New Law

[miso_ohio]

So this is not just walleye but any fish? It is going to suck to clean perch, I always skin them since I don't want to mess with scaling them.

[gregnwtf]

So this is not just walleye but any fish? It is going to suck to clean perch, I always skin them since I don't want to mess with scaling them.

All fish. Its the highly sought walleye and perch that brought this on.

[freddie]

Ok, so let me get this straight, I want to make sure I'm 100% clear understanding this.

I can limit out, drive home, fillet my fish (and when I fillet them, I also skin them). No problem.

However, say I camp at East Harbor or Kelley's for a week. Fish every day. Typically at the end of every day, I'd fillet the day's catch. And again, when I fillet, I also skin them.

With the new regs, I have to leave the skins on them until I get home? So then I'd have a week's work of fillets to skin?

If I'm understanding correctly, I don't understand how in the hell that helps them determine that I only took my bag limit. SO I have my limit of 30 YP, aka 60 fillets. What does it matter whether I have 60 fillets with skins on, or 60 fillets without skins? 60 fillets is 60 fillets is it not??

It is jsut another source of revenue, and not the solution to the problem of people taking more than their TAC. As everyone said, put ODNR at the ramps and check guys coming in. That would be the most effective way.

[ReelTime]

Ok, so let me get this straight, I want to make sure I'm 100% clear understanding this.

I can limit out, drive home, fillet my fish (and when I fillet them, I also skin them). No problem.

However, say I camp at East Harbor or Kelley's for a week. Fish every day. Typically at the end of every day, I'd fillet the day's catch. And again, when I fillet, I also skin them.

With the new regs, I have to leave the skins on them until I get home? So then I'd have a week's work of fillets to skin?

If I'm understanding correctly, I don't understand how in the hell that helps them determine that I only took my bag limit. SO I have my limit of 30 YP, aka 60 fillets. What does it matter whether I have 60 fillets with skins on, or 60 fillets without skins? 60 fillets is 60 fillets is it not??

It is jsut another source of revenue, and not the solution to the problem of people taking more than their TAC. As everyone said, put ODNR at the ramps and check guys coming in. That would be the most effective way.

The part that makes the difference in mainly with the walleye. Most guys fillet the fish, skin them, and then chunk up into smaller pieces before bagging. In that case the ODNR has no way of accurately counting fillets.

I'm not agreeing with it either. It's a real paim in the rear for those of us who camp for 3 to 5 days at a time and then have to come home and finish the cleaning process.

[tbiser]

I agree with Freddie. It seems like the only fishermen it hurts are the legal ones that follow the law. This does nothing to the so-called fisherman that take as many eyes as they can illegally. Stupid uneeded laws again.

[freddie]

Its just like gun control. They do nothing to actually stop the problem, they just make it tougher for us good guys to be law abiding, and to entrap us. These laws do nothing to actually curb the problem.

I understand chunking up fillets creating a problem in making accurate counts. If that's the case, just require whole fillets and not chunks. I know I don't chunk up fillets until we're ready to cook them.

The whole skin thing really peeves me.