Special
Fishing Regulations on Wall Lake?
Is there any interest to have special fishing regulations on Wall
Lake? There will be a meeting with Jim
Wolters from the DNR to discuss special fishing regulations on Saturday, June
18th at the Elks Point from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. At the meeting, Jim will explain exactly how the
process works. How do special fishing regulations
come about, how long do they last, how are they removed, and answer any other questions
you may have. This meeting will give
everyone the information they need to decide whether or not there is any
interest in special fishing regulations for one or more species of fish.
After the meeting, I would like to find out from those present how
many have an interest in discussing special fishing regulations further and for
what fish species; and also how many people have no interest in special fishing
regulations. I will summarize this
information and post it on the walllakeassociation.blogspot.com.
If there is enough interest in a special fishing regulation, my
current understanding is that we then go back to the DNR to discuss specific
recommendations for specific fish species.
It might not be a bad idea to discuss our current thoughts among
ourselves before this meeting so we have some idea where everybody is coming
from in hopes that this will speed up the process when discussing specific
recommendations with the DNR.
Then it seems to me that we will have to have some kind of “vote”
for final approval for a specific regulation so that everybody has their say in
the matter. I believe that for any
special regulation to succeed it must be supported by the vast majority of lake
shore owners.
It just seems to me that there are a number of modest special
regulations that could be supported by all lakeshore owners. If there is no interest in special fishing
regulations, then we default to the current state regulations. But we have the opportunity to make the
fishing better if we can all agree to some special regulations.
