01-28-2005, 10:56 PM
ram4x,
I agree with you that there's likely more to it than the bait thing. Even though it gives them an unfair advantage, people tipping an ice jig with bait aren’t going to hurt the fishing at Daniels. It is when they bring home a dozen fish every trip that hurts the lake. If I see someone fishing Daniel’s that has a pile of 12"-19" fish on the ice they can count on a fish cop paying them a visit very soon.
Everyone has there own opinion of why a place isn't as good as fishing as it use to be. Like most places I think increased at Daniels has hurt the fishing there more than anything else. More fisherman equals more fish being caught which increases the number of fish that die after being released and it also likely increases the number of fish that are kept legally and illegally by fisherman.
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I agree with you that there's likely more to it than the bait thing. Even though it gives them an unfair advantage, people tipping an ice jig with bait aren’t going to hurt the fishing at Daniels. It is when they bring home a dozen fish every trip that hurts the lake. If I see someone fishing Daniel’s that has a pile of 12"-19" fish on the ice they can count on a fish cop paying them a visit very soon.
Everyone has there own opinion of why a place isn't as good as fishing as it use to be. Like most places I think increased at Daniels has hurt the fishing there more than anything else. More fisherman equals more fish being caught which increases the number of fish that die after being released and it also likely increases the number of fish that are kept legally and illegally by fisherman.
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