03-15-2013, 12:08 AM
[quote idahoron]
I absolutely agree. I know one family that camps at strike for a month. A couple years ago when crappie were real good that one family caught and kept 1800 crappie. They also had a bunch of other fish including many catfish brood stock. At Cottonwood there was a dumpster full of dead crappie.
If you were able to see all the freezer burnt fish in trash cans it would make us all sick.
Every species should have a limit. Maybe crappie and perch would be a 25 fish limit but there should be a limit. Catfish are a valuable game fish in Idaho. But there is no limit and we do not protect the brood stock. Here is a question that some might know some might not. Where is the #1 channel catfish spot in North America?
The Red River in Manitoba Canada. Yep I said CANADA.
Manitoba protects the large fish. You can only keep I think 2 fish per year over 30" long. Because of this regulation the average cat in the red river in Manitoba is 30 pounds.
Now that might not mean a lot to some but there are a lot of NON-resident fishermen that go to Manitoba every year to catch huge channel cats. Our Snake river has that potential but the Idaho F&G don't even see them as a game fish.
Our game department needs to listen, maybe not all ideas are good but they need to listen. Ron[/quote]
A limit wouldn't solve this in Idaho. Even with a limit you are allowed to do whatever you want with that limit behind your doors, then go back for another limit. Never understood that, but that is the way it is. Utah is a possession limit and that means you catch your limit, you eat it before you can go back for more. but no canning or Freezing which kinda sucks...need a happy medium[
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I absolutely agree. I know one family that camps at strike for a month. A couple years ago when crappie were real good that one family caught and kept 1800 crappie. They also had a bunch of other fish including many catfish brood stock. At Cottonwood there was a dumpster full of dead crappie.
If you were able to see all the freezer burnt fish in trash cans it would make us all sick.
Every species should have a limit. Maybe crappie and perch would be a 25 fish limit but there should be a limit. Catfish are a valuable game fish in Idaho. But there is no limit and we do not protect the brood stock. Here is a question that some might know some might not. Where is the #1 channel catfish spot in North America?
The Red River in Manitoba Canada. Yep I said CANADA.
Manitoba protects the large fish. You can only keep I think 2 fish per year over 30" long. Because of this regulation the average cat in the red river in Manitoba is 30 pounds.
Now that might not mean a lot to some but there are a lot of NON-resident fishermen that go to Manitoba every year to catch huge channel cats. Our Snake river has that potential but the Idaho F&G don't even see them as a game fish.
Our game department needs to listen, maybe not all ideas are good but they need to listen. Ron[/quote]
A limit wouldn't solve this in Idaho. Even with a limit you are allowed to do whatever you want with that limit behind your doors, then go back for another limit. Never understood that, but that is the way it is. Utah is a possession limit and that means you catch your limit, you eat it before you can go back for more. but no canning or Freezing which kinda sucks...need a happy medium[
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