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<blockquote data-quote="Lycanthrope" data-source="post: 60332" data-attributes="member: 562">Here is why people oppose having their lake 'managed' for muskies....Seriously who wants to catch fish they cant keep? Id be pissed also!!![h=1]54-inch Minnesota-wide muskie minimum signed by Mark Dayton[/h]<a href="mailto:dorrick@pioneerpress.com?subject=TwinCities.com:">By Dave Orrick</a><a href="mailto:dorrick@pioneerpress.com?subject=TwinCities.com:">[email]dorrick@pioneerpress.com</a>[/EMAIL]Posted:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 05/24/2014 01:43:11 PM CDT | Updated:&nbsp;&nbsp; about a year ago<a href="http://www.twincities.com/portlet/article/html/imageDisplay.jsp?contentItemRelationshipId=5977090" target="_blank"><img src="http://extras.mnginteractive.com/live/media/site569/2014/0327/20140327__140330muskie.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>Part of the attraction of muskie fishing for the fanatics who pursue them is the fish's imposing presence. (Courtesy photo) &nbsp;With a stroke of his pen Wednesday, Gov. Mark Dayton made Minnesota the most-protective state in the country for muskies. Starting in 2015, a pure-strain muskellunge will have to be 54&nbsp; inches long to be kept statewide on inland waters, with a few&nbsp; exceptions. That's a rare fish, and the new minimum will effectively make&nbsp; Minnesota a catch-and-release state. Catch-and-release -- with&nbsp; measurements and photographs for replica mounts -- have become the&nbsp; unwritten rule for muskie aficionados for years. But advocates for the&nbsp; change -- up from 48 inches -- argued that some anglers -- enough --&nbsp; were keeping fish once they reached 48 inches, the current minimum. &quot;It's such a rare fish -- less than 5 percent of the population&nbsp; of muskies, which are rare to begin with -- that they just can't take&nbsp; much harvest,&quot; said Shawn Kellett, vice president of the Twin Cities&nbsp; Chapter of Muskies Inc. Kellett's group and the Minnesota Pike and&nbsp; Muskie Alliance were the drivers behind the change. The groups initially pushed for 55 inches, but that was felled&nbsp; soundly in a House floor vote after opposition from Rep. David Dill,&nbsp; DFL-Crane Lake, who chairs the Environment and Natural Resources Policy&nbsp; Committee. It was the Senate that approved 54 inches, and in the end,&nbsp; Dill supported that. The measure was included in the final Game and Fish Bill that was&nbsp; reconciled between the two chambers, and that larger bill was&nbsp; unanimously approved by the Senate, with one vote against in the House.&nbsp; The Department of Natural Resources was neutral on the plan, demurring&nbsp; to legislators on what it deemed a social issue, not an ecological one. &quot;I think us coming out publicly the last couple of years not opposing&nbsp; lifting the spearing bans on various lakes made a big difference for&nbsp; us,&quot; Kellett said, referring to the steady loosening of darkhouse ice&nbsp; spearing bans for northern pike over the last several years. &quot;People&nbsp; understood this wasn't about bad blood. This was about keeping these&nbsp; special fish.&quot; The Minnesota Darkhouse &amp; Angling Association remained opposed to the larger muskie limit. The 48-inch rule will remain in effect this season, which starts June 6. The 54-inch regulation will be in effect in 2015.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lycanthrope, post: 60332, member: 562"] Here is why people oppose having their lake 'managed' for muskies.... Seriously who wants to catch fish they cant keep? Id be pissed also!!! [h=1]54-inch Minnesota-wide muskie minimum signed by Mark Dayton[/h][EMAIL="dorrick@pioneerpress.com?subject=TwinCities.com:"]By Dave Orrick [email]dorrick@pioneerpress.com[/email][/EMAIL]Posted: 05/24/2014 01:43:11 PM CDT | Updated: about a year ago [URL="http://www.twincities.com/portlet/article/html/imageDisplay.jsp?contentItemRelationshipId=5977090"][IMG]http://extras.mnginteractive.com/live/media/site569/2014/0327/20140327__140330muskie.jpg[/IMG][/URL]Part of the attraction of muskie fishing for the fanatics who pursue them is the fish's imposing presence. (Courtesy photo) With a stroke of his pen Wednesday, Gov. Mark Dayton made Minnesota the most-protective state in the country for muskies. Starting in 2015, a pure-strain muskellunge will have to be 54 inches long to be kept statewide on inland waters, with a few exceptions. That's a rare fish, and the new minimum will effectively make Minnesota a catch-and-release state. Catch-and-release -- with measurements and photographs for replica mounts -- have become the unwritten rule for muskie aficionados for years. But advocates for the change -- up from 48 inches -- argued that some anglers -- enough -- were keeping fish once they reached 48 inches, the current minimum. "It's such a rare fish -- less than 5 percent of the population of muskies, which are rare to begin with -- that they just can't take much harvest," said Shawn Kellett, vice president of the Twin Cities Chapter of Muskies Inc. Kellett's group and the Minnesota Pike and Muskie Alliance were the drivers behind the change. The groups initially pushed for 55 inches, but that was felled soundly in a House floor vote after opposition from Rep. David Dill, DFL-Crane Lake, who chairs the Environment and Natural Resources Policy Committee. It was the Senate that approved 54 inches, and in the end, Dill supported that. The measure was included in the final Game and Fish Bill that was reconciled between the two chambers, and that larger bill was unanimously approved by the Senate, with one vote against in the House. The Department of Natural Resources was neutral on the plan, demurring to legislators on what it deemed a social issue, not an ecological one. "I think us coming out publicly the last couple of years not opposing lifting the spearing bans on various lakes made a big difference for us," Kellett said, referring to the steady loosening of darkhouse ice spearing bans for northern pike over the last several years. "People understood this wasn't about bad blood. This was about keeping these special fish." The Minnesota Darkhouse & Angling Association remained opposed to the larger muskie limit. The 48-inch rule will remain in effect this season, which starts June 6. The 54-inch regulation will be in effect in 2015. [/QUOTE]

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