ODNR New Low for Revenue

[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.