01-10-2010, 02:04 PM
i know a few of you will probably hammer me for this post, but it is just a thought and wanted to know what the UL experts think.
I am all for keeping some fish to eat, and if you stay in the limits of the law, you have every right to haul home what you catch.
My concern and question from you guys who have fished UL most of your life, can the lake support all these fish that are being taken out? i have seen groups of people hauling away 5 gallon buckets full of fish. And from what i understand it isn't just a Saturday morning catch, they are doing it 4-5 days a week. yes most of the pan fish species are prolific breeders. If this is the norm for years, then i guess the lake can handle the pressure?
Seen a thread about license being checked, that's good to hear. a few weeks ago, a friend caught a decent LMB, we didn't measure it, but was prob over 12". the group that was fishing next to us got very upset we through it back. so upset that they left and fished on another dock. wish i understood that jibber jabber so i could have heard all the nasty things they said about us. yet another concern, do they understand limits and laws?
i personally didn't catch a perch in UL till this summer, nor did i hear of many people. but i see a few being taken. I caught 3-4 this summer my self. We let ours go back, though they are my favorite eating fish. has UL ever supported a good perch population? should we consider letting them go in hopes of a better population in a few years?
not bitching, just wanted sone historic info to understand if this is the norm.
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I am all for keeping some fish to eat, and if you stay in the limits of the law, you have every right to haul home what you catch.
My concern and question from you guys who have fished UL most of your life, can the lake support all these fish that are being taken out? i have seen groups of people hauling away 5 gallon buckets full of fish. And from what i understand it isn't just a Saturday morning catch, they are doing it 4-5 days a week. yes most of the pan fish species are prolific breeders. If this is the norm for years, then i guess the lake can handle the pressure?
Seen a thread about license being checked, that's good to hear. a few weeks ago, a friend caught a decent LMB, we didn't measure it, but was prob over 12". the group that was fishing next to us got very upset we through it back. so upset that they left and fished on another dock. wish i understood that jibber jabber so i could have heard all the nasty things they said about us. yet another concern, do they understand limits and laws?
i personally didn't catch a perch in UL till this summer, nor did i hear of many people. but i see a few being taken. I caught 3-4 this summer my self. We let ours go back, though they are my favorite eating fish. has UL ever supported a good perch population? should we consider letting them go in hopes of a better population in a few years?
not bitching, just wanted sone historic info to understand if this is the norm.
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