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Why not trust Game and Parks to do their job! They post lenght limits when need be. I dont understand what the crying is about. I can go to Wagontrain and catch nice gills all day long. Head to Summit once a year and find nice crappie where theyre said to be gone! Lets enforce the regs we have now before wanting to add more. We already cut limit from 25-15. I rather like 15. And if you fill water over the fish in a ziplock, they will never burn. I seldom keep fish, but am tired of the C&R pressure. Tired of people being flamed for doing nothing wrong!
Why not trust Game and Parks to do their job! They post lenght limits when need be. I dont understand what the crying is about. I can go to Wagontrain and catch nice gills all day long. Head to Summit once a year and find nice crappie where theyre said to be gone! Lets enforce the regs we have now before wanting to add more. We already cut limit from 25-15. I rather like 15. And if you fill water over the fish in a ziplock, they will never freezer burn. I seldom keep fish, but am tired of the C&R pressure. Tired of people being flamed for doing nothing wrong!
Really? Do you suppose at the last budget meeting for any one of the divisions of the NGPC they were asked how many fish were harvested in any given slot for specific lakes, or do you suppose they had to justify their decisions monetarily? This is a serious question.If you think that decisions regarding fish and game in ANY state are based on the resource as compared to how to maximize the monies generated from said resources, you are kidding yourself.
Sorry, again I am calling BALONEY on this one.Here is our mission statement:"The mission of the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission is stewardship of the state's fish, wildlife, park, and outdoor recreation resources in the best long-term interests of the people and those resources.To accomplish that purpose, the Commission plans and implements its policies and programs efficiently and objectively; maintains a rich and diverse environment in Nebraska's lands and waters; provides outdoor recreation opportunities; manages wildlife resources for the maximum benefit of the people; and attempts to help Nebraskans appreciate their role in the natural world."Fisheries management in Nebraska is paid for entirely by license sales and by excise taxes collected from the sales of fishing and boating equipment. We have fixed budgets, limited budgets, and have to be fiscally responsible. There ain't no deficit spending or debts here. Yes, there are limitations to what we can accomplish for our fisheries resources because of a lack of money, but we do NOT manage fish and wildlife resources just so we can make money off of them. None of us working as fisheries biologists are doing it for the money, we are doing it because it is our passion and we deeply care about our fisheries resources. If we had unlimited funds we could do even more, but we all know that reality is there are going to be certain budget constraints, we are going to have to do "more with less" (have heard that often in recent years), and we will continue to do our best.We have tried to increase our funding in recent years by reversing the long-term declines in fishing participation and fishing license sales (a nation-wide decline). We are involved in recruitment and retention efforts on many levels. But one of the best ways I know to get more people fishing, to sell more permits and sell more fishing equipment, is by being good stewards of our fisheries resources and making the fishing as available and as good as it can be. That is what we are trying to do, and in providing that we will continue to have the funding to take care of those resources in the future.Daryl BauerFisheries Outreach Program ManagerNebraska Game & Parks Commission[email protected]http://outdoornebraska.ne.gov/blogs/category/barbs-and-backlashes//
When panfish limits went from 30 to 15 a day a few years ago, people had a fit. Poachers still take too many fish. And it isn't the immigrant family that's doing it. I fish nearly every day, and when I see the same half dozen old farmers bring home a five gallon bucket of gills or crappie every time out "because it's their right" I know why the fish never get bigger than 6 or 7 inches. Habitat improvement and education will do more to improve our fishing than complex limits.
I would be more comfortable implementing spanish regulation signs on public waters... before anyone gets offended or calls me a racist, Im speaking from experience. I live and patrol an area with a heavy hispanic/mexican population, a lot of who fish. Now this isn't necessarily ice fishing, but I feel our fish populations would be a lot better off if our non english speaking fishermen knew the regulations, or were given a chance to learn the regulations. Not really length limit related, but something that needs to be addressed... Signs in spanish won't break the bank NGPC
So, who's going to educate the "same half dozen old farmers"?Daryl B.
eepks, you cannot force someone to learn english when its not the official language, while its the most used language, they're not forced to learn it... is it frustrating? yes... would it be easier and more efficient to put out signs in spanish? (or in my case, learn spanish for law enforcement)... yes
I think we have this control already in place. It's called possession limits. Perhaps if these fellows that fish everyday had their freezers checked part of the problem would go away.
Don't some lakes need some harvest of panfish. For instance mesketine or the Fremont middle school lake. They are just loaded with stunted immature gills how can you get rid of them without total killing the lake. I just don't see the point of these limits if they will not be enforced. I like the big fish rules let them go but if I want a bucket of eight inch gills I paid for my license just like you did so I should be able to take that said bucket home and make fish tacos. The limits where cut in half for a reason let them take there toll it isn't going to change a lake in a year or two. If lakes need special regs put it on certain lakes, but don't expect me to quit eating panfish because that's not gonna happen.
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