SPEARING MINOQUA CHAIN

Draws,
There are violators in the NA tribes AND non native outdoors people(I refuse to call them sportman).  The difference is non natives get their name published in the court news and natives you never hear of a punishment,  fine, or harvest privileges revoked.

I thought it was illegal to be on the water at nite without having running lites on. I only seen one boat with them on out of 4 nites. 

Trouter, awful protective of native rights, did you not get to spear or is your casino check late

Not all “US citizens” have casinos.

There is no rational relationship between casinos and treaty rights.   

Not all tribes have treaty rights.

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Again anyone who steps 1 foot inside any of their casinos have no right to complain.  

Carpio, therein lies the problem, they aren't spearing like they did 100+ years ago, anymore than we are fishing like we did 100+ years ago.  Both cultures have taken advantage of modern technology whether its 1,000,000 candle power spotlights or Garmin Panoptix.  Technology has made us much better at harvesting fish, to the point that we are overharvesting many of the fisheries.   

It’s their heritage but I wasn’t aware that they had spotlights and outboard motors in the 1700s.

So much drama from 1 tribe, pretty sure they do it for sport and to rile you guys up.  They spear half the fish every year, apparently the other 5 tribes don't need the same level of sustenance.  They've always been good at putting on a show for the media.  Its just northwoods politics.

Different cultures take different approaches to natural resource management.   

Johnson said he has no problem with the DNR allowing state anglers to fish for walleye there as long as anglers follow the bag limit.

How noble of the Tribal President to let us "lowly" sport fisherman share in the resource. All I can say is "WOW" to his last comments.  

From WPR:

Lac du Flambeau Tribal President John Johnson, Sr. provided figures that show tribal members harvested 993 walleye across three lakes in the chain: Minocqua, Kawaguesaga and Tomahawk Lakes. Johnson said he has no problem with the DNR allowing state anglers to fish for walleye there as long as anglers follow the bag limit.

“That’s sustenance to us. It’s not like we’re going out there just to kill those fish to be killing them,” Johnson said. “We’re going out to utilize them for ceremonies, feeding our families, feeding our young. These other guys are going out there to do it for sport.”

Just received an email from DNR approved walleye fishing May 7, to keep it equitable....

They have already established a 1 walleye per day limit on the chain, between 18 and 22 inches. Just a matter of approving the date that this will begin.

Possibly the week after opener. Gov Evers has to sign it.

My gut tells me it will be one per person on the entire chain.