Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 Opening Day is April 2... 73 days to go! Who knows when trout season opens ~ ya gotta hire a lawyer, a biologist, and a cartographer go figger that one out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 I may not be fishing this year, Hardpan. Between the regs. and the fees, and lack of fish, it may not be worth the effort. Good luck to you tho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 reckon , we got it good here season be open all year , got some fish , sitting out in the lake , away from folks be good for the soul CB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michigan Slim Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 Come over here in the spring right after iceout Badger. I'll set you on a school of perch worth the trip! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reuben McCoy Rankin # 34239 Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 Come over here in the spring right after iceout Badger. I'll set you on a school of perch worth the trip! If they are anything like the perch i caught in mannysodas several years ago the trip would be worth while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michigan Slim Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 Nice ten to eleven inch perches. Once in a while a real dandy comes in. Mix in a bunch of bluegills and and... oh man. Good eats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted January 19, 2017 Author Share Posted January 19, 2017 I truly hope your regs are more user friendly than ours... Check it out ~ this is only the freshwater fishing regs... we still have ocean sport fishing, mammal hunting (large and small), bird hunting (upland and migratory)... and this part - freshwater regs only - is 80 pages! Try to quickly find out when you can fish a particular spot on your favorite stream... Freshwater Sport Fishing Regulations Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 Nice ten to eleven inch perches. Once in a while a real dandy comes in. Mix in a bunch of bluegills and and... oh man. Good eats Michigan Slim, Bluegills are ounce for ounce the fightin'est, most fun fish to catch and eat on the planet. I do miss Bluegill fishing. But Steelhead here in the Northwest are by far the most fun for bigger fish...and they taste good too. I will give up my one man protest and buy a license this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michigan Slim Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 I need to drive an hour or two to get into the steelhead. I used to fish smaller streams for trout and once in a bit you would hook one of those freight trains. We caught a lot on Lake Michigan, with coho's and kings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 Come over here in the spring right after iceout Badger. I'll set you on a school of perch worth the trip! Thank you for the invitation. I am afraid that at this stage of life I will have to limit my fishing travel to Eastern Washington, if at all. But I do apprediate the offer. Perch are fun to catch. I do have the gear. I truly hope your regs are more user friendly than ours... Check it out ~ this is only the freshwater fishing regs... we still have ocean sport fishing, mammal hunting (large and small), bird hunting (upland and migratory)... and this part - freshwater regs only - is 80 pages! Try to quickly find out when you can fish a particular spot on your favorite stream... Freshwater Sport Fishing Regulations Well, Hardpan, our regulation book is around 142 pages with advertising on maybe 7 of those. Of course some of those are for the salt chuck and bottom fish as well a anadromous fish. License fees are going up but since I am a senior senior, are not all that much. But I am of a mind that buying one will just encourage them. Younger folks will pay a much higher price and that is a shame. These are the future of sports fishing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 some time back BMC , posted links to the regs up there I can't say , it was even legal to fish up there ours here can be vage , but not near as bad , as them CB (redneck & proud of it ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 They have gone a bit further Chickasaw. Now they have "EMERGENCY REGULATIONS". Last minute micromanagment of the fisheries. Last fall they closed all of the rivers and lakes in the Puget Sound area that the salmon and other anadromous (Steelhead) fish pass through. Not trout, no pan fish, nuttin. Why? Because they did not get a request into the Feds in time and as I understand it was something to do with dealing with the tribes. Please don't get me started on this issue. I have NO PROBLEM WITH CLOSING A FISHERY if the dunderheads close it to ALL FISHERS; SPORTS FISHING, COMMERCIAL FISHING AND TRIBE FISHING. Any one of these groups can kill a fish just as dead as the other two groups. If their intent is to save the fish, then let us save the fish, not play politics. Ok, I will put my soap box away for now. Sorry for the rant, Allie Mo (no e) . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 In all my travels I only was stationed in two states where figuring out if a stream could be fished, what tackle you could use, and what you could fish for was so confusing as to make me almost give up fishing. Those two were Cali and Washington. I remember the Washington regs used so many local names for locations that when I asked the game warden if I could fish a particular section of a stream he was as confused as I was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 we got some special reg waters , so far , I ain't had to hire a legal eagle to sort it out reg book is getting bigger every year , CB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 23 days till the pitchers and catchers report to Goodyear Az for workouts!!! GO TRIBE!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 Which tribe is that, Rye? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michigan Slim Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 He didn't sat Tribe. He mispelled Tigers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 He didn't sat Tribe. He mispelled Tigers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 (edited) He didn't sat Tribe. He mispelled Tigers! No read that again, this time very slowly, I know you're from Indiana and it takes a while for things to set in! Edited January 21, 2017 by Rye Miles #13621 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 You bouys have frozen your brains, being so far nort. The real winner is down in St. Louis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 cold beer and fried fish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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