If I asked my wife walleye from the Mississippi or smallmouth from a cold water stream that never gets above 65-70 degrees she’d say smallmouth every time.
Yess! And most of our dams in Iowa have no practical purpose. They are outdated safety hazards to paddlers and recreation and are barriers to any sort of natural migration that takes place on rivers of spawning for all fish.
Come on! There are people who think that all fish have a “fish” taste and they still eat it.
Honestly, I was trolling for someone to bite on the keeping and eating smallmouth bass. 😂
Dare I say if you are catching “1000’s” of walleyes a year you are a part of the problem.
If it’s only due to poor spawning conditions what are you doing to improve them? Are you advocating for improved wetlands, dam removal, less pesticide and fertilizers on our yards? How about prairie...
I will concede the spawning conditions have a lot to do with it, but the more fish that are spawning, even in degraded habitats, will result in better recruitment. That should be pretty simple to understand.
1 walleye allowed over 20” is hardly a slot limit. And think about this, if you keep...
You remind me of all the old crotchety fisherman that come to public meetings for a dam removal project to bitch and moan that removing the dam will ruin their fishing spot. But, I’ve never seen one back 5 years after the removal of the dam and thank the individuals who lead the project when...
If you want more after your 2 walleye per day go after Bluegill, perch, crappie, pike or smallmouth bass! They all fry up pretty tasty and 99% of people can’t tell the difference. Or you could buy a fishing license for your wife, girlfriend, kids or whoever and bring them with.
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Maybe they should go to 2 like Canada is on a lot of lakes. 2 walleyes is plenty of fish for 1 person to eat.
I wish more places had slot limits. 2 fish greater than 15” with only one over 20.
One of our sheriff deputies had a caribou hunt booked but the outfitter bailed on him and won’t give back any deposits. I’ll ask him who it was next time I see him.
And the app and their website are very user unfriendly. Trust me I spent about 4 hours on both today trying to figure out some hunters safety bull crap.