Palaniuks DQ'd on day 2

[Hester]

http://www.bassmaster.com/news/palaniuks-day-two-dqd

[thatoneguy]

That sucks. He was in great position to win. Also sucky is that he was in my fantasy lineup this week. With him and Card, I was looking good...not so much, now

[RumRiverRat]

MN and the no cull rule is another example of the Liberal Nanny state we live in.

No biological reason for a lot of rules in MN.

[RK]

Been a while since I even paid attention but I think the culling rule in MN kicks in once you put a fish in the livewell.

I don't think it has that much to do with tournaments per se, it's more about fish getting dragged on stringers or hanging half out of the water in a wire basket, then getting 'released' when an angler catches a bigger fish.

Back when they were discussing rewriting some of the tournament rules in MN I somehow got on the group that was meeting. I guess it was because I'd had some (not too kind) things to say about muskie tournament formats around that time. Whatever, I got asked, I showed up. It was pretty interesting. A lot of tournament groups (especially the FLW at the time) were asking for waivers for some rules, especially culling and live release during warm water months, for specific events/organizations. The DNR (rightly, I think) argued that it was a slippery slope. If you give a waiver to the FLW, why not the Fedaration, or BASS, or PWT...

I'm not really arguing the merit of the rule, although I don't think it makes a lot of sense as it's applied, and its wording is so vague it gets interpreted pretty widely.

But for the guy in the event, that's the rule he's fishing under, sensible or not. Feel bad for the guy but he's obligated to follow the rules. It's no more ambiguous than a dead fish penalty in that regard.

[thatoneguy]

It's a stupid rule, IMO, and it will keep big tournaments and the revenue they bring away from Minnesota in the future.

[walleye365]

Yup!!!

[JP Z]

Culling was just a no-no if he already had his 5 fish limit though right? I mean if he only had 4 in the box with this fish and then culled it for a smaller one he would have been fine right? Granted that defeats the purpose of culling as you wouldn't knowingly throw out a good fish just in case you catch a bigger one.....

[Central Bassman]

That sucks. He was in great position to win. Also sucky is that he was in my fantasy lineup this week. With him and Card, I was looking good...not so much, now

He was in my line up as well. Had a really good tournament besides for him now

[Raider4ever]

No culling allowed at any point on Mille Lacs or MN/WI border waters per MN law. Open Water forum has a good thread going on this.

[Deitz Dittrich]

Quote:

Here is a portion of the Minnesota fishing regulations:

Possessing Fish

• Daily and possession limits are the same unless otherwise noted. Fish are

in an angler’s possession whether on hand, in cold storage, in transport, or

elsewhere.

• Once a daily or possession limit of fish has been reached, no culling or live

well sorting is allowed. No culling is allowed on Mille Lacs or Wisconsin

border waters (see pages 41 and 72-74).

• While on or fishing waters with size restrictions it is illegal to possess any fish outside legal length limits.

I did a bunch of digging on this.. as I have fished many tournaments and never been called on for culling. But it looks pretty black and white that Mille Lacs and WI border waters, which they were fishing are special regulations.

[Superduty]

The WI border waters thing is really outdated and stupid. For years, you couldn't cull in WI but you could cull in MN as long as you didn't possess a full limit. MN law didn't allow culling on the border waters because of the WI law. WI changes their law to allow culling and now MN hasn't bothered to change their culling law????