It is so obvious he is a Columbia Heights alumn.
If two lines are added please don’t forward to catching those six walters quicker, because the DNR would surely lower the limit.
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Third, please think about fishing pressure. The faster and harder a fishery gets slammed when the bite gets hot, the worse off the fishing will be for everyone else the rest of the season.
That’s why there are limits. I can’t think of too many lakes where if the “fishing gets hot”, you are going to put a noticeable dent in the population, if that is what he is getting at. This is a completely baseless argument.
And the fourth is fishing mortality. How does one reel in two fish at a time? While one is on the hook the other (of unknown size) will often swallow the hook entirely.
As if a fish was never lost from swallowing a hook when someone used one line. Here is what you do, if you have one fish on and while reeling it in your other line gets hit, you set the hook on the second fish and then resume reeling in the first.
Fishermen are more conservation minded now and won’t fish 2 lines when it is not appropriate. And those who aren’t and like keeping a limit, well a majority of them would go to one line if the action is hot because it is too frustrating trying to manage 2 lines. Using 2 lines is pretty much self regulating. No one is going to use 2 lines when it is a pain to do so in any given situation.
I like the idea of catching fish faster. It’s way more fun that way, especially for kids. But we fishermen should also keep conservation in the front of our minds. How many fish are left for future generations if we only “take, take, take”?
Again, that’s why we have limits my fellow CH alumn. And if you think using 2 lines with a kid would be fun, you need your head examined.
The problem with the arguments against 2 lines is they are knee jerk and shallow. If you think about the topic honestly and with a little more breadth, you start realizing two lines aren’t the road to exhausting the resource, it is a rule that will make fishing more enjoyable and it is a self regulating rule.
I don’t want to get into politics, but it is pretty obvious when he uses, neigh, exploits children in hyperbole. So is his thinking that someone who wants 2 lines is just trying to steal the resource from future generations? Satveer, if you got guilt issues, don’t project them onto us.
Most of us who want two lines are conversationalists.
Maybe we do need to move to a system more like Wisconsin, where there are tight statewide restrictions, and special regs that loosen them depending on the lake, instead of the other way around in MN. That way it won’t matter how fast we catch our limits. But I just don’t think it’s fair, or in the spirit of conservation, to choose the most convenient rules and cast aside the ones that keep our fisheries balanced.
Fine by me. In fact, I would suggest instead of jumping in the shallow end and contributing to his anxiety over conservation and the future, why not start with 2 lines. One line must use an artificial lure.
For anyone interested, I am hosted a “Youth Fishing Opener” this Saturday May 15 on Lake Johanna in Arden Hills, from 8:30am to 12pm. The MN Bass Federation is graciously donating boats, guides, and equipment for any kid who would like to fish, or anyone that hasn’t fished before. There will also be casting clinics and a lunch afterward. There is no cost.
Oh my God no!!! What if the action is hot, you are going to ruin it for the rest of the season for other anglers!!!
I am so tired of the lame opposition and opposing arguments to this rule. Sir, it is you who we should be asking , “Please think”.
I do not think it will affect overharvest or mortaliy numbers on the legal side. It will help the non sportsman conduct performed by a misguided few. I say catch em and let the cat guys have their way with em. Sadly those that overharvest will do it with one or two rods.
Nice job Mike!