Minnesota DNR outlaws willow cats

  • rgeister
    SW Wisconsin
    Posts: 972
    June 9, 2004 at 4:52 pm #1214712

    Interesting article in today’s LaCrosse Tribune.

    http://www.lacrossetribune.com/articles/2004/06/09/outdoors/02third.txt

    Reading the article spurred my memory… I think it was last year, but it could have been the prior year… Fishing the Catfish Days Bass Tourney, one of the place finishers was using Willow Cats for Smallies… Apparantly that is one Bass Tourney you can still use live bait… Strange.

    Anyway, do many other bass angler use these?

    Anyone else remember the story?

    mossboss
    La Crescent, MN
    Posts: 2792
    June 9, 2004 at 5:01 pm #308065

    Sometimes leeches work great for smallies. I have only caught two ever on willow cats walleye fishing, but I bet both were 4 pounds plus.

    blue-fleck
    Dresbach, MN
    Posts: 7872
    June 9, 2004 at 5:01 pm #308066

    I use willow cats. They are a great bait for a variety of fish. What I think has been accomplished by the DNR is a joke. I hope they soon realize their error and get a grip.

    Realistically, there are LOTS of other issues that need tending to OTHER than the legality of using a 4″ fish for bait.

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    June 11, 2004 at 1:00 pm #308279

    RIGHT ON BLUE! Just one or two…

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