2010 bag limits

[newoodhntr]

Here's the new walleye bag limits for ceded territory lakes.Many I fish are down to 2 fish! http://dnr.wi.gov/org/caer/ce/news/pdf/2010revisedwalleyebags.pdf

[DonBo]

Thanks for the info. My lake is two fish this year also, that's up from only one last year.

[newoodhntr]

Hopefully when the spearing is done some of the lakes will be bumped up to a 3 fish limit.

[DonBo]

They usually up the limits a week or two into the season. We can hope...

[vman59]

we will have to wait and see how things pan out. I went to the meetings and voiced my opinion on question 43 raising the size limit on the chip flowage to 18. I told them this is all well and good but why does the DNR refuse to use slot limits?There has been great success in the slot system in Mn but yet the Wis DNR refuses. Raising the limit to 18 will protect the pre age spawner's of this I have no doubt but a slot would protect the actual spawning age class's. Why can we not implement such a program protecting the spawning class while aggressively utilizing stocking of fry and fingerling's?I got no answer.

[WalleyeChaser]

I agree Vman!! I don't think they want to admit that our neighbors to the west have one heck of a good system.

[Cooter]

Wissota has a 14-18" slot and IMO has improved the walleye fishing there. I think its a combination of that and no major drawdowns.

[Zabka]

Vman,

I grew up on one of larger lakes just north of Rice Lake and have seen the walleye fishing go down in the last ten years. Parents attended the fall associationmeeting and the fisheries manager was also in attendance and when he was asked about slot limits the only response that came out was, "It will not work!" When asked for details he again said it wouldn't work! Well [PoorWordUsage] kind of answer is that! After the meeting many folks that live on the lake commented to my father that they also would like to see much tighter limits to see the fishery come back!

I live in Minnesota and fish a lot of big water with slots and it is fun catching big fish and taking a picture and returning it to the lake!

[Nick Kuhn]

Slot's really only work on lakes sustained by natural reproduction. If attempting to establish or re-establish natural reproduction it does take something like an 18" minimum for a few years to get things going.

[Zabka]

That is an explanation that I think many could better appreciate versus, "It will not work!"

Last I saw the lake was up for min size limit change to 18 inches.

[snoozebutton]

Slot's really only work on lakes sustained by natural reproduction. If attempting to establish or re-establish natural reproduction it does take something like an 18" minimum for a few years to get things going.

The thing is, the larger females are already in those lakes and they need to be protected.

[Lundcranking]

These lakes have large fish and in some of the lakes the spawning can be hit or miss but protecting the best spawners would only make common sense to improve a fishery!