walleye and perch limits 2017 increase!

[wakina]

FYI Walleye and Yellow Perch Have Changed Beginning May 1, 2017
Updated limits will be announced through a news release, and a publication with updated limits for walleye and yellow perch will be available at wildlife district offices and license outlets beginning in April.

Yes the TAC went up! No one is arguing that Fact. But the daily limit will not go up! The daily limits are set in a predetermined way and are based on the TAC numbers.

An more educated statement would have been along the lines of~~ FYI Walleye and Yellow Perch limits will be released before May 1, 2017 just as they have been for at least the past 10 years.

FYI The ODNR cannot release or set the daily limit until the Lake Erie Fish commission releases their numbers for TAC and the allotted amounts for each state and Ontario, those numbers are released in late march. Those numbers determine what the limit will be and the ODNR by legislated law must follow the guidelines set forth in the chart. That is why every year at the end of the current limit year which runs from May 1 to April 30 they release the new limits as determined in the provided chart and limits must be in place by the start of the new limit year which is May 1. There is no provision in the current legislated law to raise the limit above 6 walleyes per day even if the Ohio allotted amount would be 100 million walleyes. As I stated the ODNR hands are tied.