“THE END OF AN ERA”

[woodchuck]

the end of a long history and old memories on a once great lake of Minnesota’s inland waters! it will be a sad day to see a lake like gull die with the introduction of another “AQUATIC INVASIVE SPECIES” ! ? WHY CANT GOOD BE LEFT ALONE ?……

DNR to stock muskellunge in Gull and Fairmont chains of lakes

July 25, 2016

Decision follows 2-year public input process

Muskellunge will be released this fall in the Gull Lake chain of lakes near Brainerd and the Fairmont chain of lakes in southern Minnesota as part of an effort to establish new muskie angling opportunities throughout the state.

“We listened to and considered the more than 1,800 public comments we received during the past two years,” said Don Pereira, fisheries section chief for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. “We want to thank everyone who helped guide this process.

“Our lakes are Minnesota’s most important natural resource and that’s one reason public participation is so important. The majority of the responses were positive and supportive of diversifying these fisheries in the Gull Lake and Fairmont chain of lakes and expanding opportunities that will benefit these areas recreationally and economically.”

The public input process and local discussions also prompted the DNR to decide not to stock Big Marine Lake in Washington County and to withdraw the proposal to stock the Franklin, Lizzie or Loon lakes in Otter Tail County.

Stocking muskie is part of an effort to respond to a growing interest in muskie fishing. Estimates suggest that a significant proportion of the state’s anglers either already target muskies or want to try muskie fishing.

“Minnesota is the crown jewel for muskie fishing in the United States,” said Al Lindner, one of Minnesota’s most well-known anglers who also produces educational fishing programs. “Creating more places to catch muskie where it’s biologically appropriate provides more than fishing opportunity for a growing number of younger anglers. It also offers a great economic benefit to resorts and tourism.”

Several years ago, the DNR prepared a long-range plan designed to balance interest in expanded muskie fishing opportunities with those opposing muskie management and continued stocking. The compromise reached in this plan called for eight new waters to be stocked with muskie by 2020. Three of those lakes – Roosevelt, Pokegema and the Sauk River Chain – already have been stocked.

Last year, the DNR proposed several new waters for stocking and began asking the public for comments and meeting with angling groups, local governments, lake associations, property owners associations and others. This input was taken into account along with data from angler surveys and biological assessments.

Additional information, including a summary of more than 1,800 comments about the stocking proposals and DNR responses, is available on the DNR’s muskie management page.

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[Tonytone]

Looking forward to Gull having Muskies, glad there will be a lake in the area to fish them.

[foulpole18]

Glad to see it. Now it will be worth going to Gull in a few years.

[Ripjiggen]

Here we go. I think I will sit back on this one and enjoy the show.

[AutumnFever]

Trying to play God… It’s worked so well in the past

[MeMyselfandEye]

Thanks a lot to the MN DNR for messing up another lake. I am finding it hard to put faith into anything they do from Mille Lacs walleyes to the deer population to Timberwolves and now Gull.

[Kato]

MeMyselfandEye wrote:
Thanks a lot to the MN DNR for messing up another lake. I am finding it hard to put faith into anything they do from Mille Lacs walleyes to the deer population to Timberwolves and now Gull.

I agree!

Thanks for spending our taxes dollars disproportionately for a “few” muskie guys. It sure seems that the DNR is run by AIS lakeshore associations and by a very small, in comparison, muskie group.

[foxtraut]

there is alot more muskie guys then you think

[EyeWalls]

Seems to me that the best Eye lakes in the state have LARGE muskies Leech, Winnie, Cass, Mille lacs, LOTW, St. Louis river.. just my All of the above happen to have large populations of high quality pan fish too… shhh

[Anonymous]

Yep this states dnr is a joke…kinda like the dnr wanted to allow bonus tags in Ripley this year and the Ripley official’s said that they will not allow them…looks like someone elses eye’s are opening… finally

[Riverbasher]

Maybe the state should stop stocking walleyes in non-native waters then too….

Land of Lakes Bowfishing Association Member

[Anonymous]

Look at the percentage of anglers that fish walleye’s compared to the percentage that fish muskies then the cost of each to stock….the amount of money it takes to stock a fish that such a small percentage of licensed anglers target is crazy when everyone has to pay for them

[MasterGopherHunter]

TW wrote:
Look at the percentage of anglers that fish walleye’s compared to the percentage that fish muskies then the cost of each to stock….the amount of money it takes to stock a fish that such a small percentage of licensed anglers target is crazy when everyone has to pay for them

Minnesota’s Managed Muskellunge Waters

How many bodies of water does DNR manage for Muskellunge?
The MNDNR manages about 4,285 lakes and rivers, or “waters”, (excluding lake Superior) for fishing totaling 2,285,978 surface acres. Muskellunge are actively managed, as identified in individual Lake Management Plans, in 99 waters covering a total of 480,153 surface acres. Muskellunge waters comprise 2.3% of the total number of waters and 21.0% of the total surface acres managed for fishing.

I’d venture to guess that more than 2.3% of licensed anglers target muskies at least once a year. Also, I’d be willing to bet that more money has been spent on Mille Lacs this past year than all of the combined muskie stocking in the last 10 years.

[SurlyRobot]

Kato wrote:

MeMyselfandEye wrote:
Thanks a lot to the MN DNR for messing up another lake. I am finding it hard to put faith into anything they do from Mille Lacs walleyes to the deer population to Timberwolves and now Gull.

I agree!

Thanks for spending our taxes dollars disproportionately for a “few” muskie guys. It sure seems that the DNR is run by AIS lakeshore associations and by a very small, in comparison, muskie group.

You do realize the two groups you claim run the DNR are opposed to one another right? That’s what the whole argument that’s been going on for the past year has been between, lake associations and musky fishermen. It wouldn’t kill some of you guys to do a little bit of research before just jumping to some asinine conclusion based on ignorance.

[Ripjiggen]

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