01-16-2019, 06:51 PM
[#0000FF]I'm witchoo, Shane. I do well with dead minnows, but from past experience...ALL OVER THE COUNTRY...I have done much better with live ones. There may be a few other "hatchery pet" states that restrict the use of live minnows, but I personally don't know of any. In fact, most states allow tackle shops and private vendors to keep tanks full of live minnows and sell them...with unrestricted use.[/#0000FF]
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[#0000FF]'Twern't very long ago that DWR finally allowed limited use of corn...after generations of arguing against corn chummers, lake bottoms covered with corn and trout dying from being clogged up with undigested corn. Now that restrictions have been lifted somewhat, where are those problems?[/#0000FF]
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[#0000FF]About the only species that seems to be adversely affected by populations of chubs and shiners are the hatchery rainbows. They are wimps. Other more predatory species grow big and fat on them.[/#0000FF]
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[#0000FF]Outlawing minnows is like outlawing guns. If you outlaw guns then only outlaws will have them. And law-abiding citizens who enjoy legal hunting and target shooting are denied access to their sport. Ditto for minnows. Law-abiding anglers who would benefit by being able to use live minnows must do without...but scofflaws still use them.[/#0000FF]
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[#0000FF]Merely outlawing something for the "public good" is no guarantee that there will not be violators. After all, we have strict laws against murder, rape, assault, arson, drugs, drunk driving, etc. How are those laws working out? Check the evening news.[/#0000FF]
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[#0000FF]By the way, I stayed out of the discussion on the premium board for a reason. You can never win against the contrarian brothers from the south. They are afflicted with DWR DNA and always march lockstep along the "never wrong" lines of their heritage.
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[#0000FF]'Twern't very long ago that DWR finally allowed limited use of corn...after generations of arguing against corn chummers, lake bottoms covered with corn and trout dying from being clogged up with undigested corn. Now that restrictions have been lifted somewhat, where are those problems?[/#0000FF]
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[#0000FF]About the only species that seems to be adversely affected by populations of chubs and shiners are the hatchery rainbows. They are wimps. Other more predatory species grow big and fat on them.[/#0000FF]
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[#0000FF]Outlawing minnows is like outlawing guns. If you outlaw guns then only outlaws will have them. And law-abiding citizens who enjoy legal hunting and target shooting are denied access to their sport. Ditto for minnows. Law-abiding anglers who would benefit by being able to use live minnows must do without...but scofflaws still use them.[/#0000FF]
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[#0000FF]Merely outlawing something for the "public good" is no guarantee that there will not be violators. After all, we have strict laws against murder, rape, assault, arson, drugs, drunk driving, etc. How are those laws working out? Check the evening news.[/#0000FF]
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[#0000FF]By the way, I stayed out of the discussion on the premium board for a reason. You can never win against the contrarian brothers from the south. They are afflicted with DWR DNA and always march lockstep along the "never wrong" lines of their heritage.
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