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Boundary Waters Quetico Forum :: Fishing Forum :: Do you like the new pike regs?
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| I-Hawk |
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| shock |
many lakes in our state have special regs for walleyes so a lake by lake reg is being done right now. and now a person cant keep a pike over #7 in the bwca with the exception of a 40"+ ridiculous . i felt the 1 over 30" was a good rule. |
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| carmike |
I-Hawk: "What would anyone do with 10 pike under 22 inches? I don't think this will reduce small pike. There is a chance we will lose more big fish since the one pike over 30 inches rule is gone. Many of us do not over harvest big fish but the regulations now allow two over 30". When looking at lake surveys over the past ten years special pike regulations have little effect on increasing size. With all the lake surveys the DNR has I am disappointed they did not apply that information to specific lakes. " I'll definitely be pickling them...And sometimes we'll clean the small fish, mostly avoiding the Y-bones and taking the "backstrap" and the tail sections. Fried up, they're hard to distinguish from panfish fillets. Or we boil them and dip in butter. Yum. But yeah, I hear you...I don't know if there's enough angler interest in 10 dinky northerns to make much of a difference either way. I *hope* people thin them out, if only to slightly decrease the number of swim jigs I lose each year. |
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| DeanL |
Savage Voyageur: "I’m ok with the new regs. I would not eat one over about 28” anyway. " Exactly what I was thinking. |
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| murphylakejim |
Basswood lake (jackfish, pipestone, ect... not boarder sections) had special regs for 2017 with a 24"-36" protected slot while Basswood river seems to be 30"-40" protected slot. Also the boarder water sections of basswood might be in another catagory with a 30"-40" protected slot, but I could be reading this wrong. Luckily most people fishing in MN won't be dealing with these extra complex areas... Overall I'm a fan of the regs working towards improving pike size structure and this seems to be a logical approach. |
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| Gadfly |
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| timatkn |
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| carmike |
What are your thoughts on the new pike regs in MN? If you're not familiar with the change starting this spring, here's a link: New pike regs As someone who lives in central MN and fishes lakes that are *all* overrun with small pike, I like the new 10-fish limit (with accompanying protected slots) over most of the central-north part of the state. I *love* eating pike, and it's now worthwhile to keep some, meaning (hopefully) we can make a dent in their numbers. Whether that's likely or not is a different question, but I'm hoping it helps. Can't imagine it'll hurt? And in the BWCA, the protected slot is now 30-40''. I'm also OK with that, but I suspect it might be a bit more controversial with this crowd. I dunno...what do you think? Carmike |
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| Savage Voyageur |
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