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I totally disagree with the proposal you are thinking for implementing. It is time you address the problem and quit hiding behind the elephant on the lake.
On the Canadian side I have witnessed unmarked nets even hit them with our boat. They are gps marked using the cell phone to find them so the MNR has no idea how many are out there. The tourists and private fishermen take a very small percentage of fish taken. I personally have seen net lifters come in with a boat filled to the gunnels on a daily basis. We have found abandoned nets full of dead fish. When they are not tagged the licencing body has no idea who set them or how many there are.
On the American side, the number of wheel houses and sleeper houses are getting to be unreal. The fishermen live out there for a week at a time eating fish daily and then fill their cooler to take home. They are moving farther out on the lake and now are almost to the boundary between the 2 countries.
Deceasing the limit for the tourist or private fisherman will never solve the problem. As for people keeping big fish. As far as keeping them to eat. We all know they are too grainy and coarse to eat so I would say 99% of them are released.
Submitted January 6, 2023 8:30 PM
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Lake of the Woods Draft Recreational Walleye Plan
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