04-23-2015, 03:10 AM
I don't want to start a tribal rights thing but this is how I feel. If your argument is our ancestors did this before their land was taken, it's our culture. Do it like they did, primitive. Driving a pickup in to deadwood to use gaffs and net or a 100k jet boat isn't cultural, I've seen it both. It really bugs me when it's an endangered species.
My grandparents had a lake house on a reservation in Wisconsin. The tribe introduced and managed lake sturgeon so they could spear them through the ice. It was highly regulated. They also managed walleye and kept the lake productive.
Of course like all people it's a tiny percentage that makes everyone look bad. As anglers we all know or saw a nonnative do the same thing.
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My grandparents had a lake house on a reservation in Wisconsin. The tribe introduced and managed lake sturgeon so they could spear them through the ice. It was highly regulated. They also managed walleye and kept the lake productive.
Of course like all people it's a tiny percentage that makes everyone look bad. As anglers we all know or saw a nonnative do the same thing.
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