11-16-2013, 09:33 PM
It sounds like you want no fish taken out of Willard. This is simply an issue you have with people catching these fish in general(except you maybe). No disrespect intended, but if it were going to adversely affect the walleye population then the biologists would restrict it.these guys know their jobs. I know a few of them and they also love to fish too, so I think we should trust them. It apparently makes very little difference. You kinda took a shot at the gentleman that stated he caught his first two walleyed there this last spring. He did nothing to earn your jibe. Again, I went there twice looking for violations and saw none. I looked hard and still came up empty. I saw a DWR officer only while leaving. So the DWR presence didn't seem to make a difference to those that were fishing. They simply were having fun and obeying the law. Now I ask, have you been there during the spawn? If so, why? If you are against it then you really had no reason to be and can't really comment on the ethics if those fishing there. If you were there then I assume you were fishing or just watching people. Both good reasons to be there, but if it were to watch people, I assume you think that fisherman can't be trusted. Too bad. I feel most obey the law and need no minding. I was watching for violations I'll admit, but that is not while I was there, I was there to fish. It was only so so and they were big so I didn't want to keep them.
I fished there and caught only two and kept neither. (3 if you count one that was foul hooked by the tail, it was promptly released). It wasn't a slaughter by any means. When I fish it in a boat, I usually catch a limit or close to a limit on most trips. I do keep most of these except the largest ones because they don't taste as good. But that is why most people fish for walleyes, they taste incredible!
Don't fish the spawn if you don't want to, but there is no sound biology to back it up in this case. It's not unethical and its probably not much if a violation issue either. Assuming so is nothing more than opinion and should not be forced upon the rest of us.
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I fished there and caught only two and kept neither. (3 if you count one that was foul hooked by the tail, it was promptly released). It wasn't a slaughter by any means. When I fish it in a boat, I usually catch a limit or close to a limit on most trips. I do keep most of these except the largest ones because they don't taste as good. But that is why most people fish for walleyes, they taste incredible!
Don't fish the spawn if you don't want to, but there is no sound biology to back it up in this case. It's not unethical and its probably not much if a violation issue either. Assuming so is nothing more than opinion and should not be forced upon the rest of us.
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