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Can you post? I’d like to hear his opinion.
Ok I’ll type 45 minutes for you Kooty!… 
Multiple-lining is really fun, but sink the two line bill.
Holy invasive specie’s! a 2 line fishing bill has started its annual upstream migration through the rough rapids of Minnesota politics.
I’m against passage of the bill. But I checked in with Rep Junhke last weekend to get his thinking behind the measure. He calls the bill “Popular” and reminded me that it has gained house approval several times in the past only to sizzle in the Senate- thanks, he said to opposition by the DNR and by Sen. Satveer Chaudhary “DFL-Fridley”, chairmen of the Senate Environment and Natural resources committee.
Rep. Junhke cited what he considers good reasons for allowing 2 lines. we already have 2 lines for Winter. There’s 2 lines allowed on boarder waters. Wisconsin allows 3 lines in the Summer. Minnesota resorts could compete better with those in Multi-line states. Allowing 2 lines would increase “enjoyment of the sport” attracting more kids to fishing, and “giving the seasoned angler more to do on a slow day.”
Limits remain the same, regardless how many lines are employed. Junhke suggested a 2 line Tag could lure more dollars to the Game and Fish fund, which needs the money. and he said that “any good fishermen” will tell you that when the fish are really biting only 1 pole is needed.
Pro support?
I haven’t studied fishing related tourist economics to know if Minnesota resorts are losing significant bucks because of the states 1 line only Law for open water. There might be this or that narrow angler niche that frumps and grumbles, but how many anglers actually boycott Minnesota waters because a party of 3 can’t fish 6 or 9 lines?
Some Walleye Pros, used to multiple-line fishing elsewhere, have favored the 2 line bills in the past. They and others point to how doubling the lines would enable offshore crank-bait trollers to work more patterns at the same time trolling boards, long lining, lead core, and down riggers.
You know, simultaneously matching pre-sentations and depths for and faster learning- and, more prise money. As for money, certain manufacturers and sellers of fishing tackle and accessories surely see some potential for added profit if 2 lining is allowed.
I think its fishy when some pious angling big-shot tells audiences it’s a sin to freeze a sacred fish, or to give one a away to Aunt Rosie, or to keep more then a skimpy meal. And then Mr. Conservation, or Mr Tight Slot, Mr Protection, turns around and works to increase fishing pressure-embracing every sport-diminishing advantage, blabbing every fishing secret “discovered” and then wanting to shake up Minnesota’s Fishing culture and management establishment with an unnecessary new two line measure.
Much of the two-line sales pitch is FLUFF. “Other states” and “Boarder waters” are irrelevant (Also, those multi-line laws are mainly OLD, not 21st century.) The Kid-fishing pitch is pure Baloney. So does the notion that anything should be allowed because there is a bag limit in place. That’s ridiculous and shows an ignorance of basic fisheries science, and misconstrues the philosophy behind bag limits. If all anglers, every time out, caught near-limits – and no more – across Minnesota fishing country there’d be a crisis. Hey, if we’d pledge to stay within the limit, and if the bag limit is the ultimate conservation tool, then why not allow any amount of lines and hooks. and what about spears and fish traps? Isn’t the limit the limit?
The Fun Factor.
As the two-line debate advances (if it actually goes someplace), expect increasingly far-out arguments by supporters- like the average angler can’t handle two-lines anyway. C’mon. Do they really believe most anglers are too stupid to watch two bobbers or trolling lines? More B.S.: the 2nd line won’t much increase the overall catch. Even more B.S. the 2nd line will only be used if the fishing is slow. Fact: if one line brings good fishing the 2nd line can turn the trip into a genuine circus, a real riot. Contemplate two rods bent at the same time, or a bobber sinking while you’re fighting a fish on the other line. Hey, “Doubles” are fun! And Triples are funner yet!
Over the several decades I took anglers out for hire, clients had to use my rods, which were rigged for my various approaches. In a sense, customers were my rod holders, my tickets to watching multiple lines and learning by matching different rigging, tackle components, bait charictaristics… you name it. Give me 4 or 5 lines and I’ll get super creative!
What a Blast!
Enter reality. Is there a com-pelling reason for turning Minnesota fishing upside down by allowing two lines for all species in open water? There’ll be additional cost to the state. We’d be sending mixed signals in todays conservation age. And there’s no big Grassroots push for change.
Shots fired across the bow.
I swear, you can’t see anything outside of Mille Lacs, which you are a self proclaimed expert on. 