a better way to fish….

  • demoncleaner
    East Troy, WI
    Posts: 246
    August 7, 2004 at 3:07 pm #1219209

    Got out Friday with my buddy Bradd Sims, a fisheries biologist with the WiDNR and a catfish fanatic. Bradd has caught his share of bruiser flatheads on rod and reel this year….but today we were using hoopnets to sample catfish. We hauled up all kinds of nice channels…and one 13 lb. Flat, which for whatever idiotic reason I didn’t take a picture of…they always get me excited! Here’s a nice haul ( your set Dan )

    demoncleaner
    East Troy, WI
    Posts: 246
    August 7, 2004 at 3:09 pm #315878

    I just love nice timber…

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59994
    August 7, 2004 at 4:46 pm #315888

    Hey Jet? What brings them into a hoopnet? Just some cutbait?

    demoncleaner
    East Troy, WI
    Posts: 246
    August 7, 2004 at 5:21 pm #315889

    Some type of soy cake.

    kooty
    Keymaster
    1 hour 15 mins to the Pond
    Posts: 18101
    August 7, 2004 at 5:23 pm #315890

    Hey guys, question. Is chumming(sp?) legal in Mn or Wi. Not that I’m questions the tactics biologist use, just curious.

    steve-demars
    Stillwater, Minnesota
    Posts: 1906
    August 7, 2004 at 11:54 pm #315915

    Hey Waterfowler – This should answer your question. I sent an e-mail to the MN DNR last spring and was told specifically that it is illegal to chum in Minnesota. As far as Wisconsin goes I took the following off of the following Wisconsin DNR website http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/water/fhp/fish/faq/index.shtml#faq_equipment:

    What is chumming, and is it legal in Wisconsin?

    Chumming refers to the process of scattering ground up fish (known as chum) in the water as bait, and is illegal in Wisconsin, since it would result in waste being deposited on a stream or lake bed.

    However, chumming is acceptable if the angler can retrieve the fish attractant/bait after he or she is done fishing (such as fish parts in a mesh bag). Remember that depositing any sort of fish entrails into the water is illegal! All waste should be thrown into the trash, not the water.

    mudcatkid
    On water
    Posts: 663
    August 9, 2004 at 12:58 am #316016

    cool pics jetcat………. When ya bait the hoopnets with the soycake stuff, you seem to get a variety of fish…….heck, we had some nets out that were filled from the tip to the last hoop (mostly carp..haha) and we had to go to shore just to pull the net in the boat.

    the pic i posted is from 2 yrs ago when i was workin for the DNR…………..both from one hoopnet

    jerad
    Otranto, IA/Hager City, WI
    Posts: 616
    August 9, 2004 at 3:11 am #316045

    who is that funny looking guy standing next to you?
    haha

    demoncleaner
    East Troy, WI
    Posts: 246
    August 9, 2004 at 4:58 am #316059

    Man…We didn’t have any sows like those, even if we did I would forget to take pictures of em’

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