pool 2 catch and release ?

Maybe somebody might know but i was wondering. why p2 is catch + release only .

Is the water toxic? and then why are you able to keep down stream in p4?

Just kinda wondering

thanks
ben

My impression is that it is C&R to maintain a high quality fishery in a populous urban area. Given the number of anglers in the twin cities, there is great potential, IMHO, for overexploitation of the resource.

Not sure why they put those restrictions on. Might of had something to do with the water quality back in the day. It was pretty bad at one time. Thats not the case from what I see now.
Maybe they where concerned about over fishing of the fishery being that it is in such a dense population of people. If this was the case you would think many of the lakes in the area would have the same restrictions on it.

Maybe they just wanted to make and promote a trophy fishery and see what would happen. Im happy with the restrictions. Its great being able to fish walleyes year round so close to home. As far as not being able to keep a fish. Theres plenty of other place to go to keep fish.

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Might of had something to do with the water quality back in the day.

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I was told that was the case. Could be anything though.

The DNR promotes Pool 2 as a trophy fishery; but like the others I would imagine that water quality played a part as well. The catch and release only is for walleye, sauger, smallmouth, largemouth, northern, and muskie.

Fisher Dave and a few other folks I know of do well on the crappies on Pool 2. And I assume that some of those crappies are getting eaten.

dd

I agree with Jason…If folks could keep 2-4 eyes’ and sauger from that pool…You would be able to walk across the river with the amount of boats that would be down there due to its proximity in the twin cities. The fishery would go to hell quickly…RR

About 1985 the DNR recognized the comeback of gamefish on pool 2 and decided to manage it as a C&R fishery in the hopes it would turn into a trophy producing waters. The initial 10 year C&R plan has been extended twice. I would have no problem seeing it made permenant the next time it come up for review.

-J.

Jon is right ON.
there were too many BIG Walleyes being taken home, and the limit was 6 fish.
So to protect those big fish, and manage it as a Tropy Pool made sense, esp being right IN the metro area.
Jack.

I remember that one of the factors mentioned by the D.N.R. in this decision was to also try to take some pressure off of Pool 4.

THE CATCH AND RELEASE RULE WAS PART OF THE REASON THEY ALLOW YEAR ROUND FISHING ON POOL 2