The Decline of Devils Lake

[Jiffy]

Guides and outfitters are wildlife pimps!!

Save your breath trying to change my mind.

It won’t happen.

 

[Kurtr]

Damn should have busted my pimp walk out while guiding pheasant hunters

 

[Jiffy]

Big gold chains and all!!

 

[Obi-Wan]

State school land rental and state owned minerals come to mind.

They are paying to rent the land by the acre and limited to the number of cattle allowed. those removing the minerals from State Land are paying for the extraction fees in paying the state a % of the revenue from all minerals sold

 

[KDM]

I suspect if the NDGF put a warden with a scale at every launch and put a requirement to weigh all walleyes removed from DL for one week, the tonnage of walleyes coming out of that lake in 7 days would stun a fair number of folks.

Of course all double dippers, sconis, minnetuckians, and our own local fish pirates would stop fishing the lake after the first day.

 

[savage270]

They are paying to rent the land by the acre and limited to the number of cattle allowed. those removing the minerals from State Land are paying for the extraction fees in paying the state a % of the revenue from all minerals sold

Yes, and every client is buying a nd fishing license and the guides are buying their guide license. In all three situations the state is making money and the businessman is making a profit from the state's natural resources.

 

[xFishSlayerx]

What are the numbers? Total daily recreational fisherman compared to guides with clients per day? Gotta be more recs no? I don't get the whole blaming guides shtick i guess.

 

[CatDaddy]

Yep see alot of ND plates in Ne sodak and i wonder the same thing why they drive and pay for a nr license

Let's remember fishing isn't always about harvesting, it can be about the adventure. New lakes are a challenge, and a road trip helps give a break from this crazy world we call home these days. Might just be worth the price of a NR license!

 

[Davy Crockett]

A few years ago we rented a cabin at Grahams Island and there was a plain clothes warden watching the cleaning station like a hawk. The first day we got a mid morning start and I noticed he looked out of place just hanging out doing nothing , It was so hot that we came back in early and he was still there . we were short of a limit so we went back out in the evening and he was still there. Two days later , same thing. That was around the time when they made that big walleye bust.

Also at Sakakawea they used to hire college kids to sit at the boat ramps and survey how many fish people had caught. I haven't saw that since but I think the college kids kept a lot of people honest , the warden was flying under the radar and pretty sure he made a few busts and once word got out I bet he made a few honest people . Other than that Iv'e hardly saw a warden except for Metigoshe checking for life jackets and the required devices