Since you seem to want to take this to the realm of sideways insults, let's just agree to disagree. I dont have anything against you, I just disagree with your use of Muskies. Not a reason to fight...
Extreme Disrespect Shown Toward Muskie
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Yeah, my last post may have come off a bit harsh.
But I really do want to hear your debate on how I'm wrong to kill muskie in MY particular lake. They were introduced here by the DNR, and are decimating all of the other fish populations. It is not unlike the situation in the south with snakeheads.
Keep in mind that I don't do this in the waters in Indiana where they aren't decimating other fish populations. This is just in the lake I have a cabin on in Minnessota
I also don't kill them in a torturous manner like people that slit their bellies and release them. I kill them like I do any other fish that I would keep and clean (quickly).
I also try to find something to do with them other than just letting them rot on the shore.
But I really do want to hear your debate on how I'm wrong to kill muskie in MY particular lake. They were introduced here by the DNR, and are decimating all of the other fish populations. It is not unlike the situation in the south with snakeheads.
Keep in mind that I don't do this in the waters in Indiana where they aren't decimating other fish populations. This is just in the lake I have a cabin on in Minnessota
I also don't kill them in a torturous manner like people that slit their bellies and release them. I kill them like I do any other fish that I would keep and clean (quickly).
I also try to find something to do with them other than just letting them rot on the shore.
I dont know, I probably wouldnt be able to find a reason why I feel it's wrong. The way I fish and the way I utilize natural resources such as fish, I just dont do that. Admittedly I have never been in your situation, or a situation like this particular waterway. But killing fish and not eating them, or taking more than you can/will/do use, just doesnt sit right with me. You seem to have good intentions though, which is why I'm not more upset by it.
First thing, it is illegal to take an undersized muskie home as the muskellunges must be over 50" for most lakes. Second thing, the public gave DNR a permission to stocking muskellunges in a specific lake, not DNR. Third thing, what is name of the lake you speak of?
From now, you are required to release all muskellunges back in the water unless it is over 50". After all, it is not your lake.
Vermillion.
And if you fish there, you know what the Muskie introduction has done to all other fish species. I for one did not vote for the introduction of Muskie in that lake. What a crock if you think the "people" really voted for that. It was done so the lakes could attract "sport fishermen."
Almost all of the old fishermen that I knew that had cabins on that lake have moved. The fishing sucks there now for anything but muskie.
And if you fish there, you know what the Muskie introduction has done to all other fish species. I for one did not vote for the introduction of Muskie in that lake. What a crock if you think the "people" really voted for that. It was done so the lakes could attract "sport fishermen."
Almost all of the old fishermen that I knew that had cabins on that lake have moved. The fishing sucks there now for anything but muskie.
I find alot of offence to people killing muskies for no reason other then they think they are eating other gamefish, well any other fish in the lake is eating gamefish too. ITS NOT YOUR LAKE YOU DON'T OWN THE LAKE. You own property on it. So what gives you the right to kill fish just because you dont like the fact they are there....
Stats for Vermillion:
15% of the Muskie in that lake are over 50"
Muskie must be 48" to keep
Like I said, the Muskie in that lake are monsters, and they are taking over that lake. All other fishing is pretty much dead there at this point.
And for reference, I always abide by the slot limits. And I haven't been up there in a couple of years. For reference, they didn't have a 48" minimum when I was there last. Ever since the fishing started sucking, I stopped going up there. If I go up there to fish, I canoe into the boundary waters. Fishing's GREAT in there.
15% of the Muskie in that lake are over 50"
Muskie must be 48" to keep
Like I said, the Muskie in that lake are monsters, and they are taking over that lake. All other fishing is pretty much dead there at this point.
And for reference, I always abide by the slot limits. And I haven't been up there in a couple of years. For reference, they didn't have a 48" minimum when I was there last. Ever since the fishing started sucking, I stopped going up there. If I go up there to fish, I canoe into the boundary waters. Fishing's GREAT in there.
Think??? I know it is happening in certain lakes. They are not even a native species in some circumstances. The DNR is stocking them.
There's no difference between a muskie and a snakehead in some respects. The only difference is that a muskie is considered a "game fish," so some people want to keep them in the lakes.
Talk to some of the old fishermen in the north that have had this issue with Muskie. The ones that have been fishing on a lake for 70 years. I feel bad for them. Nobody asked them if they wanted tons of muskie introduced that would decimate all of the other wildlife in the lake.
And honestly, I'm scared to swim in Vermillion. There's TONS for 4.5' long muskie cruising the banks. And that's a BIG toothy mean fish.
DNR do not stock the muskellunges in Vermillion without the public's permission but it was in 1984 when they started to stock muskellunges. Also I checked out on the population survery on Lake Vermillion and well I think you need change your statement as the last survery the DNR do was 2010.....plenty of walleyes, bass, tulibees and northern pikes...and of course this lake holds high populations of invasive rusty crayfish.
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