Proposal for 54″ size limit on muskies/ Green Bay

  • cherilovell
    Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin
    Posts: 1495
    #1239582

    Don’t know where else to put this so I’ll post this here. Passing along this info for a friend for the up-coming meeting on Monay, April 16th at 7pm at all locations.

    “Hey Everyone!

    Here’s the current update on where things are at for the upcoming Spring Hearings and the 54″ proposal for Green Bay.

    We have had an excellent response and it looks like we are sure to get the point out there that this is what the musky community is in support of for the Green Bay fishery.

    We have drafted a resolution for Green Bay and it’s tirbutaries in response to the alarming number of 50″ muskies that we’re harvested from the waters of Green Bay in 2006. Not only were the harvest numbers alarming, these were very young fish in the 10 to 12 year old range with at least 5 years of steady growth, perhaps more.

    Passing this would also put Wisconsin in conjunction with the current Great Lakes size limits enforced by Canada, which is 54″.

    We have also received a wide range of suggestions on other ways to address this system and at this time the overall opinion is that this 54″ proposal is an achievable goal for this system. We have writen the proposal with guidance and help from the WDNR and believe this is the right course of action.

    I have e-mailed the final copy of the proposal to the authors for each county. Here’s another point of concern. There has been discussion about proposing this only in the counties adjacent to the Green Bay system to avoid introducing it in counties where folks may not care and vote it down. On the other hand, introducing this around the state and getting it passed around the state would make A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT IN SUCCEEDING with this proposal.

    While we have a great number of authors (which is half the battle) the other HUGE factor is getting as many people to each county hearing to vote in support of the proposal. It will not matter if we get an author to submit this if there isn’t anyone there to vote insupport of it…..so the “other half” of the battle is in YOUR hands, YOU who are reading this….PLEASE attend and vote.

    Here are the counties, authors, and locations this is getting proposed at for those of you who want to attend and vote.

    Baron County – Bob Bebson
    Old Courthouse Building Lower Level – Auditorium
    330 E.La Salle Ave – Barron

    Brown County – Jay Zahn
    Green Bay Southwest High School – Auditorium
    1331 Packerland Dr. – Green Bay

    Dane County – Gerard Hellenbrand
    Dane County Alliant Energy Center
    1919 Alliant Energy Way – Madison

    Door County – Mike Healy
    Sturgeon Bay High School – Auditorium
    1230 Michigan – Sturgeon Bay

    Douglas County – Roger Olsen
    Superior Senior High School
    2600 Catlin Ave. – Superior

    Forest County – Dan Lazzeroni
    Crandon High School – Auditorium
    9750 USH 8 W – Crandon

    Iowa County – Rolly Squire
    Dodgeville High School – Gymnasium
    912 W. Chapel St. – Dodgeville

    Jefferson County – Jim Furley
    Jefferson County Fairgrounds – Activity Center
    503 N. Jackson Ave. – Jefferson

    Kenosha County – Terry Bitz
    Bristol Grade School – Auditorium
    20121 83rd St. – Bristol

    Kewaunee County – VACANT – SOMEONE PLEASE TAKE THIS COUNTY
    Kewaunee High School – Auditorium
    911 2nd St. – Kewaunee

    Manitowoc County – Rob Howe
    UW Manitowoc – Theater
    705 Viebahn St. – Manitowoc

    Marathon County – Mike Seager
    D.C. Everst Middle School – Auditorium
    9302 Schofield Ave. – Schofield

    Marinette County – Dave Wineburner
    Crivitz High School – Auditorium
    400 South Ave. – Crivitz

    Milwaukee County – R.J. Sokolosky
    Greenfield High School – Auditorium
    4800 S. 60th St. – Greenfield

    Oconto County – Dale Vercauteren
    Suring High School – Cafeteria
    411 E. Algoma St. – Suring

    Oneida County – Jim Stewart
    James Williams Jr. High – Auditorium
    915 Arcadia – Rhinelander

    Outagamie County – Tim Sheppard
    Riverview Middle School – Auditorium
    101 Oak St. – Kaukauna

    Portage County – Mike Bolinski
    Ben Franklin Middle School – Auditorium
    2000 Polk St. – Stevens Point

    Racine County – Charlie Buhler
    Union Grove High School – Auditorium
    3433 S. Colony Ave. – Union Grove

    Shawno County – Curt Fleener
    Shawno Middle School – LG Rm
    1050 A. Union St. – Shawno

    Sheboygan County – Greg Wells
    Sheboygan Falls High School – Auditorium
    220 Amherst Ave. – Sheboygan Falls

    Vilas County – Steve Heiting
    Sayner Community Center
    Golf Course Road – Sayner

    Washburn County – Jim Strode
    WI AG Research Station – Conference Rm
    W6646 HWY 70 – Spooner

    Waukesha County – Dennis Radloff
    Waukesha County Tech. College – C052
    800 Main St. – Pewaukee

    Waupaca County – Don Ladubel
    Waupaca High School – Auditorium
    E2325 King Rd. – Waupaca

    Winnebago County – Joe Junion
    Webster Stanly Auditorium – Auditorium
    915 Hazel St. – Oshkosh

    All locations will be meeting on Monday – April 16th, 2007 @ 7:00 PM.

    I know there may be a few counties listed that show different authors than that of the initial list. I appologize if you are not listed here as the author of a county you volunteered for…with all the help and shuffling of papers I finished this with the majority of folks I had on my e-mail lisiting. If you volunteered to author and are not listed here…please still attend and vote, and know that your were not “omitted” on purpose. It has been a challenge to contact everyone and maintain contact info. “

    chris johnson
    Appleton, WI
    Posts: 76
    #560360

    Why do you think there was an alarming number of 50″ fish harvested on Green Bay and where do you get your harvested fish numbers from? There was a large number of 50″ fish caught and a number of 55″ fish, where is the threshold published that constitutes an alarming number? Where is the data to back up your claim and how many fish were caught and released during the season vs those caught and kept illegally in the spring?

    You know as well as any avid musky fisherman that a 50″ fish is a trophy of a lifetime and some seasoned angler may choose to mount the one caught in their life. That is a personal choice and not one that should be taken away because you feel there is an alarming number of fish caught because you saw a few pictures on the internet. Although it would not be my choice to keep any fish why do you have this elitist attitude and want to prevent someone else from their trophy of a lifetime caught during the open season? Why do you site the Great Lakes size limits enforced by Canada, which is 54″. We have a different climate around Green Bay than what Canada does so why should we manage our fish like they do? There are very few anglers that possess the skills to catch those larger fish on this massive body of water after opening day and these regulations will do nothing to stop the people from illegally harvesting such trophies before the opener. The select few musky anglers that do catch these fish during the open season are extremely respectful and release them all because they know it might be them that catches the next world record.

    Again changing this size limit will do nothing to curtail the walleye fisherman from catching this class of fish in the spring before the season is open and certainly will not stop those that are going to break the law just because they caught a 50″ fish. If you are trying to regulate the extremely low number of fish caught during the open season by the worm soakers you will have again missed the mark as a number of them that fish the “bay” and catch fish accidentally will not know or care about the law and if are so inclined to keep a fish of that caliber would do it anyway.

    Here are a couple of things that would help all fishermen and in the end be time better spent.

    1. Help stop out of state landowners and lake associations from trying to privatize “THEIR LAKES”

    2. Ask the WDNR to provide more or improved access to our waterways

    3. Ask the WDNR to be more pro-active with invasive species and not throw up there hands and limit anglers rights after years of ignoring the root problem

    4. Ask the WDNR to stop land owners from cutting or killing or removing habitat from the waters in front of their homes (weeds, wood or other natural occurrences)

    5. Ask the WDNR to crack down on the large number of perch anglers on the bay that take multiple limits each day so the muskies have the forage to grow to more than 54″

    IT IS NOT PERSONAL, WE DO NOT NEED MORE REGULATION OR RESTRICTION – WE NEED ENFORCEMENT OF EXISTING LAWS!!!

    amfyoyo1
    Iowa
    Posts: 156
    #560369

    Can you post a picture of a 45″ muskie? It might give some on the forum a better understanding.

    I had a picture sent to me by a friend but am not able to get it poster.

    cherilovell
    Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin
    Posts: 1495
    #567328

    “Statewide total was 1108 for it and 343 against in the 27 counties where it was brought forth for a vote.

    Next year we’ll see how the whole state feels as it will appear on the statewide ballot in all 72 counties.”

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