02-02-2005, 02:06 AM
Couldn't agree more, DWR doesn't care about walleye or perch. Nothing but trout hatcheries. Even when they closed Midway for Levitt fish farm disease they couldn't see the light. Walleye are not affected by whirling. Would they just start raising walleye to put in Deer Creek, Yuba and Starvation? Not a chance. As far as the DRW is concerned real fish don't have scales.
As for the poachers, and that's exactly what they are POACHERS, here is what to do, Call the poaching hotline and report them, both of you follow the poachers off the ice, write down the licence plate#, both of you write out a statement about what you saw the poachers poach and send it by mail to the DWR. Get pictures if you can. Be sure to note in your statements accurate discriptions of who, what when and where. Note exactly the time of the poaching hotline call, note exactly how many paces from shore the fish are under the ice and in what direction from what.
Law Enforcement does really care they are just overloaded with offenders, it is up to us to help them, hand them a solid case and they do follow up. Sometimes they know they will never get a conviction but will still show up at a poachers house "to follow up on an ongoing investigation" Think about it, 2 weeks from now, a knock at the door at night, Uniform, Badge, Gun. "We'd just like to ask you some questions regarding a complaint that was filed concerning wasting wildlife at Rockport res on Feb 1 of this year." Only takes them a minute, they like to do it just before dinner so they can talk about the look on the poachers face. And sometimes theye is a known mount or other evidence at the hopme that can incriminate the poachers.The poachers will know they were being watched. Soon they will think they are always being watched, and it will be true.
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As for the poachers, and that's exactly what they are POACHERS, here is what to do, Call the poaching hotline and report them, both of you follow the poachers off the ice, write down the licence plate#, both of you write out a statement about what you saw the poachers poach and send it by mail to the DWR. Get pictures if you can. Be sure to note in your statements accurate discriptions of who, what when and where. Note exactly the time of the poaching hotline call, note exactly how many paces from shore the fish are under the ice and in what direction from what.
Law Enforcement does really care they are just overloaded with offenders, it is up to us to help them, hand them a solid case and they do follow up. Sometimes they know they will never get a conviction but will still show up at a poachers house "to follow up on an ongoing investigation" Think about it, 2 weeks from now, a knock at the door at night, Uniform, Badge, Gun. "We'd just like to ask you some questions regarding a complaint that was filed concerning wasting wildlife at Rockport res on Feb 1 of this year." Only takes them a minute, they like to do it just before dinner so they can talk about the look on the poachers face. And sometimes theye is a known mount or other evidence at the hopme that can incriminate the poachers.The poachers will know they were being watched. Soon they will think they are always being watched, and it will be true.
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