ODNR New Low for Revenue

["chillin"]

I understand the need to have the ODNR. but with all these little BS regulations on fish, like leaving the skin on them and No more boat limits.Is getting a bit out of control...I never leave the skin on them and will continue to get our Boat limit.. I pay for both Ohio and Michigan tags, i don't take more then my legal limit, And the money i spend helps our local economy, Gas,bait, gear, Ect...When's the BS gonna stop?? their making rules just to give more tickets to the ppl who follow the fish limits and help the economy..Stick to finding the ppl who are using trebel hooks in waters where their illegal, and the guys fishing till their coolers are full..What's next??? every fish you catch you have to take a pic of it and send it to the DNR website??? If they need more money the they should have a car wash like the boyscouts do...Leave the good ppl who live on and love the lake alone..
LOWE LIFE

i wouldnt worry about it to much. if they have to sit in one spot for hours counting how many fish a single angler is putting into the cooler it then becomes counterproductive. They will only be able to enforce this b.s. when the action is hot and heavy and guys are pulling a limit in a short period of time. This will soon be abandoned for easier ways to rob the working man. Just my opinion.

[LOWE LIFE]

I agree with you.. It's gonna be just about impossible to enforce.. I guess i'm a rule breaker cause I'm gonna continue on doing as I have for many years..Some may not agree and that's O.K. I'm not looking for anyones approvel...I'm gonna go back to being like one of the hundreds of ppl on here who don't post anything.. Good luck and be Safe..
LOWE LIFE

[OneEyedWilly]

what started all this junk is that a young kid who works on one of the party boats said on another site that guys were catching fish and passing them off to fill the boat limit. One guy caused the tip off and created this monster. Ohh,the power of the internet.

[branhamautomotive]

Sleets i asked my question as not to find a way around the law....but so i know that i am in compliance with the law. The grey area and lack of clearly explaining and leaving it up to each DNR office to interpret is what will possibly make some of us who are trying to follow the laws be breaking them

[pap]

I think I remember why I carry my flair Gun !!

[wakina]

Here is the problem as I understand it! A couple of weeks ago a young captain or first mate, I am unsure which, posted on one of the other walleye fishing sites that their headboat had limited out and that people were catching their limit and then kept on fishing and gave their extra fish to the other fishermen that were not as lucky. Either someone turned them in or more likely the ODNR who monitors these sites, read the post. In any event in the next week or so the ODNR placed undercover officers on those headboats posing as fishermen and that is how we got from point A to point B.

So the person who posted that on the other site actually told on himself and created this whole uproar. The ODNR had to act on it to remain creditable. As an example: Who in their right mind would post in an open forum on the internet that they were currently breaking the law and had in the past had broken the law and that they were going to continue to break the law and in so doing they recieved unwanted attention from law enforcement then bitched about it. Those facts change the whole complexion of this ordeal so with that said I cannot feel sorry for them!

To the best of my knowlege there has never been a boat limit in Ohio, but there has been for several years a limit on how many an individual can catch and keep in his possession on a daily basis. Many years ago there was no limit on walleyes, then the state placed a limit of 10 fish per day per fisherman followed by the 6 fish per person a day, and of course the 4 per day during the spawn, but there was never a boat limit that consisted of the collective limits of the total number of people on board the boat no matter which of the people caught the fish. Meaning that Angler A could not catch and keep any more than his daily limit and then start to fill the other Anglers B, C or D's remaining limit with his extra fish until the so called boat limit was reached.

[LOWE LIFE]

Sounds like we need to find that Kid and kick his ass...LOL...But one thing we need to remember is that's a boat that take's ALOT of fish in one trip out on the lake ... Myself we try to get 8 or 12 fish... It just makes it worth while to spend the money to go out... Gas is at $4.29 per gallon my boat holds 50 gallons... Were not taking over the limit, or keeping fish that are snagged..My boat has taken 78 Walleye this year... That's .00001% of the millions of fish in the lake.. I think the ODNR should look at those ppl who are taking 100+ fish per outing..Not us Lil guys who are just trying to put some fish in the freezer and make some sence of the outrages fuel prices..If this keeps up it will be cheeper to go to the fish market and just buy them..Which would mean no Money for the local economy...We are the ppl that outher ppl depend on for their livelyhoods...I'm done with this topic and gonna go get some fish... 4 per person..
LOWE LIFE

[wakina]

Sounds like we need to find that Kid and kick his ass...LOL...But one thing we need to remember is that's a boat that take's ALOT of fish in one trip out on the lake ... Myself we try to get 8 or 12 fish... It just makes it worth while to spend the money to go out... Gas is at $4.29 per gallon my boat holds 50 gallons... Were not taking over the limit, or keeping fish that are snagged..My boat has taken 78 Walleye this year... That's .00001% of the millions of fish in the lake.. I think the ODNR should look at those ppl who are taking 100+ fish per outing..Not us Lil guys who are just trying to put some fish in the freezer and make some sence of the outrages fuel prices..If this keeps up it will be cheeper to go to the fish market and just buy them..Which would mean no Money for the local economy...We are the ppl that outher ppl depend on for their livelyhoods...I'm done with this topic and gonna go get some fish... 4 per person..
LOWE LIFE

I agree with what you are saying and I think this whole thing has gotten blown out of proportion and gotten side tracked to include the average boat owner walleye fisherman, even though we fall under the same laws as the headboat that got busted. I have heard of no reliable source that has stated they are targeting or have targeted recreational boats.

I don't think you or anyone else would post on this site or any other for that matter if they are fishing a boat limit or individual limit. There was probable cause for them to go undercover and bust those people for an advertised violation of the law, thumbing their nose so to speak at the ODNR.

["chillin"]

Sounds like we need to find that Kid and kick his ass...LOL...But one thing we need to remember is that's a boat that take's ALOT of fish in one trip out on the lake ... Myself we try to get 8 or 12 fish... It just makes it worth while to spend the money to go out... Gas is at $4.29 per gallon my boat holds 50 gallons... Were not taking over the limit, or keeping fish that are snagged..My boat has taken 78 Walleye this year... That's .00001% of the millions of fish in the lake.. I think the ODNR should look at those ppl who are taking 100+ fish per outing..Not us Lil guys who are just trying to put some fish in the freezer and make some sence of the outrages fuel prices..If this keeps up it will be cheeper to go to the fish market and just buy them..Which would mean no Money for the local economy...We are the ppl that outher ppl depend on for their livelyhoods...I'm done with this topic and gonna go get some fish... 4 per person..
LOWE LIFE

gettin some fish sounds good. i will be up at 4a.m. and heading north for the reef complex. will be sure to post results.