoway" > <[email protected]>; "Jim Bais" <[email protected]>; "Jim Ashdown" > <[email protected]>; "Jeremy Santos" <[email protected]>; "Jeff Mirecki" > <[email protected]>; "Jeff Lauren" <[email protected]>; "Greg Brezinski" > <[email protected]>; "Grant Shay" <[email protected]>; "Glen > Konowalchuk" <[email protected]>; "Glen Konowalchuk" > <[email protected]>; "Earl Allen" <[email protected]>; "Doug > Teney" <[email protected]>; "David Alders" > <[email protected]>; "Dave Lawrence" > <[email protected]>; "Dave Korstrom" <[email protected]>; "Dave > Fredrickson" <[email protected]>; "Darrell Holden" <[email protected]>; > "Darcy Wallin" <[email protected]>; "Dan Thibeault" > <[email protected]>; "Craig Stapon" <[email protected]>; "Cory Toker" > <[email protected]>; "Chad Polenski" <[email protected]>; "Cecil > Eger" <[email protected]>; "Al Fast" <[email protected]>; "Broer De Groot" > <[email protected]>; "Bill Gardner" <[email protected]>; "Andrew > Klassen" <[email protected]>; "Anders Veldkamp" > <[email protected]>; "Al Pudio" <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 10:45 AM > Subject: Fw: Unanswered questions from last night's meeting > > >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Desrosiers, Andre (CON)" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 9:10 AM >> Subject: Unanswered questions from last night's meeting >> >> >> Someone asked about using fish guts or parts of fish guts as bait. Page >> 3 >> of the angling guide states that offal may be used as bait in all >> Divisions. >> >> Fish decoys are legal as there is nothing in the regs about them being >> prohibited. >> >> Great meeting and meeting more good, responsible anglers. >> >> André Desrosiers >> Natural Resource Officer >> #1 Keystone Drive >> Selkirk, MB R1A 2H5 >> >> 1-204-785-5081 >> >> [email protected] >> >> | |||
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| We are behind you Corey! | |||
| muskyboy |
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As a U.S. member of the Canadian Esox Association, please help us in any way you can think of to stop this excessive gill netting on LOTW, an area where most of us fish each and every year!  | |||
| Pepper |
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| Good Luck, I made some noise about this last month, suggetsed not buying walleye and did I get ripped for even making such a suggestion. | |||
| Mauser |
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Posts: 724 Location: Southern W.Va. | It's a shame that big money industry is ruining great fisheries in the name of the all mighty dollar. Big as it is , it cannot substane such a large amount of fish being taking from it. I hope that LOTW can be saved and not pushed back to what it was in the 70's and 80's when people could fish a whole summer and see MAYBE 10 fish that would weight 30lbs. From what I've read in the past few years, for the people in the know, they can see , on a good trip, that many in a week. I've read the musky fishing on Lake of the Woods has improved a lot in the past 10 years, lets hope it wiil continue to do so but with all the netting , spearing, and such , it doesn't look good. Boycotting those places that sell walleye would be the logical thing to do. I for one will not buy ANY walleye from this day on. If I can't catch it , then I won't eat it. Just my $.02 worth C.J. Cantley aka Mauser | ||
| Muskiefool |
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| What a greedy bunch take, take, take, where is all this nobility they are always preaching, I will never buy eye or go to a casino, no not even with only $20.00, the New Red Lake LOTW, ancesters, forfathers, pride, there seems to be no consideration of this factored into these actions on walleye Central a few weeks back it suprised me how many saw no problem in going to market "it's good fish" they say B.S. it's all our future, No race, religion, occupational needs, just greed. | |||
| MuskyKat |
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Posts: 56 | More is gonna be needed to fight this effort than a small group of "musky lovers" boycotting restaurant walleyes. I admire the attempts to change this wrong but preaching to the choir isn't gonna affect the situation. Convince the media there's something wrong and maybe a change will occur.. Steve | ||
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