03-12-2013, 10:42 PM
[quote mr.jigr12]Well I'm not sure how little stunted perch would any way hurt the trout fishing! If anything, it would give the trout something to eat. Take Oakley and Strike for instance! The trout caught through the ice this year were full of 3-4 inch perch! Not disagreeing with you that they are scum though! HOWEVER, all of the guys that are on this site that OVER HARVEST, are just as guilty for ruining our fishing! BUT, when you have a fish and game like ours that won't protect anything, it's hard to blame the fisherman! If you want to have better quality and more fish to catch, then we as fisherman need to be doing the protecting! We protect bass UNDER 12 inches in most all waters! W T F ? We don't protect any numbers or size of crappie, perch, bluegill or catfish!!!!!!! Why should any one person be able to take 100 perch or crappie out of Strike in ONE DAY? All those thousands of perch killed out of Strike were going to produce lots of baby perch to feed the rest of the lake! If people want good fisheries, then they better regulate themselves until the IDFG figures it out and puts more harvest and size regulations on warm water fish!!!!! I for one wish our fisherman were smart enough to figure this out on their own!!![/quote]
I absolutely agree. I know one family that camps at strike for a month. A couple years ago when crappie were real good that one family caught and kept 1800 crappie. They also had a bunch of other fish including many catfish brood stock. At Cottonwood there was a dumpster full of dead crappie.
If you were able to see all the freezer burnt fish in trash cans it would make us all sick.
Every species should have a limit. Maybe crappie and perch would be a 25 fish limit but there should be a limit. Catfish are a valuable game fish in Idaho. But there is no limit and we do not protect the brood stock. Here is a question that some might know some might not. Where is the #1 channel catfish spot in North America?
The Red River in Manitoba Canada. Yep I said CANADA.
Manitoba protects the large fish. You can only keep I think 2 fish per year over 30" long. Because of this regulation the average cat in the red river in Manitoba is 30 pounds.
Now that might not mean a lot to some but there are a lot of NON-resident fishermen that go to Manitoba every year to catch huge channel cats. Our Snake river has that potential but the Idaho F&G don't even see them as a game fish.
Our game department needs to listen, maybe not all ideas are good but they need to listen. Ron
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I absolutely agree. I know one family that camps at strike for a month. A couple years ago when crappie were real good that one family caught and kept 1800 crappie. They also had a bunch of other fish including many catfish brood stock. At Cottonwood there was a dumpster full of dead crappie.
If you were able to see all the freezer burnt fish in trash cans it would make us all sick.
Every species should have a limit. Maybe crappie and perch would be a 25 fish limit but there should be a limit. Catfish are a valuable game fish in Idaho. But there is no limit and we do not protect the brood stock. Here is a question that some might know some might not. Where is the #1 channel catfish spot in North America?
The Red River in Manitoba Canada. Yep I said CANADA.
Manitoba protects the large fish. You can only keep I think 2 fish per year over 30" long. Because of this regulation the average cat in the red river in Manitoba is 30 pounds.
Now that might not mean a lot to some but there are a lot of NON-resident fishermen that go to Manitoba every year to catch huge channel cats. Our Snake river has that potential but the Idaho F&G don't even see them as a game fish.
Our game department needs to listen, maybe not all ideas are good but they need to listen. Ron
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