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I am all for 10 fish limit plus a size limit on panfish on all Wis lake. WeFish
I have a lot of mixed feelings on the number of fish that you are aloud to keep as a limit. Over here on the Mississippi R., the river as a hole environmentally has gone down hill really bad. Between the wintering holes filling in and the beavers wrecking so many there isn't a lot of places for them to get out of the current anymore !!!! I think the DNR should do more to fix the old wintering holes. It would help a lot more than restricting the limits on fish. If there isn't any fish there to catch it doesn't make a lot of difference in the end. They better start real soon because in ten years our so the won't have to worry about it because the younger generation isn't taking up the sport at all. I would say that is the direction they should put all there efforts in to get things back to where us old grampa's can take out the grand kids and catch some fish.
Do we even know that a limit decrease is on the agenda?
Well based on that survey I'd say the panfish limit is definitely on the agenda.
I would like to see the possession limit increased or taken away. Who cares how many fish you have in your freezer.
Well I live in st croix county and let me tell you ten is fine with me! If I limit out with my wife or son...that's 20 I gotta clean. If all four of us are out that's 40 we are allowed to take...who the hell wants to clean 40 panfish? I'm not saying that I haven't....just that it's a giant pita! Plus I have tip ups out and will usually take 2-3 northern too. Every weekend I fish equals another fish fry at the house for those that don't ice fish. There is never a shortage even at ten! I only keep the ones bigger than my hands...and I've got plenty big hands. Point is try to do the right thing...keep what you eat...eat what you keep...and clean your garbage off the ice. Oh and try to introduce the next generation to the sport...I have more fun watching my 10 year old son rig his own line and chase tip ups, than I do fishing for my self now.
I take it you are being sarcastic?
I went bluegill fishing last week with my daughter and her boyfriend. I kept about 5 fish, they kept 29 bluegills between them. Then when it was time to go home he wanted to give me half the bluegills. I said no! You want to keep that many you clean them. I doubt they will ever keep that many again. I bet he was cleaning fish for 2 hours that night.
You are right, but I am most times fishing to feed 4 by myself. If I was with my 2 daughters I still would not want to keep more than 25 total between us when I am the one who has to clean them all.
Don't get me wrong...I could care less how many fish anyone keeps to a point, but I'm just saying that cleaning 50-100 gills to fill a limit outside of stcroix county would be a giant pain! Would be fun to try once though!