06-30-2011, 09:41 PM
Stay away from my walleye and release everyone you accidently catch, Because you cant really fish for walleye unless your in a ranger or a lund. All you guys in tubes and "other" boats. (sarcasm off). Yeah, I have fished against a few in utah, wyoming, and even the salmon falls classic with the elitist attitude. The bigger competitive walleye fishing gets, the more some have to act like the hard core bass or fly fishing guys. They are out there and I will agree they give all of us a bad name. I like releasing spawners and ecourage everyone to do the same, but I will NOT critisize someone for keeping a legal fish or a limit of legal fish. When we buy fishing permits all our money is in the same pot, we are equal. I cringe when I see someone that pops a 30" and takes it home. But that person probably dont catch very many and that fish is a good, rare trophy for em. Once that fish is in a legal anglers hands, it is theirs, period. What one legaly does with that fish is there business.
I love seeing average anglers catch walleye. And the more that do, the more that will be listened to by the state. You guys actually get walleye planted, and you're arguing over whether or not to keep them. I am from the utah forum, where our walleye have to fend for themselves. Take the low water years at yuba and willard. No attempt to restock walleye. They will come back im sure, but it will be a while.
And a quicky on tournys. Most people dont realize how many fish are in a fishery at any one time. We are talking 10s to 100s of thousands of any one species. I about crap when the biologist at starvation to me their esimate. So I dont believe the mortality rate from a tourny would even register a full percent to the over all fishery. It depends on how they are released too. I know years ago at the starvation classic they used to have a pontoon boat with multiple tanks and chemicals that they would hold the fish in untill they were determined healthy enough to release. And they would drive em out in the lake instead of at the dock. I personally use rejuvenade in my livewells to help whith the slime coat and relax the fish. I want to release my fish healthy, for someone else to catch, and if they choose, enjoy on the dinner table.
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I love seeing average anglers catch walleye. And the more that do, the more that will be listened to by the state. You guys actually get walleye planted, and you're arguing over whether or not to keep them. I am from the utah forum, where our walleye have to fend for themselves. Take the low water years at yuba and willard. No attempt to restock walleye. They will come back im sure, but it will be a while.
And a quicky on tournys. Most people dont realize how many fish are in a fishery at any one time. We are talking 10s to 100s of thousands of any one species. I about crap when the biologist at starvation to me their esimate. So I dont believe the mortality rate from a tourny would even register a full percent to the over all fishery. It depends on how they are released too. I know years ago at the starvation classic they used to have a pontoon boat with multiple tanks and chemicals that they would hold the fish in untill they were determined healthy enough to release. And they would drive em out in the lake instead of at the dock. I personally use rejuvenade in my livewells to help whith the slime coat and relax the fish. I want to release my fish healthy, for someone else to catch, and if they choose, enjoy on the dinner table.
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