Dustin,

Thanks for the link to Jarrad’s review and your response about the video. Back home, bass and salt water species dominate the fishing scene, so Walleye’s are usually caught by mistake (if they’re even present).

I wonder if what you touch on in the video (basically current breaks) wouldn’t apply to the Smallmouth fisherman also. From what little I know about Eyes, I imagine the two species share preferred habitat and feed in much the same way. Your thoughts?

Regarding the Super Doo…it looks like as if a Gitzit and a squid got a little squirly one night! LOL. As I adjust my tackle selection to the new waters in this area I’ll consider it…maybe…I dunno.

Anywho, nice website you’ve got there. If you were a little closer I’d book a trip or two to facilitate the learning process (I’m 2 hrs east of pool 11).

—
Shawn
Walking the fine line between hobby and mental illness.

Hey people!

What subject will be covered in the first video? Having recently relocated from Virginia, I’m interested in how you Midwestern fellas fish that big river. Back home, the running water was tidal influenced.

And what the heck is a Super Do anyway? What species is it targeted towards?

Shawn

Pardon me for jumping in on this conversation but I can’t keep myself from responding to some of the garbage posted here.

First off, does anyone know the history of the “no cull” rule? As I recall, it was put in place to deter meat fisherman from culling fish left to sit on a stringer (or worse).

Nowhere, and I mean nowhere, have I found evidence that culling (as it applies to the tournament fisherman) kills fish. I’d bet a dollar to your doughnut that a (tournament) culled fish has a better chance of survival than one released by a meat fisherman, simply because the tournament fisherman has a vested interest in its survival.

WKW raises an nteresting question that the mortality rate may not be associated with culling at all, but the catch and release of walleyes from deep cool water in the hot summer months. Oh no, did I open a can of worms with that statement?! Should we abolish catch and release, too? Should we draw a line and say all fish caught should be kept and killed? That would surely stop them from washing ashore…

Culling is not the issue here. The issue is the survival rate of released fish. There are many factors in the dead fish equation;
(1) was the fish sick/weak to begin with?
(2) was it brought from deep water too fast?
(3) was it sitting shallow with a stringer through the gills?
(4) was it sitting in an oxygen depleted livewell?

…the list goes on as far as your imagination can take it.

The no cull proposal is a knee jerk reaction to public outcry, simple as that. If you really wish to find a solution the the problem, you first need to identify the cause.