how about a Oklahoma,AR,MO,KS,TX,+IA GTG thread?

[nbbt]

Good morning folks. 49f now to a bit more than 70f today. Claiming to be a bit more breezy as well.

 

[Only the Tony]

Still on the same colors? Or have they changed?

Generally same colors. I think this unseasonable warm is messing with them a bit. Water temps should be falling faster now than they are. Nephew caught a little 6" walleye yesterday, we are assuming spawned rather than stocked. He is supposed to work a fish survey netting count on the lake in a couple of weeks with the conservation department. Kinda interesting getting the information from someone working these things rather from just reading about them. He had to go to a training seminar a couple weeks ago and one of the topics was the use of live scope on the crappie population. He asked the ones hosting it if they included fishing guides in their research and got blank stares. Multiple guides taking multiple limits of fish a day and none of the so called biologists thought that it should be tracked. Friend with us said that spoonbill populations in OK are showing signs of strain since guides are hammering them all year long now. Taking fish from deep cooler water and stressing and mishandling them just for pictures, then keeping fish for clients afterwards. They need to put a season on them like Missouri but wont for fear of losing money that tourists bring in.

 

[Semotony]

Generally same colors. I think this unseasonable warm is messing with them a bit. Water temps should be falling faster now than they are. Nephew caught a little 6" walleye yesterday, we are assuming spawned rather than stocked. He is supposed to work a fish survey netting count on the lake in a couple of weeks with the conservation department. Kinda interesting getting the information from someone working these things rather from just reading about them. He had to go to a training seminar a couple weeks ago and one of the topics was the use of live scope on the crappie population. He asked the ones hosting it if they included fishing guides in their research and got blank stares. Multiple guides taking multiple limits of fish a day and none of the so called biologists thought that it should be tracked. Friend with us said that spoonbill populations in OK are showing signs of strain since guides are hammering them all year long now. Taking fish from deep cooler water and stressing and mishandling them just for pictures, then keeping fish for clients afterwards. They need to put a season on them like Missouri but wont for fear of losing money that tourists bring in.

Don't they realize that removal of excessive fish will lessèn the opportunity to attract tourists if their unable to catch the fish they seek. Short sighted ?

 

[Only the Tony]

Don't they realize that removal of excessive fish will lessèn the opportunity to attract tourists if their unable to catch the fish they seek. Short sighted ?

Very short sighted. But how often do government people make decisions that make sense until it is too late.

 

[nbbt]

Winds been howling for the last couple of hours. Just glad it's from the south, it really picked up a lot.