Pool 4 Fish Kill?

We were out doing some camera work Sunday afternoon (1/24/10) on P4 when we came across this.

One pass with the camera beside the net is what’s captured here.

What is that netting for, commercial fishing?

What a waste.

thats a shame

Today I saw a ton of shad floating around

Shouldn’t they have better practices in place to prevent this type of wanton waste? I have no idea of how commercial fishing works, but I am guessing that dead fish like that are no good to them. I just don’t get it. They are wasting their own materials in a sense.

FDR

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What is that netting for, commercial fishing?

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They are commercial netting carp to ship out east which is the fish used in fish fry’s in states like New york. I noticed in the video there were lots of white bass, a few crappies, walleye or sauger and lots of drum that went to waste. It is pretty sad to see all those fish going to waste

its winter time bk. they are just sleeping….

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its winter time bk. they are just sleeping….

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Then they should bite…right?

That’s just ugly!

It makes one very sad to witness pictures like that. Thanks for the investigative work BK.

What did the DNR think of this?
How about channle 5 ? Did you call Peta?
We saw them out last Wensday but didn,t go close because I didn,t want to splash them with a wake,I am thinking a little differntly now.

Sad

Very sad!!! Wow

Simply disgusting.

this just can’t be right to have let this happen. Somebody should be held accountable, right?

That is a joke. How can they kill that many fish and nothing happen.

Unbelievable

Oh boy, this is not good.

Can’t wait to hear the reasons(excuses) and justifications for this being allowed to happen–collateral damage, isn’t enough to hurt the fishery,etc, etc, etc.

Crap.

How many locations between the dam and the lake do they net? I don’t fish the river a ton. Maybe 5-10 days a year. I have never seen a commercial net. What a waste. I would think if the DNR had knowledge of this the netter would be required to provide restitution for any dead fish they couldn’t utilize.

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Oh boy, this is not good.

Can’t wait to hear the reasons(excuses) and justifications for this being allowed to happen–collateral damage, isn’t enough to hurt the fishery,etc, etc, etc.

Crap.

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Well said Doc, Should be interersting

Isn’t wanton waste of natural rescorces a crime?

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How many locations between the dam and the lake do they net? I don’t fish the river a ton. Maybe 5-10 days a year. I have never seen a commercial net. What a waste. I would think if the DNR had knowledge of this the netter would be required to provide restitution for any dead fish they couldn’t utilize.

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Hopefully someone from the DNR will see this post. Or perhaps some of us on here who know COs or DNR employees will get this footage into thier hands.

BK, This needs to be forwarded on to the DNR. I’m not sure what’s considered acceptable practices regarding netting but I know how I feel about what I saw.

Dunno whose netting P-4…but…

Reminds me too much of Little Bay de Noc recently …but the “Tribe” is a sovereign nation for fish/game purposes and not subject to State or Federal prosecution.
They have declined to sign an agreement here for two years…you are fortunate if they work with you in Minnesota to conserve fisheries.

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Dunno whose netting P-4…but…

Reminds me too much of Little Bay de Noc recently …but the “Tribe” is a sovereign nation for fish/game purposes and not subject to State or Federal prosecution.
They have declined to sign an agreement here for two years…you are fortunate if they work with you in Minnesota to conserve fisheries.

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Tom, that’s an ugly and sore subject in other parts on MN. Just reading your post gets my blood boiling.

Do the nets have to have tags on them with Lic. #’s? Should be able to figure out whose they are. If not, I would think that the DNR would just go pick up the nets and see who comes looking for them or files a stolen report.

I was on Pool 2 last spring when they were netting carp. I talked to a guy at the landing as he was loading fish into a HUGH truck set up with a tank. He said he was pullin over 100,000 Lbs of fish per day. He said he could take more than that if he had a way to transport them. I have no idea how many nets they have to have out to pull 100,000 Lbs of fish per day but my guess would be alot. I thought at the time that it was great that they were taking all of these carp out of the river. I guess I never though about how many other fish were killed in the process. After seeing this I’d say that way to many is the answer.

BK
Very sad to view so many game fish dead. Does anyone know what caused these fish to die? In the video only one shad was seen alive, was there any other live fish seen?

Its hard to believe our DNR would allow this wanton waste but not allow the use of two lines in the summer.