Stop allowing Americans to come over the border freely without launching on Canadian boat launches first. They come over multiple times a day everyday and take limits, this is a huge issue on Rainy Lake as well as LOTW.
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1. I would like to see Lake of the Woods walleye fishery move to barbless hooks (even if the present limit is reduced)
2. No longer allow tournament fishing to take place.
1. Stop all tournament fishing - catch and release from the deep at a quick speed is death to all species.
2. Introduction of barbless hooks, across all species. Time to put "sport" back into "sport fishing"
3. Restrict lodge limits, as lodges are just a form of commercial fishing.
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Time to create a two tier system. Have the choice to buy a license with a limit of 6 if you fish without electronic aids. Or an electronic aid license with a limit of 2 if you need the help of electronics.
So your going to hurt fishing tourism while continuing to let others Gil net and take thousands, got it. What about netting during spawning / off season? Will that continue? So many dead walleye thrown back in the lake….. sad.
I agree that walleye conservation is very important and steps must be taken. However, I’m concerned that going from 4 to 2 for sport license will unnecessarily impede the enjoyment of those who fish casually.
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I am all for protecting the walleye population on lake of the woods but don’t think lowering the limits are my first choice. How about all the netting that is destroying all species on lake of the woods? I have come across too many abandoned fishing nets with loads and loads of rotting fish!
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I agree Lotw has pressure with harvest level, tourism is 38% of the harvest with a daily shore lunch included, that impact alone is tremendous on the Lake, year after year and we know this will be acceptable as it is mostly about money.
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How can the walleye population be falling as you say when the border was closed for 2 years?
They have Copious amounts of Ice shacks on the USA end of the lake every year that pull more fish out of the lake than Anyone up on the Canadian side of the border..
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I disagree with this proposal. 1) old fish do not spawn therefore that point is invalid. 2) a picture of them won’t kill them 3) lake of the woods will not be “emptied” of walleye.
Limits should stay as is for residential anglers. If limits need to be changed, then lowering non-resident limits makes more sense. Id like to see non-residents being able to enjoy a shorelunch, but take nothing home.
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I do not agree with the proposal. I have fished LOTW all my life and it’s never been better . Look at what you did to Shoal Lake after you closed the walleye . There are so many there now I catch them on top water lures fishing for bass . You are trying to make it unaffordable to go fishing
I am a local Lake Of The Woods fisherman. I get to go walleye fishing occasionally and when I do, I like to bring home three or four fish to feed two or three people. I don’t get the opportunity to accumulate four fish.
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I worry that people will just go fish the other lakes where they can get 4 fish, especially the Winnipeg river. Why not have a slot size that seems to work really well.
The impact of aboriginal peoples using nets wherever and whenever is not discussed anywhere and should be thoroughly evaluated and restricted accordingly as a mitigation measure.
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Keep the limits as they are but close the season much earlier. Near the end of the current schedul3d season closure, we always find fish full of eggs 💔 that we would have released had we known
I am wondering why no one is addressing that commercial fishing must have a huge impact on the walleye numbers decreasing. It should be publicized how much walleye is being netted. I’m sure its staggering.
In my opinion, 16.9" to 27.55" (43 to 70 cm) is too tight on the lower end....maybe consider using round numbers and go with 45 cm to 75 cm....easier to remember, and gives a slightly larger fish able to keep (up to 45 cm or 17.7")...still protects breeders and gets the job done.
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