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jpak

(41,741 posts)
Sun Jul 9, 2017, 02:51 PM Jul 2017

Dayton cancels meeting with business owners after protest

Source: KFGO

ISLE, Minn. - Gov. Mark Dayton has canceled a meeting with business owners near Mille Lacs Lake after he was greeted by protesters who oppose how the state manages the lake's struggling walleye population.

Dayton was with a small group fishing for bass as an alternative to walleyes on Mille Lacs Saturday when about 75 protesters in boats encircled him to protest a temporary ban on walleye fishing.

Dayton's spokesman Sam Fettig said the governor was expecting the protest but decided not to go ahead with the meeting because the protesters were shouting, surrounded the boat and made it difficult to fish. The protest changed the atmosphere and Dayton elected to reschedule the meeting to a later day, Fettig said.

Walleye fishing, even catch and release, is prohibited on the big lake for the next three weeks. The DNR is trying to protect the lake's walleyes from hooking mortality, the problem of fish dying after they're released.

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Dayton cancels meeting with business owners after protest (Original Post) jpak Jul 2017 OP
Resist, Resist, RESIST! YEAH! BigmanPigman Jul 2017 #1
Resist letting the walleye population grow? NobodyHere Jul 2017 #2
When I grew up in the 70's they did something similar to this at our lake and it backfired BigmanPigman Jul 2017 #3
So basically resisit sarisataka Jul 2017 #4
It's just a three week ban. Geez...seems selfish and harmful to the fish's survival... Honeycombe8 Jul 2017 #7
How do you fish for bass without risking hooking a walleye? Towlie Jul 2017 #5
I don't know about bass & walleyes in particular, but... Honeycombe8 Jul 2017 #8
Good on you Governor Dayton! Owl Jul 2017 #6

BigmanPigman

(51,430 posts)
3. When I grew up in the 70's they did something similar to this at our lake and it backfired
Sun Jul 9, 2017, 05:47 PM
Jul 2017

and ended up doing more harm than good in the long run even making most of the existing varieties of fish die off and caused the lake to get its eco system all screwed up. I don't know if the situations are the same though. I am not that familiar with it.

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
7. It's just a three week ban. Geez...seems selfish and harmful to the fish's survival...
Sun Jul 9, 2017, 08:40 PM
Jul 2017

to demand the ban be abolished.

I'm sure they asked the experts what to do about the dying walleye population.

There are animals that existed in the U.S. that no longer exist because they were all killed. It happens.

Towlie

(5,307 posts)
5. How do you fish for bass without risking hooking a walleye?
Sun Jul 9, 2017, 06:12 PM
Jul 2017

Apparently there's a way, does anyone know?

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
8. I don't know about bass & walleyes in particular, but...
Sun Jul 9, 2017, 08:42 PM
Jul 2017

I think certain kinds of fish go for certain kinds of bait. Then there are general baits. So that one can choose a bait or lure that walleyes won't go for. I think. I've been fishing just a few times.

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