Saugeyes

JB · 10-20-06, 12:43 PM

Just talked to the local DNR here that is stationed at Hueston Woods Park and Lake.....get this:

A few years ago most of the ohio lakes began stocking walleyes and saugeyes..it makes for some great fishing in the later part of april and then about now(mid oct.- december), plus the meat is excellant.
So...at places like Indian Lake, people are lined up on the banks and also in boats jiggin a minnow and getting thier limit of 6 per person per day.
A few days ago the dnr guy noticed that a small boat of mexicans were trolling the hueston lake, over and over...the bad thing about a 600 acre lake inside a big state park is, that the local dnr's just sit and watch anglers with binocolurs, looking for anglers to check limits, size , license etc...
finally after a couple of days of trolling, the ranger got in thier boat and pulled the guys over, and discovered the mexicans had been pulling fishing nets and (on that day), had over 2100 lbs of fish in them!
I'm thinking how the heck do you even pull a net full of fish into a small boat in the first place???
They all were arrested and haven't heard what will happen to them.

skeeter944 · 10-20-06, 12:49 PM

thats funny!

flbassman · 10-20-06, 01:07 PM

Man, gotta hate it when people screw up everybody's fishing.....SOme guy got busted a few years back with a pickup truck bed FULL of snook...

FishinWrestler · 10-20-06, 07:31 PM

where i fly fish out in CO the DNR took a guys house that was right on the river because they found him with a freezer full of trout on more than one account.

Wishing2BFishing · 10-23-06, 02:16 PM

Interesting that you mention the mexicans and their illegal fishing tactics. Similar-type behavior was observed at a local lake near my house. Check out this thread addressing their very same issue that you mentioned:

http://gsseagle.proboards31.com/inde...3750824&page=1

The people who have no fishing license, no regard for the law, and keep every fish that they catch are poachers. Nothing more than common thieves.

texasbasser · 10-23-06, 08:06 PM

that just makes me pissed. a few months ago, the rangers got a guy with 20 oversized bull redfish in his truck. what a nut.

flfireman · 10-23-06, 08:54 PM

Must say, it does happen here. But the FWC is pretty good, don't care who you are they will get ya. Couple FF's got hit for minor stuff. One measured fork length vs. tail length. Got hit for oversized fish, another got hit for one egg on a lobster. Couldn't even see the thing w/o a light.

10-20-06, 12:43 PM	#1
JB BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 8,655	Saugeyes Just talked to the local DNR here that is stationed at Hueston Woods Park and Lake.....get this: A few years ago most of the ohio lakes began stocking walleyes and saugeyes..it makes for some great fishing in the later part of april and then about now(mid oct.- december), plus the meat is excellant. So...at places like Indian Lake, people are lined up on the banks and also in boats jiggin a minnow and getting thier limit of 6 per person per day. A few days ago the dnr guy noticed that a small boat of mexicans were trolling the hueston lake, over and over...the bad thing about a 600 acre lake inside a big state park is, that the local dnr's just sit and watch anglers with binocolurs, looking for anglers to check limits, size , license etc... finally after a couple of days of trolling, the ranger got in thier boat and pulled the guys over, and discovered the mexicans had been pulling fishing nets and (on that day), had over 2100 lbs of fish in them! I'm thinking how the heck do you even pull a net full of fish into a small boat in the first place??? They all were arrested and haven't heard what will happen to them.

10-20-06, 01:07 PM	#3
flbassman BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Jacksonville Florida Posts: 2,840	Man, gotta hate it when people screw up everybody's fishing.....SOme guy got busted a few years back with a pickup truck bed FULL of snook... __________________ R.I.P. Zooker

10-20-06, 07:31 PM	#4
FishinWrestler BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: charleston,IL Posts: 58	where i fly fish out in CO the DNR took a guys house that was right on the river because they found him with a freezer full of trout on more than one account. __________________ When the fish dont bite ...............life does

10-23-06, 02:16 PM	#5
Wishing2BFishing BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Morgantown, Pa Posts: 1,254	Interesting that you mention the mexicans and their illegal fishing tactics. Similar-type behavior was observed at a local lake near my house. Check out this thread addressing their very same issue that you mentioned: http://gsseagle.proboards31.com/inde...3750824&page=1 The people who have no fishing license, no regard for the law, and keep every fish that they catch are poachers. Nothing more than common thieves. Last edited by Wishing2BFishing; 10-23-06 at 02:29 PM.

10-23-06, 08:54 PM	#7
flfireman BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Palm Bay, Fl Posts: 2,751	Must say, it does happen here. But the FWC is pretty good, don't care who you are they will get ya. Couple FF's got hit for minor stuff. One measured fork length vs. tail length. Got hit for oversized fish, another got hit for one egg on a lobster. Couldn't even see the thing w/o a light. __________________ In the Lord all things are possible.

10-20-06, 12:49 PM	#2
skeeter944 BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Somewhere in South Carolina Posts: 2,377	thats funny!

10-23-06, 08:06 PM	#6
texasbasser BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: San Antonio, Tx Posts: 2,301	that just makes me pissed. a few months ago, the rangers got a guy with 20 oversized bull redfish in his truck. what a nut.

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