11-16-2013, 09:45 PM
[#0000FF]I'm gonna back up Wipermac on this one. If you were fishing during a time you could observe other anglers you were not there when the rape of the inlet was happening. Most of the poaching is in the wee hours of the morning...after DWR officers go home and only the happy harvesters are left. During the first two or three weeks of the walleye run this year there was NO DWR presence...at any time. They showed up only after enough of us started making noise about the wanton snagging and removal of walleyes. During those first two or three weeks there were hundreds of snagged walleyes being removed every night. It was only after the run was slowing down and the fish were thinned out that any effort was made to watch it...and then only during daylight hours or for a short time after dark.
Yes, I have witnessed it...and made my calls. And I have had other respected anglers corroborate what they witnessed also.
It is not uncommon to snag fish accidentally while fishing legally. But it is far more uncommon for someone using a double treble hook setup to hook one legally...in the mouth. And that is how the night shift works. No finesse. Just plunder. Might as well be using dynamite.
Your diatribe against Wipermac was far more out of line than his comments to the other guy. Just because you did not witness any violations do not mean there were none.
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Yes, I have witnessed it...and made my calls. And I have had other respected anglers corroborate what they witnessed also.
It is not uncommon to snag fish accidentally while fishing legally. But it is far more uncommon for someone using a double treble hook setup to hook one legally...in the mouth. And that is how the night shift works. No finesse. Just plunder. Might as well be using dynamite.
Your diatribe against Wipermac was far more out of line than his comments to the other guy. Just because you did not witness any violations do not mean there were none.
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