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what phones? are they smart phones or the multimedia phones that pretty much are smart phones?

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Oh, you just reminded me of a sore technology spot for me. Way back when I was younger (Hey, I can actually use phrases like that now, awesome!) I put a good chunk of change down on the latest computer. This thing was top of the line 486 DX with a CD ROM, which was unheard of. Sure, the tray was manual, but it was a CD ROM!

About 6 months later they started coming out with “Multi Media” Computers with Pentiums! Not only were the CPUs way better and the system came with speakers/sound boards, but the dang CD trays popped open and closed with automatic gears.

Phew…I finally let it go. I’ve held that in for decades.

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Interesting, Id love to try some, sometime

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Wiff decided we needed smart phones. Got LG’s. Holy schmidt am I stupid. Can hardly turn the thing on and off.. At 55 , I have found out I am waay behind the 8 ball. Alone out here ???

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what phones? are they smart phones or the multimedia phones that pretty much are smart phones?

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either way you can only catch YOUR limit! i dont see whats the difference with 2 or 3lines. more than 3 lines would be hard to run anyways without riggers. but still, you can only catch so many anyways!

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Ive looked into this for some custodian jobs, What class of the C license?

My buddy had told me there are several different stages of each license, some which require you to have the first C license for over a year.

I know most people are against this for the fact of CPR people.

BUT, for the people that do keep fish, two lines or one line there is still a limit. If you are going to reach your limit with an extra line faster than a single line, that depends on the day, and the fish you are targeting.

I was out plowing last year in a skid loader and the ear muffs I have picks up radio stations. Not many but some, and well in the wee hours of the morning there isn’t much on so I usually tune into talk radio.

This particular time they were talking about the Oprah show and the lady who had her face pretty much ripped off by a pet chimp. A husband and wife duo called into this talk radio show because they were talking about it and were yelling at this guy. They were yelling at him because oprah’s producers decided to NOT post that show on youtube like they do all the others, they also decided to keep the episode off the dvd. These two spent about an hour bickering with this guy as to why it wasn’t available online as they really wanted to see this ladies face.

Finally the talk show host had enough and called them bad names and hung up on it. I guess the moral of my story is some people need to know, need to see, and want to see the bad aspects of situations.

I agree with you, just lock him up and be done with it. but because its something large and politics were involved this will continue to go on.

the sad part is they only mention the little girl and the big figures who got shot, and killed, they never mention much about the average joes who were there that got killed as well.

good luck

hmmm down here they drive decent vehicles but, they cram people in them. Maybe the volunteers get to use the vehicle for their FREE time they are putting into doing the survey for educational purposes for the DNR.

I guess Im at the point where I do not care anymore what they do as long as they keep doing what they are doing. Everyone that is complaining… With out the DNR you probably wouldn’t be catching ANY fish.

They mainly are survey takers. What were you fishing for? when did you go out? how many did you catch, and did you keep any. and can I check your sticker on your trailer.

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By the way, I believe the sticker patrol at the boat ramps are volunteers/interns. The couple that I’ve talked to weren’t getting paid, at least.

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All boats, not just angling boats. In MN, you go to the DNR for your 3 year tag.

Also, the DNR can attach to the trailers and the trailer tag. Every year, I see a DNR employee sitting in the sun, watching trailers go in and out of the water. Nice work, if you can get it. Might as well fund their tan with a tax to enforce.

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Some of those people do not even work for the DNR, some do. On mille lacs I had some guy check my stuff and he said he volunteered for the DNR.

go to my home, display settings adjust the sever time. so to advance an hour put 1. to go back an hour -1

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Bet that guy who turns the footballs inside out has some big arms! lol

If only that were the case of competitor sites too. Left and Right Free.

Seems like whatever side you are on there is a government stating the other side is in the wrong. Why cant we all get a long and enjoy our roots.

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I have no problem with 2 lines for catfishing, if it can be supported. I admit, I know nothing about cats, so I have no opinion on it. I also would not have a problem with trolling with 2 lines… but carte blanche… thats an issue. I also believe a fee should be attached, to use 2 lines. Some will take advantage of it, some won’t, make it a choice. The fee to be used for advancement of fishing and policing of policies.

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I agree completely. if it can be supported put a fee on it. an additional license even. Like I said I don’t mind it, i might not even use to, but I still support it.

Another thing is everyone should put these different site politics on hold at least for a little bit and band together and get things done right. After that go back to being political.

Guess I must have good skills than. This summer I was catching multiple eaters in a short amount of time.

This is the problem with talking to the different groups, everyone is one sided. I see why certain groups do not want things in effect. But in question to the cat guys, when has anyone argued about an advancement to benefit other species other than cats? I can’t think of much. I will support the muskie fisherman, I will support the walleye guys, even the bass guys even though I rarely fish for those said species.

We are ALL in this together, we shouldn’t be segregating by species, we should be supporting each other in whatever advancements we can get. Instead of saying no immediately, weigh the options on what we can do to compromise the situation.

Post a realistic argument, and id maybe believe you.

Going out to catch 4 walleyes and than going on. On certain days I could catch 4 eyes in under 10 minutes. Are you really gonna launch your boat, fish for 10 minutes and than go home and eat? Most likely you are spending the day out there, putting fish in your live well, and than dumping one back in here and there so you can continue to fish.

How is that different than me catching a fish and releasing it right away.

Most of the cat guys use different hooks than normal that allow better hook sets and is safer for the fish. I use circle hooks, do some research and see what the mortality rate of fish are. Not to mention if a circle hook does get in the gut of a fish it can be pulled out with out harming the fish.

1 scenario would be…..a angler going out, catching 4 walleyes and heading in with his limit = 4 dead eyes…. next guy catches 50 walleyes, 5 are gut hooked, 26 were pulled from 30′ of water quickly, 7 were hollywood stars (posed for multiple pics) of them 7 , 3 hit the carpet …. all are released…. did they all make it ??? Studies say no….

If you haven’t seen the above scenario, you need to get out more….

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Well the likely hood of your numbers are probably pretty far off. And in the same aspect, I bet you, and several others wouldn’t go out and catch four walleyes and turn and head in. I have a feeling you’d keep fishing, or target other species.

As for gut hooking a walleye, I think the last time I gut hooked a walleye was maybe in 5th grade? I make sure my fish are released properly, I caught a bunch of walleyes this year on the river, and every one was hooked properly and released properly.

If that fish did, in fact kick the bucket I would be bringing that fish home.

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Would this cause more issues for our wardens? Would they start checking every person they see fishing 2 lines. Could possibly end up wasting a lot of time for them. Just a thought.

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That is a good thought, but is it safe to say that if a CO sees a guy fishing, he can assume he has a fishing license? No, the only real way to know is to check. Would that be a waste of a time for a CO to stop at every boat to see if that person has a fishing license?

No, that is their job. They should be checking every boat that is fishing.

Does a cop stop every car to make sure the driver has a drivers license because the cop sees someone driving that car?

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Guys who fish to actually compete the cylce, catch, clean, eat…then release want 1 line, because they believe CPR hurts the fishery, more than realized.

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I am curious how me catching a fish and releasing it is hurting that fish more than you catching it , taking it home and eating it. The fish I released will live another day, will make someone else day when they catch and release the fish as well. The fish you caught is going through the bowels of death, is probably immature and incapable of reproducing yet thus hurting the fisheries even more.

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So what you are saying, is catfishers want 2 lines, so they can catch more fish, only to release them anyways ??? From what I am reading, most CPR folks want 2 lines, so they can CPR more fish ??? Guys who fish to actually compete the cylce, catch, clean, eat…then release want 1 line, because they believe CPR hurts the fishery, more than realized and adding a 2nd line, will up the mortality rates.

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If you CPR’d a bit more there wouldn’t be a need to stock fish in lakes. The DNR is battling a never ending battle because people do not CPR. They cannot keep up to the pressure lakes get from all the people over fishing.

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BK, Thanks.
IMO It is about time the “convience” fee was removed from on line licinse purchases. In my eyes there is less overhead for the online option. No printer or paper is needed on the DNR/Lic adgent’s part. A good move in my eyes, just print a few copies and laminate them or ziplock and put one in truck, boat, tackle box.

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I am all for the charge. I am not sure if you are aware of this but the on line licensing is outsourced. Not only that it costs money to run credit and debit cards each swipe or in this case each keystroke.

With this fee removed, who knows whats going to change from the money they are losing for having the online licensing outsourced to another company. They probably removed it to show a loss in funds so they can raise licensing fees.

I wish the 3.50 charge would have stayed! I love being able to print off and store extra copies of my license. In fact id probably pay an extra 5$ just for this option we have.

With the amount of people I know that do not have access to a boat, ice fishing is their get away time. Some people fish everyday in summer, but in reality I would have to say that there is way more fishing done on the ice in the short period of time the ice allows people to fish.

So I can see the negative effects on two lines through the ice. Heck I’ve done it successfully, and at one point I eve reeled up the second rod because I was sick of getting doubles.

I am mixed about the 2 lines. I support it, wouldn’t say I oppose it. People do it anyway, why not just make it legal, or as someone else stated, make it an option to buy a second license or some kind of stamp allowing you to use two.

As for us cat guys, there is a big difference from you bass, eye, and muskie guys. 99% of the guys I know who fish the river for cats, release 99% of their fish. VERY RARELY do I see or hear of anyone keeping a fish. If they do they are small. The only time I have ever seen a large fish taken out of the river was from people who had know clue what they were doing to that fish. They either take it home, or to the launch to show a bunch of buddies and than simply throw the fish in the water as the current takes the fish away.

I am sure if all the cat guys came out of the wood work and showed numbers as to how many fish they caught on the river in a year you’d probably see a 99% success rate in CPR from most of them. Even more so people like myself who release 100% of my catfish.

I know most or probably of you muskie guys release your fish as well. I bet if fishing for muskie didn’t require skills, and certain techniques most of you would be all for two lines.

I am fine with keeping lakes a 1 line rule. As for the people who are so against this. I know several people who don’t fish walleyes, don’t fish bass, and don’t fish muskie. But never once have they voted against something that is going to benefit that type of angler. I understand catfish is pretty low on the totem pole compared to other species. But to some people, it is their passion, their joy in their life to go out fishing for cats.

Maybe if there is a next meeting about two lines, instead of bashing and not caring about the lower species, maybe suggest rivers and streams be allowed two lines thus still protecting your inland waters with 1 line rule.

Angieslist. Ive heard about it, I’ve seen it but how many really use it? Not many because you have to PAY to use it.

Want to really get em. Put a ad in the paper. I mean big add, or contact the paper tell them you want to buy a front page slot. spend the money, they wont be getting much business after that article or add is printed

Better yet, show up at the shop and get bids from the other guy showing the same part. Than ask them why they are so much cheaper for the part.