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So posting this here cause I'm curious if anybody else has heard the same news.Friend mine that works for FWP heard that they are really going to try to clamp down on illegal introductions of walleye and northern Pike in trout fishing lakes.What he heard is that FWP is looking at making lakes that receive illegal introductions of walleye or northern Pike fly fishing only in order to discourage further illegal introductions.Has anybody else heard this? They might as well outlaw lund boats.
Fly fishing only lakes would never happen considering there isn't ANY "fly fishing only" public waters in Montana
Sorry, I don't quite understand what you mean, we have fly-fishing bodies of water all through New England.
In Montana. Not New England
I wonder how I would rig a minnow on that fly?
There’s enough trout in the rivers to keep the money rolling in. Keep the trash fish there for the outfitters, put the walleye in the lakes.
Fly fishing for Walleye? Never heard of such a thing nor anybody doing it. And I do a LOT of it. Cranks, spoons, harnesses...sure. Pike? Maybe. Still sounds ludicrous to me.
Throwing streamers in the spring for Northern in the shallows is in no way ludicrous. It's about as much fun as a guy can have with his clothes on.
I can’t believe I’m having to say this, but the fact that some on this site is advocating for bucket biology is absolutely insane. Native fisheries is what should be supported. There are plenty of fisheries already that have warm water species and the waters that would be dumped in hold native species found nowhere else. We as sportsman should be invested in conservation and bucket biology is never a good idea. Money is not the reason for wanting to keep native populations. Bucket biology severely screws with native ecosystems. Sounds like the ones who moved into Montana are missing their walleye they had back in the Midwest….
It’s been a minute since I’ve caught a native fish in any lake other than burbot and suckers other than the lakes that plant cut throats
Right and In those u probably still catch brook trout in