Muskie Stocking Survey

[JRedig]

http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/fish/nuskellunge/2010_survey.html

It's on every other site, need it here too. Word on the street is that the anti's came out in force and we were all fishing...get it done, takes 2 minutes. Pass it along to everyone you know, time is closing fast for comment.

[Musky Buck]

Consider it done. My comments were as muskie angler numbers continue to rise, it would make sense to me to add new waters not to mention my best walleye waters harbor both game fish. Change is tough especially for veteran minnesota walleye guys, gives them another excuse like the weather as to why there livewell is empty sometimes. You get nearly 9 months to go after walleye if you want to, what to blame on a lake without musky when the livewell is dry and void of eyes. We won't hear a word about that though, just stocked musky lakes.

[kyleharty]

Thanks for pointing that out, hopefully we can get enough support to get this done!

[art321]

Done in support. Took 30 seconds. I think we all know muskies don't harm a fishery but only add to it in many positive ways. I don't know how we got on the mindset that they deteriorate the fishery by eating walleyes. It just doesn't happen. Yes they eat some but so do all the other fish already in the lake.

[Muskiefool]

The latest MN Outdoor News has a half page paid advertisement; as well as commentary accusing the MN DNR of fraud in their research as well as implying an unfair relationship with Muskie Anglers. This is no joke guys and gals, these people are out of control and will stop at nothing including compromising their own dignity to achieve their goal. Stopping Muskie stocking statewide.

You can also write or call with your comments,

Call MN DNR at

218-999-7819

or e-mail to

[email protected]

[delmuts]

Done!

[merkman]

Great, another on-line survey.

In the realm of science, I can't imagine this having anymore credibility than the Cass Lake newspaper on-line poll.

The only difference this time is who is footing the bill.

Can we finally stop wasting more of our tax money on this stupidity and put the DNR fisheries money/resources into projects to help all fishermen?

[Shawn Kellett]

[Muskiefool]

Like Merk said Call or Write or if you do the online make sure you have useful, quality comments like the ones you guys have been posting; otherwise like Merk said its worthless.

[JimBuck]

Done. Took me about a minute to complete. That paid advertisement is laughable.

[JRedig]

That paid advertisement is laughable.

Not to many uninformed people.

[Shoot2Kill]

I almost pulled up a garbage can to puke in while reading that "paid advertisement"...what a joke.

[Shawn Kellett]

See my post on the spearing section. 24 views and not a comment. Soooo, what does that mean?

[Musky Buck]

Risky Business lol, yea Battle Lake and Miltona have no walleye lol, wouldn't the smallest musky lake elk at like 200 acres have 0 walleye with it's plump musky population and catch and release musky only lol, I had more walleye follows on elk than muskies the last time there on a perch suick of all things. That schnitker guy will get all fired up once again.

[APCfishing]

LOTW we caught more walleyes on bucktails than musky!

[HugoBox]

See my post on the spearing section. 24 views and not a comment. Soooo, what does that mean?

Hey Shawn -

I just took a peek and the replies are rolling in. I guess your "lobbying" is only allowed on a musky forum. I wonder what happened to the can't we all just get along movement last spring??

-box

[clm]

done

[Nick Kuhn]

Boy, that ad is completely wrong all the way through the last statement.

[Getanet]

I'm not a muskie fisherman, but I'm interested in this conflict. Can anyone lay out the issue for me without throwing too much of opinion into it? At it's root, what is this battle all about?

[cbrooks]

Thanks for posting JRedig.

[50inchpig]

The two funniest things were citing angler statistics from 2008 and referring to muskytroubles as a legitimate resource for info. I'd be LMAO if this wasn't such a serious topic.

2nd funniest thing is the MDAA calling us a 'minority' group. There is only one number smaller than 1 (as in 1% of the population that spear) that I know of.

I probably couldn't sleep at night if I was that intellectually dishonest with myself, of course I don't like to see an bleeding fish struggling on the end of a spear either but obviously neither of things bothers these guys.

Slot limits - now THERE'S a way to help all fishermen experience better fishing. We can all agree on that, can't we? Oh, wait.....nevermind.

[Shawn Kellett]

Getanet, The DNR is proposing 5 new muskie lakes in the state. There are some in the MDAA that don't want muskies to be expanded based on the past feuds with Muskies Inc and the DNR. They have been spreading disinformation all over the place to get these new lakes blocked. Then there are some lake shore owners that have the NIMBY (not in my back yard) attitude towards the plan. That's the cliff notes history of the conflict.

[10,000 Casts]

wow.. I love the part about being Nomadic and how we carry invasive species around with us.. How does that partain to only Muskie fisherman? I'm sorry that I don't own lakeshore on every lake in MN and I don't keep a boat docked on every lake in MN and I fish for Muskies.. So that means I am Nomadic.. What a crock.

[delcecchi]

Spearers don't want muskies stocked, since they think it will interfere with spearing.

1. Spearing a musky is unlawful and if there aren't any muskies you don't have to worry before throwing.

2. In some lakes with muskies, spearing has been banned (although not recently so far as I know. Old bans continue)

3. Some seem to have a phobia about muskies being ravenous eating machines

[merkman]

I'm not a muskie fisherman, but I'm interested in this conflict. Can anyone lay out the issue for me without throwing too much of opinion into it? At it's root, what is this battle all about?

At it's root:

Muskie Guys, Darkhouse spearers, anti-harvest sportsmen, and PETA all want what is best for their version of what the resource should be. There are fundamental differences in the way each group feels this should be accomplished.

In reality:

Stocking Muskies won’t have that much of an effect on the lakes.

Removing the outright and effective bans on darkhouse spearing won’t have that much of an effect on the lakes either.

The rest is smoke and mirrors.

When it comes to the MuskieGuys vs. Darkhouse Spearers:

Each side is so busy yelling and thumping their chests that no one really listens to reasonable solutions to include all sportsmen in the future of fishing. Many times neither side can even get past the point of admitting a problem exists for fear that the “enemy” will get a leg up on them.

The sad thing is that as we fishermen continue to fight amongst ourselves PETA wins, without even lifting a finger.

A great analogy to all this bickering is our current two party political system in the United States.

A lot gets talked about but nothing really gets done.

All the while people get tired of the bickering.

So to sum the whole situation up in one word.....

Politics

Now of course that is my honest personal opinion.

I am sure, just as in politics, I will be bashed for expressing it.