You can view Idaho’s full American White Pelican Conservation Plan at the link below.
Notable quote: “Idaho Department of Fish and Game (IDFG) believes there is a need to develop an approach to manage impacts of pelicans on native trout and sport fisheries in Idaho that balance conservation and recreation interests for both birds and fish.”
There is a video on our site from last spring right after spawn time for bass showing a group of pelicans shoulder to shoulder gulping fry. Pretty scary. There is also a photo from an area golf course where a single adult pelican landed and regurgitated a pile of fish, including many game fish.
It’s going to be a challenge to get any action, and nobody is saying “kill them all off,” but the question of balance is one that should be answered considering the dramatic increase in numbers.
Does it move? Then a northern will eat it. They’re like puppies with gills.
Do you know what the mix is in that dog? We have a male that looks almost identical but don’t really know what his ingredients are. LOL
I ended up with a Helix 5 on a used boat this fall, so I picked up an iceducer and an ice case (beware on the ice case…it’s just a fabric case with no structure inside so I used a piece of wood to put the gimbal mount and battery on and a steel strap for a handle and put that all inside the case). I have been fishing right next to a Vex FL-8 and no interference. I like using the Vex better — even with the sensitivity really low, a little ice jig makes a pretty big mark. It’s hard to decipher fish from jig sometimes. It works OK, but if I really wanted a second ice unit, I’d probably get another Vex or try a Marcum. I’ve only used it in 7 feet of water and less (river backwaters) so far. And I’ve only used it in ice mode with the flasher-style screen.
What is Ice Lake? Never heard of it.
I’ve heard a million different theories on what makes the price do what it does, but all I know is there has to be a way to moderate these prices while some rocket scientist comes up with an alternative energy source for us all. I can’t imagine the % of income the average person is spending on fuel for their vehicle, not to mention the impact it has on food prices and every other thing. The more I spend of fuel, the less I spend on everything else. High fuel is kicking our economy in the butt. You can talk jobs all you want, but if a new hire is spending all his income to run his car, what’s the point?
This from the school with the ANF (America Needs Farmers) sticker on their football helmets.
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They actually compete with gizzard shad and young-of-the-year fish. I saw my first skinny shad on the IL river shortly after they came through in 2000.
If I was a betting man, I would bet they won’t ever get too thick around here because from Keokuk north, we really are a series of reserviors, not a free flowing river. Their reproduction strategies don’t seem to link up this that type of water. When the 3-gorges dam was finished in China, it wiped them out over there. The IL river is a long, free flowing river compared to the Upper Miss.
They’re here already, just not reproducing.
Just my 2 cents.
JH
This would be outstanding. However, there are still “reservoir” pools all the way down to St. Louis and they’re thick in that part of the Mississippi, aren’t they?
Nasty. It’ll ruin somebody’s day when one decides to jump ahead of a 70-mph bass boat.
He has a redear the size of a garbage can lid and the dude still needs to stick the fish out as far as he can at the camera!!! LMAO!!! 
Yikes. The only remotely good news related to these crappy fish is that the bass fishing on the Illinois River seems to have come back quite a bit from what I’ve read. This despite the fact that you can practically walk across carp backs from one side of a slough to the other.
No muskies on this part of the Mississippi, other than a very rare stray from someplace else. There are a fair number of northerns. Most small, but a few up to I suppose 10 pounds or so. You’re more than welcome to catch all those toothy critters you want and restock them in pickling jars. 
Well then I’m going to guess this one petered out.
How deep do you figure those fish are holding?
Does Wisconsin ever cite \studies behind their regs or do they just go, “This sounds like a good idea. Done.” I’m not against protecting fisheries by any means but it’d be nice to hear some sound science behind some of this stuff. And I’m not affected by this particular rule so it’s nothing personal.
I haven’t heard anything. Just wondering if there was going to be one.
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They’re playing the game for all the right reasons.
Free tattoos?
I think we all think the B10 is better than it actually is every year. Maybe Tattoo U can pull one out against the Hogs.
Do those &$#^#*! Asian carp jump when it’s cold?
Pretty sure the gates are still wide open.
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without asking the landowners around the lake first
Will there be a mussel brigade now to accompany the milfoil police?
Seriously…these wine-and-cheese snobs just don’t like people fishing around their docks.
What is it with BFLs in Wisconsin? Does this only happen there or do we just not ever hear about it from everyplace else?
They can’t answer because they’re always jabberjawing to their girlfriends about absolutely nothing. I see women driving through the Starbucks drivethrough at 7 a.m. with the cell phone glued to their ear the entire time. Who on god’s green earth are they talking with for that long at 7 a.m.?
25′ in the backwaters.
I know you have it in places up there, but try to find it on the lower pools. 
Not saying he’s no good and can’t legitimately catch fish, but when it comes to his show, just watch and see how many times there is not a cut between the time he sets the hook and you actually SEE the fish. Almost never.
Per USFWS:
In areas posted and shown on maps as “Area Closed” and “Area Closed – No Motors,” we prohibit migratory bird hunting at all times. We ask that you practice voluntary avoidance of these areas by any means or for any purpose from October 15 to the end of the respective State duck season. In areas also marked “no motors,” we prohibit the use of motors on watercraft from October 15 to the end of the respective State duck season.
What do the buoys/signs say? According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Web site, it looks like Beaver Island regulations are the following: Closed to all migratory bird hunting. No motors and voluntary avoidance Oct. 15 to the end of state duck hunting season. To me, that means no problems for accessing with a motor-powered boat until 10/15.
