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| Who is going to be at the Rhinelander hearing tomorrow night? I am going to try to get up there. It's a long drive home after, but this is important. |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Shep, I'm going. You are more than welcome to stay here overnight, and head out early Thursday morning. |
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Location: The desert | I think TJ and I might make it up there. Perhaps a drink or two at the hideout or local bar somewhere??
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Location: Stevens Point, WI | Can anyone tell me what time the meeting starts tomorrow night? |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | 7 PM at Nicolet, as I understand it. |
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| 7pm at Nicolet. |
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| wow, alot has been said about the proposed dnr regulations. i am 100% behind all that shep has had to say. i do not fish tourneys but made it a point to attend the hearing held in fitchburg, wi. let me tell you it is very important that we come together as fisherman as a group. muskie, bass, or walleye.... until you actually sit at one of those hearing and hear what is being proposed it is crazy. if you didn't attend one of the hearing you don't know that half of it. the dnr didn't even take the economic impact it would have on the local economies of the communities that these tourneys are held. they didn't think it was vital enough. another thing, the proposed reg. about the number of tourneys to be held on a particular body of water is going to be really limited. that means musky tourneys being held with have to compete with the bass and walleye tourneys as to the total number of tourneys held on a body of water. certain lakes that hold musky events may be bumped because the lake already met its allowed number of tourneys for the month. another thing i learned is that the new proposed large fees to get the tourney are non-refundable. that is crazy. you can put up the $800 fee and still not get your tourney. on top of that your local club that put the money up will not get it back. why does the dnr have to keep all the application fees if you are not allowed your tourney. another issue that kept coming up from the tourney fisherman that were present was the battle with the lake owners association and how they have had a large part in this proposed regulations even taking place. they seem to want the lakes all private only for those that live on the lake..... another issue is the ais checking of our boats. there are on any given day 5 times the amount of recreational boaters and jetskies tearing up the lake. it seems to me that they are singleing out fisherman as a whole. we all pay our taxes and license fees and have just as much right to be on the water as the recreational boaters. if they are going to regulate the lakes they should do it as a whole. it is very important that we all get involved to keep our sport and not let the govt. or people that don't even know that coontail is a plant and not an animal that climbs trees....... I am behind you shep...... |
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| Good Luck up nort boys! Can't wait to hear the feedback! Let me know how many times you hear the word "culling/Sorting"!!! I need some ammo!
Good Luck
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| Sorry I couldn't make it last night, but I have sent an e-mail to Pat Scmalz, so I will be on record. I encourage everyone to write to him, as it will be entered into the record, and it will help.
As for those e-mailing me accusing me of crying wolf, or yelling the sky is falling. Think what you will. But when your recreational angling rights are slowly taken away, I won't say I told you so. I'll say you got no right to complain. |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Shep,
I said my piece last night, as did quite a few others. When I left, there had been no support at all for the new regs. This could end up in Legislative Committee for a long time. By the way, the folks from the DNR said last night that an economic impact component will have to be added, and that's a very significant statement. |
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| Yes, that is important. At the least, it will delay this for a while. I'm taking the pessimistic view, so that we don't forget about it. I'd keep Tyee on the job for the next few years, to keep us appraised of the status!
I have hopes that my new assemblyman will try to kill this bill during his term. I am asking him to do it. |
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