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Alert: Vados to sell frozen and untreated smelt

Steve Foss

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Steve Foss Grand Master

Steve Foss

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I was confused by G.O.'s post, so I phoned him. Message is, after yesterday's DNR meeting, it is still legal the use saltwater herring and non-rainbow smelt that have been frozen but not preserved/treated. It remains illegal to use untreated/unprocessed rainbow smelt or cisco.

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DTro Grand Master

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What a cluster...

Seriously, if people who are on top of these daily "on the fly" episodes can't make head or tails of it, how does tne DNR expect average joe angler to do it???

The bait regs in MN are broken, plain and simple. Not only on what you can use, but what you can collect, possess, and transport... and that's not even mentioning prepared/non prepared and size restrictions.

I'm afraid of the future. frown

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Tip-ups are underused for fish other than pike, and should be classified as deadly weapons, as long as the shooters understand they can't go running/stomping all over the place and causing the fish to drop the baits.

Off topic....but interesting comment. It's common theme for our group to go running when a flag is up....not always a fish on as you can expect. You must have noticed a difference in this, even with 24" ice?

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Steve Foss Grand Master

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Off topic....but interesting comment. It's common theme for our group to go running when a flag is up....not always a fish on as you can expect. You must have noticed a difference in this, even with 24" ice?

I've noticed it on thick and thinner ice, though a lot more common with less ice and snow. Most folks realize they have to be quiet when approaching a walleye flag, but pike will drop baits too sometimes with all that stomping. When I'm in a hurry to get to a pike tip-up, I do a fast shuffle with no stomping, and make sure my clients don't do the "pike stomp" either. smile

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man talk about confusion. will i'm glad for vados and every bait dealer that this issue is going to get resolved. what i've been told that the people out on the field that work for the dnr can tell the difference between the rainbow smelt and a argentine smelt i believe that can be used fresh frozen. good luck.

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What a cluster...

Seriously, if people who are on top of these daily "on the fly" episodes can't make head or tails of it, how does tne DNR expect average joe angler to do it???

The bait regs in MN are broken, plain and simple. Not only on what you can use, but what you can collect, possess, and transport... and that's not even mentioning prepared/non prepared and size restrictions.

I'm afraid of the future. frown

Yup.

True.

Agreed.

Amen.

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