04-12-2018, 06:12 PM
[quote Sirfilletalot]The Wildlife board voted to leave the inlet open and the lead member stated "That just because of a few poachers we don't close deer season!" [/quote]
Sounds about what the WB members would likely say.
I don't fish Willard much, but we have the same identical thread every year. I have no reason to dispute what the biologists have said regarding the impacts of the snaggers/harvest at the inlet. I applaud the egg collection efforts and the stocking program. As for some mortality with the egg collection, it is a small price to pay for a program that pays handsome dividends.
That said, I have always been baffled that the DWR and WB allow a situation to be present that requires the almost constant attention of the Northern region conservation officers. Considering that our CO's are already stretched thin as it is, having a situation present where they have to constantly babysit the anglers at the Willard bay inlet, they are certainly less available to enforce the law in the rest of the region. Were one inclined to poach a big game animal or commit other violations elsewhere, the walleye spawn would be the right time to do it. As others have said, even closing the inlet at night would ease the burden of enforcement a fair bit.
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Sounds about what the WB members would likely say.
I don't fish Willard much, but we have the same identical thread every year. I have no reason to dispute what the biologists have said regarding the impacts of the snaggers/harvest at the inlet. I applaud the egg collection efforts and the stocking program. As for some mortality with the egg collection, it is a small price to pay for a program that pays handsome dividends.
That said, I have always been baffled that the DWR and WB allow a situation to be present that requires the almost constant attention of the Northern region conservation officers. Considering that our CO's are already stretched thin as it is, having a situation present where they have to constantly babysit the anglers at the Willard bay inlet, they are certainly less available to enforce the law in the rest of the region. Were one inclined to poach a big game animal or commit other violations elsewhere, the walleye spawn would be the right time to do it. As others have said, even closing the inlet at night would ease the burden of enforcement a fair bit.
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