I believe Randy Stevens once had 5 fish for 47 lbs, now that is a true record.

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Frenzel said her officers will turn the matter over to tribal wardens for possible prosecution. If those responsible can be held accountable, they would likely be charged with misdemeanor littering and wanton waste of resources, for disposing of whole fish.

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Great idea, I’m sure they won’t rest until they find the culprits. They have proven that on past cases.

The greatest thing about the internet is that any one can post what ever they want and if they are trash talking some one else and they don’t see it they can not respond, well thanks to a few pm’s I was informed of the current situation.

I would like to get out the facts and if I am wrong GSP please correct me:
1) We were the only boat anchored on the entire stretch of water that you were fishing.
2) You more than once used your trolling motor to get close enough to cast perpendicular to our boat at which time I cast directly in front of your trolling motor. I guess that would answer any questions if I could cast that far.
3) You might not have seen me cast to shore-True. Why would I show you where we had already caught some fish?
4) I swore at you-not exactly. I swore in a question to you when I asked “Are you f…… seriously going to go right threw where we are fishing instead of going out around us?” Your reply was “Sorry I did not think you could cast that far.”
5) There was “30” yards between us and shore and there was 28 miles of Pool 4 open water outside of us.

My recap which may be way off goes as follows- only boat anchored on the spot “30” yards from shore, no one else within sight except for your boat. You had 2 choices go between us and shore or go around the outside-you went inside and then actually fished even with us which means going outside was the same distance.
If I hurt your feelings when I asked you my question then I would have to apologize. I do not own the river but I guess you do, go and fish where ever you want I am sure no one else will say anything to you.

Stayed at Schmidtt’s on the SD side a few years back and they were pretty accomadating. They have cabins and RV spots, but I know they fill early.

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There you go again Booner! Check your facts!
Is it Ted whoever you said that is telling you this and there’s an agenda?

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Interesting you don’t know what I am talking about. With your permission I will gladly post the pm YOU sent me about Ted Takasaki.

The only facts I know are; You were the original poster and commercial fisherman got bashed for what turned out to be no reason. Guilty before proven innocent. Commercial fisherman will probably never be veiwed the same and you will go on and post about everything and nothing with a clear conscious.

As far as fishing in the same boat, when you would like to fish for walleyes let me know. In the mean time I will ponder if I could put up with your rambling.

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Booner, you need to stop listening to gossip and take the time to check the laws yourself before you start making accusations.

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Gossip???? It’s funny the gossip that goes around before anyone actually knows or even attempts to get the facts. Then because of some BS gossip that no one has any practical evidence (other than gossip) to back up accusations start to fly. You want the facts about this call BK and ask him your self or you could just listen to the junior high school gossip, I am almost 100% positive BK’s phone # is not that hard to find.

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Let me think back to the FLW Tour. There were many posts about Ted Takasaki and how the FLW was going to investigate him for breaking numerous rules. I still have the pm’s I received. He was bashed and drug through the mud on here with out any facts. Well there was no investigation, no rules found broken, yet his name still remains tarnished. This situation is very similar and some of the same posters are involved.

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1) Mn law requires a person to report a fish kill.

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What I am understanding is that this was posted to be veiwed as a reported fish kill. Only problem is when this went public before the investigation could take place it allowed for the commercial fisherman to hear the rumors and pull all their nets. If there was any illegal activity this tape being made public really hampered law enforcements efforts, as they found out when they showed up.

Now that law enforcement has publicly announced that they have found no illegal activity can the bashing stop. I believe that they will never be viewed the same by many people. It is a shame that it went down this way.

I had to read your post a couple times just to ensure understanding and I don’t.

What you’re saying is that I shouldn’t show a video of dead fish in the river, but it’s ok to come on and post about a “hidden agenda that only a few know about”?

Where is the substance here?

While you are checking with the “few that know” I’ll check with the guys in the black ‘copter.

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I checked ” with the few that know” and here is what I came up with. Let’s say there was some one “who fishes mainly at night” and this person “who fishes mainly at night” knew that if commercial fisherman wanted to go net all the wintering fish in the deep holes of Pool 4 that they wanted, maybe that person would have an agenda to tarnish the reputation of ALL commercial fisherman in an effort to try and keep them away. Purely informational?, It seems a little fishy. I was hoping “the original poster” would give me the answer on motivation of the post.When I woke up this morning I thought to myself, BK cameras in deep water looking for catfish, why would he be in less than 5 feet of water taking video? Still have not came up with my own answer. While we are on the subject of netting, I hope anyone who nets their own bait does not have any unwanted waste. I am only stating my opinion and have not looked into the laws like some have here, but just to remind people that I do believe that transporting bait with out a permit is illegal.

Maybe there is no agenda here? I guess I would be interested to hear what the motivation was to post this video on this site? To me things that get blown out off proportion like this just gets real old, and now the commercial fisherman have a bad name for what reason? Did they break the law? I’m not sure, but until the DNR hands down fines I am not going to be criticizing commercial fisherman. I mean when things are thrown around like contacting channel 5 (which they were contacted and ran a report) or “what about peta?” See what would happen if they actually got involved. I just don’t understand what purpose this video was to serve on this site, or what the intent of the reaction would be? To me it seems like a legal matter for the DNR and it should have been handed to them, then they could have decided in what direction to go. I’m just tired of people, in this case commercial fisherman, being shown in a negative light with no facts or chance to defend themselves. Once they are veiwed in a negative way without any substance, they will be veiwed negatively forever. So now that I thought about it some more I will ask the question again. I would be interested to hear what the motivation was to post this video on this site?

Has anyone thought about what the river would be like if commercial fisherman couldn’t take rough fish from the water? The nets that are in question held 10,000 lbs of rough fish that are no longer in the river. I personally witnessed the nets and the commercial fisherman releasing as many fish alive as possible that they were not targeting. Just my opinion that this has been blown way out of proportion and that there is also a hidden agenda here that many don’t know about. I am not in any way for wanton waste of any fish but it seems there is only 2 solutions. Do not allow the commercial guys to net and see where that leads the rough fish population or they continue to net knowing that there will be some unwanted waste. I am more irratated with the numerous amounts of boats in the “scour hole” reeling in fish as fast as they can to get down and get another one. What kind of waste of walleyes and saugers do you think this leads to? Maybe the nets should be moved down river to the wintering catfish where there would be less chance of killing non-targeted species.

Congrats! She also cooks a great supper that somehow manages to be done the same time I am coming off the water.

He is a very avid hunter. You will see him on t.v. once in a while hunting.

It’s going to be rough waiting until Friday to get there!

Talk to Dean glitter jigs are the way to go.

My reason for asking is I have a spot that is 10ft deep with the weeds at 9ft. When they lay down they are at 3ft and you . Trying to figure out when I need to be there.

If done correctly foam is the best choice. $700 difference on the whole house sounds off, make sure you get everything in writing.

The Rush over in Maiden Rock is well known for monster pike. Alot of people anchor their boats and wade in the water and cast spoons.

Erick is right, the Mitchell shorties are definately a great rod at a good price. Can’t go wrong in my opinion.

Better off forgetting the net on those. That “slime” just never seems to come off.

Are you sure you weren’t “trolling for broads” and that is maybe why the fish catching was limited.

Never heard of such a thing until I ice fished Red last year and the ” old timers” in the clean shack scolded me for throwing them away. I never did try them, chewing on fins? Bring on some fries for me.

Just make sure you tell them or they might forget.

I am wondering why everyone assumes that “Ted” didn’t know any of these spots. Do you think these “pros” have never fished the river before. I don’t think you understand what they do for preparation to fish these tournaments. After prefishing with some of them you have a lot better understanding that this is not all fun and games. I for one am very dedicated to walleye fishing, but these guys are on another level.

As far as “pigs point,” you can buy a variety of maps that will give you gps quardanents right to the spot. I only fish Mille Lacs a few times a year and those gps maps help me immensely. How do you think that the locals there feel about those maps? Probably about the same way us here feel about the river “spots” getting out. We are all in the same boat.
The thing I really find to be interesting is that people on this site preach to be secretive about certain fishing spots, and then the first chance they get on tv and they run around showing everyone exactly where those spots are.

We only caught 2 white bass, but we did manage 3 sheephead over 10 lbs. That thump will make you think twice about it being a walleye. We fished until right after dark, the fished moved on us and we didn’t want to take the time and try and find them after the long day.

Talk about self promotion. I have been beat to spots in tournaments and watched them pull the winning fish. I would always want to be the first one there.

That must be why I have never caught a fish on a #5 JSR Red Crawdad on Pool 4.

I have 3 boys and the younger 2 are Hunter and Fischer.

Congrats. Maybe next time you could share a little info with you roommate. I know they put in a lot of time and effort looking for fish I’m glad it paid off.

I agree with Jon. Once the batteries have a little juice in them the on board charger will take over.

I was told yesterday by a Lowrance rep that the transducer for side-imaging is going to run $400 or less when it is introduced. The unit also comes with a gps puck that reads the sattelites 4 times faster than the older puck.

Joe, I know the feeling. Scratching my head on how to get my shack off Lake Zumbro. Driving down tomorrow in hope that some one will let me access through their yard. I would have never imagined the river would go up over 4 feet in 24 hours.