Tiger season

[MJBo]

Does the tiger season open with the pike or the musky. If it opens with the musky (as I suspect) whats the rationale?

[Random guy]

I just looked at the 2006 reg book and inland waters says - "Muskellunge, including Hybrid Muskellunge...June 3rd."

I guess a musky is a musky. Sometimes "rationale" is hard to figure out when it comes to certian laws.

[barnyard]

I would imagine that the reason for opening tigers and muskies together is that if tigers opened with northerns, half the muskie fishing universe would start fishing for muskies on the northern opener. When questioned by DNR officers, they would say, "What, I'm fishing for tigers, I can't help it if muskies bite."

Look at all the morons that fish for muskies but when questioned say, "What, I'm fishing for northerns."

From recent articles it sounds like "sportsmen" are becoming less ethical, whether it's hunting deer over baitpiles or fishing with more lines than legal or "extending" the season for protected species, hunting with unplugged shotguns or taking "just one or 2" over the limit.

But, it's not only that more people are pulling that stuff, it's also that the rest of us are tolerating it. If everyone called TIP when they saw violators, there might be less of it.

Seems like every year I make more TIP calls than the year before....

Tom B