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<blockquote data-quote="SDMF" data-source="post: 211871" data-attributes="member: 412">I'm not advocating for any less guides or fishermen.&nbsp; If guides area already documenting clients and catches though, it'd be plenty simple for them to snap a pic and text or e-mail that to G&amp;F biologists.&nbsp; I would think it'd be a more consistent data set than what they currently get from weekend creel census takers.If I were to be granted 1 wish regarding the management of the Devil's Lake basin it would be a SIGNIFICANT increase in active enforcement of just the laws and regulations we already have.&nbsp; Aggressive active enforcement of ANS and bag/possession limits would be a great 1st focus.&nbsp; G&amp;F checkpoints at Lakota, Cando, corner of Hwy's 1 and 20, 2 and 281, 57 and 20, 57 and 281.- - - Updated - - -By giving fisheries biologists a consistent valid source of catch/kill data.&nbsp; If guides are already keeping the data, it's no thing to snap a pic and text/e-mail it to a G&amp;F repository for the data.&nbsp; In return for providing the data to G&amp;F, the guides have useable data.&nbsp; In my simple little mind, I figure those who are unwilling to send a text/e-mail of data they should already be keeping up to date, might be those most guilty of allowing their clients to skirt regulations.&nbsp; In other words, weed out the slobs.&nbsp; A guide with a real mind for business and maximizing their profits would already be building their own excel sheets with most of this data anyway.&nbsp; &quot;Over the last 5 yrs, the trend has been that the best time to be here for #'s of fish is between X and Y dates.&quot;&nbsp; Or, &quot;If you like to slip-bobber, come @ this time, if you want to troll cranks, our best weeks are A-B, if you want to cast cranks or plastics the peak is weeks M-O, and our biggest fish are taken between W-V dates.&quot;&nbsp; Imagine how much extra one could charge a client by not only telling them what they want to hear, but being able to show them the data to back it up.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="SDMF, post: 211871, member: 412"] I'm not advocating for any less guides or fishermen. If guides area already documenting clients and catches though, it'd be plenty simple for them to snap a pic and text or e-mail that to G&F biologists. I would think it'd be a more consistent data set than what they currently get from weekend creel census takers. If I were to be granted 1 wish regarding the management of the Devil's Lake basin it would be a SIGNIFICANT increase in active enforcement of just the laws and regulations we already have. Aggressive active enforcement of ANS and bag/possession limits would be a great 1st focus. G&F checkpoints at Lakota, Cando, corner of Hwy's 1 and 20, 2 and 281, 57 and 20, 57 and 281. [COLOR=silver][SIZE=1]- - - Updated - - -[/SIZE][/COLOR] By giving fisheries biologists a consistent valid source of catch/kill data. If guides are already keeping the data, it's no thing to snap a pic and text/e-mail it to a G&F repository for the data. In return for providing the data to G&F, the guides have useable data. In my simple little mind, I figure those who are unwilling to send a text/e-mail of data they should already be keeping up to date, might be those most guilty of allowing their clients to skirt regulations. In other words, weed out the slobs. A guide with a real mind for business and maximizing their profits would already be building their own excel sheets with most of this data anyway. "Over the last 5 yrs, the trend has been that the best time to be here for #'s of fish is between X and Y dates." Or, "If you like to slip-bobber, come @ this time, if you want to troll cranks, our best weeks are A-B, if you want to cast cranks or plastics the peak is weeks M-O, and our biggest fish are taken between W-V dates." Imagine how much extra one could charge a client by not only telling them what they want to hear, but being able to show them the data to back it up. [/QUOTE]

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