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| ATTENTION Minnesota Residents! Please take a moment to have a look at this link and let your voice be heard! There is legislation in place to try and lift the ban on spear fishing on Cass Lake! We need to stop this to protect the Muskie and Pike (and ALL fish) populations!
http://www.votervoice.net/core.aspx?APP=GAC&AID=1356&issueid=24019&SiteID=-1 |
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| Thanks for the link Nate |
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Location: Muskegon Michigan | There you go men. You need to oppose this with everything you can muster. If spearing gets a foothold you will never get rid of them. Good luck, Mike |
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Location: Bemidji | Spearing is allowed on all but a few dozen lakes in MN already. They are allowed to spear pike and have tried numerous times to introduce legislation to spear muskies. Anglers throughout the state catch muskies every year that have spear scars in their backs. The popular thing to do is spear the muskie in the last 1/3 of its body so it swims away from the darkhouse and dies. |
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| you guys really have some nerve to protest something that doesnt even effect you. how many people out there really are spearing and not keeping these fish to eat? bout the same prolly as anglers that are catching these fish and they die in their boat... people have a right to keep and eat fish if they choose weather it fits what your captain america pride or whatever.
o i forgot they dont pay taxes which buy the stocked muskies in the first place
and i forgot they dont naturally repopulate in mn either...
get some respect for others, just because something is differnt than what you like doesnt give u a right to protest it and make trouble for other people |
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Location: Twin Cities, MN | I am confused, I enjoy fishing for muskie in my home state of MN, but having concerns over spearing fish is something I should not be concerned with ?
That is a pretty big leap for me personally. I think your post will make me reach out to my legislator even more than before.
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| they pay for the fish same as you do. they have limits on what they can keep. pike is good eating fish. idk why someone would spear a musky or keep it unless their getting it mounted in the first place i heard they are not good to eat.
just a bunch of dbags on the internet good guyin bout something that doesnt even concern them as far as i see it
if you dont like to spear fish then...dont ? its pretty simple, some people enjoy it apparently so let them have their fun theyll let you have yours |
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| the amount of muskies killed by spears is less than the catch and release by far.... so if you want to keep the musky population up stop fishing ...lol  |
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| unregistered spearer
what about slot limits is that targeted at spearers or is that to increase trophy pike for everyone
Edited by happy hooker 3/18/2011 6:50 AM
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| people spearing are certainly far and few between, why dont we just shoot deer or bear with paintball guns and call them caught and released and so on... its their right to keep fish does it matter if their spear their share and you catch and keep or choose to release yours .... its the same diff |
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| this isn't a question about spearing overall, it's just about where it should and should not take place. personally, i think there's a place for spearing pike and it can co-exist in the state along with trophy muskie and pike fisheries...but that's not going to happen on the same lakes! i have family with places on two lakes that are popular for spearing because they both have good pike populations and clear water (and no muskies). now that non-residents can spear legally, i'm interested in trying it. that said, protecting lakes from spearing that are capable of producing trophy muskie and pike is a no-brainer. this is especially true for the natural muskie lakes with low density populations and no stocking such as Cass. another example, Mantrap is protected from spearing and also has a 24-36" slot limit on pike. there are tons of lakes all around it open to spearing, so there's no shortage of opportunity in the area. the average size on pike over the past 5 years has steadily climbed to the point where catching 35"+ pike is something you can expect. these regulations aren't the right answer for every lake, but what a great thing to have some lakes where it's true!
Edited by lambeau 3/18/2011 8:20 AM
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | All three guest posts by the same Sniper from a Pennsylvania ISP. |
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