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<blockquote data-quote="Allen" data-source="post: 293822" data-attributes="member: 389">I believe the impetus for the bait regulation started back in the 70s where people would camp in large groups for a weekend and buy an exorbitant amount of bait.&nbsp; Then come Sunday evening you would have one of the kids go dump the bait bucket before breaking camp.This helped lead to the introduction of suckers to several small lakes across western ND (Bowman-Haley for one) that would eventually need to be eradicated by rotenone.&nbsp; Nobody liked it when a lake got overrun with suckers and then had to be killed off and restocked.It's been a while since I've heard of a lake needing to be killed off in ND.The actual number once was 12 dozen (144) because in theory you bought minnows by the dozen.&nbsp; Of course, with the exception of suckers, and now creek chubs, nobody actually counted them out and we now have the &quot;scoop&quot; as the unit of measure.&nbsp; And seriously, when's the last time you heard of anyone having their minnow bucket counted?Reminds me, I need to go buy another trap.- - - Updated - - -And yes, the NDGF also needed a way to separate commercial trappers of bait (which I did) and those who did it for their own use.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Allen, post: 293822, member: 389"] I believe the impetus for the bait regulation started back in the 70s where people would camp in large groups for a weekend and buy an exorbitant amount of bait. Then come Sunday evening you would have one of the kids go dump the bait bucket before breaking camp. This helped lead to the introduction of suckers to several small lakes across western ND (Bowman-Haley for one) that would eventually need to be eradicated by rotenone. Nobody liked it when a lake got overrun with suckers and then had to be killed off and restocked. It's been a while since I've heard of a lake needing to be killed off in ND. The actual number once was 12 dozen (144) because in theory you bought minnows by the dozen. Of course, with the exception of suckers, and now creek chubs, nobody actually counted them out and we now have the "scoop" as the unit of measure. And seriously, when's the last time you heard of anyone having their minnow bucket counted? Reminds me, I need to go buy another trap. [COLOR="silver"][SIZE=1]- - - Updated - - -[/SIZE][/COLOR] And yes, the NDGF also needed a way to separate commercial trappers of bait (which I did) and those who did it for their own use. [/QUOTE]

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