Extended gigging season.

[Gavin]

I don't think that MDC's objectives are motivated by money..They are guaranteed to get more every year thanks to the 1/8 cent sales tax they receive. Under table money, and side perks might be a part of it...The Conservation Commissioners are usually high rollers and appointed by the GOV....They have a big PR problem with avid outdoors people....and there needs to be some public oversight at a high level, because the agency is currently unaccountable.

 

 

[tjm]

39 minutes ago, slothman said:

duck hunting zone boundary lines

What about the zones is wrong ?  

[Gavin]

The duck zones do not make sense because they ignore geography. 

[jdmidwest]

Duck zones protect the ducks during peak movement times.  Then they cater to the deer hunters when they shut down for deer season.

[tjm]

I guess i don't understand the geography part,  weather seems to be key to seeing ducks during season and I can't really blame MDC for the weather.   In my three county area duck season only happens once every ten years or so, when it gets extremely cold early and stays cold.

[J.M.]

Why would anyone want to eat a SM bass if they could have a sucker?

[fishinwrench]

1 hour ago, J.M. said:

Why would anyone want to eat a SM bass if they could have a sucker?

My guess is that most don't want to eat them, they just like to stab them and shake them off.   Target practice.

To a man with a hammer, everything is a nail.

[tjm]

Thin them bass out and make room for more suckers to grow.  A guy asked me yesterday if it was legal to keep suckers in the RRSP, told I didn't know.

[Seth]

1 hour ago, J.M. said:

Why would anyone want to eat a SM bass if they could have a sucker?

No kidding! I ask this question all the time. Of all the illegal fish to gig, there are only a couple that may taste better than freshly killed sucker and a stinkin bass sure ain't one of them! I'd rank fresh deep fried suckers up there with anything that swims personally. They just require a little more prep work.

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2 minutes ago, Seth said:

No kidding! I ask this question all the time. Of all the illegal fish to gig, there are only a couple that may taste better than freshly killed sucker and a stinkin bass sure ain't one of them! I'd rank fresh deep fried suckers up there with anything that swims personally. They just require a little more prep work.

I finally had some a few years ago at the jigfest in AR.  Best freshwater fish I've ever eaten.