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08-06-2015, 05:35 PM #6
I did not mean to come across as a fishing scrooge, sorry about that. This whole conversation is in my opinion still based upon a rumor, a rumor that some very reliable sources has made me aware of.
With that being said I am not so sure that I would want the ODNR selectively enforcing the law as it is written, meaning it is ok to possess them now just because of their over abundance in the lakes minnow gathering areas. I don't think the ODNR wants to selectively enforce the law either as it would create problems with other enforcement measures, but are using their discretion about whether to cite or not to cite violations of the possession law. That is why they are asking/making the bait stores to dump their tanks and not issuing citations at this time. Ethical bait stores should not and would not be knowingly selling shiners with a mix of YOY Walleyes included in your bait purchase.
It is part of the fishing game and we all suffer for a very large hatch if that hatch is actually a fact. The minnow boats, bait stores and the fishermen all suffer when these naturally occurring events take place, with the netters enduring the most sufferage, the bait stores can at least get Golden Shiners to sell and we fishermen have the option to purchase them or not. With the number of reports that this is taking place, and this happened to some extent in 2003 but mostly at the net boats dock and not the stores, it would appear that this is even a better recruitment of YOY than 2003, but that is only my opinion. There are reports as far east as the Cleveland area about the abundance of YOY Walleyes in the minnow nets.Wakina
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