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Did u catch any perch?
No problem, glad I could help. I am happy that you did good.
I can say with confidence.....I've put back more 5 pound fish since 2000 on the mizoo and SD Glacials than most people take home in perch on a GREAT 3 day trip in perch. Good luck to all people going up...that cold front coming in will create a flat bite starting Friday...go small, spikes, minnow heads and move. Deep water and silty bottoms.....the bays are dead for perch unless you find a hole....move drill move drill move drill....its def going to be a tough guy drillers weekend.
Boji, You keep harping about the SD law that your friends broke a couple years back, but if you look at the Nebraska regs, it reads pretty much the same way...Page 9 of Ne regs"Daily Bag Limit – The number of fish harvested from midnight to the following midnight taken by all legal methods combined. No person may possess more than one day’s bag limit of fish while on the water or actively fishing."page 12"LENGTH LIMITS AND CLEANING OF FISHWhere length and bag limits apply, fish may not be filleted until fishing is completed for the day and anglers are off the water. Fish subject to bag and possession limits but not length limits, may be processed before transport if the fillets are kept in one piece until cooked, so the bag and possession limits can be determined.Fish species subject to a length limit may not be possessed with more than the gills, viscera and scales removed while on the water, wading or engaged in fishing. Any fish in possession while actively fishing or on the water will be subject to length and bag limits that apply to the water being fished. Once off the water, the fish may be filleted for transportation and storage."Don't get me wrong, I understand your frustration when guys like Voltaire run their mouth, but don't keep going back to South Dakota's stupid laws, when in fact Nebraska's could be interpreted the exact same way.
A little luck helps too if you hit that honey hole the first place you set up.
Or if you read articles and past posts for 2 or 3 hours a night for weeks before you leave on structure that will hold those fish over that depth, substrate, food source, baro pressure, fishing pressure, spawning habits, first ice date, 5 day prior weather, 5 day future forecast, and a few other dozen things I took into consideration 3 hours before I left at 5 AM from a 4 hour drive south of there... and then after I drove through a shantytown of 300 trucks and shacks 1/2 mile from the nearest "local" to my "lucky guess".If that is lucky....mannnnnnn.... ..I am LUCKY.
I've never said they were stupid...my humble opinion is simply this: we didnt' know / or read right. (our fault entirely and lesson learned...never to be repeated. Since they won't be back...it can't be). So...as I've posted time and time again in bold READ THE REGS. It was our fault. It was our bad. HOWEVER...I think that a warning (aka -going 57 mph in a 55 mph) is a warning scenario. Had we had 75 perch, a dozen "8 -5 pounders",.....no. I've never said there wasn't a law broken. ....just like if you got pulled over for going 26 mph in a 25 going home. Difference?: One is for game harvest control....I applaud it. The other is BS. The one they got was for boredom / quota fullfilment. NOT public safety / NOT harvest control (all fish were presented and possessions and limits were adhered to - none eaten on or off the waters). It was a "you guys are OK with your license and limits and possesion...next time guys...you can't drive your fish out here on the way home" Run the vehicle tags, run the DL's, and issue warnings and ask them to return...warnings for all....one time only.Or...do what they did. 3 less anglers from IA that will never be back...and I understand that position as well. They officers get paid.....no tickets written...100 written...it's all tax beuracratic bull%hit. They were bored....there was no over harvest. If one of us would have played HS f-ball will an officer... or got a reach around from Brock Lesner in the shower...it would have been a "hey...keep the vacu sealed fish off ice OK Larry (insert name here)??" Law was breached, a whole $230 was reaped in by the SDGP.....wow!!!! 2 tanks of gas? Enough for a per diem lunch while 4 of them sleep in a SDGP camper??? (aka - 4 door pickup) Wow...great long term thinking, decision making, and abstract planning. I'm thinking about sending like.... medals or a nice check to the pensions for these brave guys. Does anyone have an address or link to how I can get these rewards to our brave and forward thinking custodians of the future for the Northeast SD area and the gem of true outback sportsmanship? I would gladly send it...
hey Jonas, before you go driving up by people who are fishing before you and you go driving up next to them and scare the fish a way or just drive by, just give them some space. They were there first and a good chance that they don't want someone to set up right next to them! I cant stand it when im fishing in my permy and somebody drives a pick up 5 feet away or sets up on your door step. its called privacy. there's the whole lake to drive on.
Fishslayer i was actually kidding, i have had it happen to me so many times that I do not even care. Last year I had group from nebraska roll up to my vehicle and parked 4 feet away and started drilling holes. They did the "oh yeah heres the spot on the GPS trick". But there really is nothing you can do....do you think people really care if your shack is there?? not really.
Yeah that is what most people from NE do.
You morons will never learn. Should we jack up prices for out of state tuition? I have met a TON of people that come to school here and we dont complain about "out of staters" Maybe we charge SD residents double until you get a decent university (and I dont want to hear anything about the Jackwagons or U-STD)? Ha. I have been very decent in my posts, gently nudged you guys about being grateful for out of state revenue and the impact it would have if it were lost. Guess its beating a dead, ungrateful horse. Hail to king Vulture, leader of the morons. Ha.
