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<blockquote data-quote="NodakBuckeye" data-source="post: 89913" data-attributes="member: 714">My feeling is that slot limits are a last ditch effort to do the least for a fishery.&nbsp; It is easy to get worked up over spring fishing, I respect all who are concerned but get a little bored with the sky is falling mentality.&nbsp; In order for 1,000s of fish to be kep in a day, there are many, many times more than that in the river.&nbsp; Everyone seems to assume if I am catching a limit today, every single person out here is too and that just is not the case.&nbsp; As spring runs to summer, more people fish and like others have said, it does not matter when you remove a fish, it is no longer a spawner.Most guys would have no issue saying Lake Erie is a world class walleye fishery.&nbsp; No slots, limit does get dropped during spawn from 6 to 3.&nbsp; Tbe lake and rivers get pounded on a level that makes anything here seem like nothing.&nbsp; Yes it is a bigger body o water but Sak and Oahe are no slouches and in my mind, pressure on fish stocks from angling seems light.&nbsp; If we can manage not loosing too much water the next couple of seasons, there are going to be a good many quality fish mixed in with all the teenagers.&nbsp; Low water and low prey recruitment are our enemies and i do not want slots to protect a trophy class when a dry year can wreck a fishery and a good many of those fish just die off.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="NodakBuckeye, post: 89913, member: 714"] My feeling is that slot limits are a last ditch effort to do the least for a fishery. It is easy to get worked up over spring fishing, I respect all who are concerned but get a little bored with the sky is falling mentality. In order for 1,000s of fish to be kep in a day, there are many, many times more than that in the river. Everyone seems to assume if I am catching a limit today, every single person out here is too and that just is not the case. As spring runs to summer, more people fish and like others have said, it does not matter when you remove a fish, it is no longer a spawner. Most guys would have no issue saying Lake Erie is a world class walleye fishery. No slots, limit does get dropped during spawn from 6 to 3. Tbe lake and rivers get pounded on a level that makes anything here seem like nothing. Yes it is a bigger body o water but Sak and Oahe are no slouches and in my mind, pressure on fish stocks from angling seems light. If we can manage not loosing too much water the next couple of seasons, there are going to be a good many quality fish mixed in with all the teenagers. Low water and low prey recruitment are our enemies and i do not want slots to protect a trophy class when a dry year can wreck a fishery and a good many of those fish just die off. [/QUOTE]

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