young_one Posted July 6, 2010 Report Share Posted July 6, 2010 (edited) How do they manage to have only(mostly) Walleye in their net? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YG3mTKSiyx0&feature=related Edited July 6, 2010 by young_one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish-miester Posted July 6, 2010 Report Share Posted July 6, 2010 ugh i hate comercial fishing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moemoe Posted July 6, 2010 Report Share Posted July 6, 2010 that is a lot of freakin fish! hopefully they stick to the quotas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMahon Posted July 6, 2010 Report Share Posted July 6, 2010 That is absolutely DISGUSTING! Commercial fishing MAKES ME SICK!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishindude Posted July 6, 2010 Report Share Posted July 6, 2010 Oh my .. This gives me hope that this method could be used towards Big Head/Asian Carp possibly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Bob Posted July 6, 2010 Report Share Posted July 6, 2010 That is absolutely DISGUSTING! Commercial fishing MAKES ME SICK!!!! We have to remember that commercial fishing is a OLD industry on Lake Erie and it provides jobs for many families...not only for those who work on the fishing boats but all the way down to the restaurants and seafood stores that sell the fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted July 6, 2010 Report Share Posted July 6, 2010 Isn't that right at prime spawning season? If so, why wouldn't they wait until they have spawned before getting their quota. That is messed up! Rob C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaner Posted July 6, 2010 Report Share Posted July 6, 2010 Wow!!! That is a crazy amount of fish!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnF Posted July 6, 2010 Report Share Posted July 6, 2010 Wow!!! That is a crazy amount of fish!! How do you thing Big Cliff feels? He can't even catch one. JF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhioFisherman Posted July 6, 2010 Report Share Posted July 6, 2010 young one, for one they have much better electronics in their boats than the average fisherman. Seasonal patterns, there are well established areas where they fish, er net. There are large schools of walleye out there, er for now, the netters communicate and share info. Usually walleye aren`t hanging around in the same waters in quantity as other fish, it can and does happen at times, but here on the south side of Erie people don`t go out in 70 fow and fish 35 feet down for smallies. It was a rare thing to catch a walleye except in certain areas and certain times of year back in the late 50`s thru mid 70`s here. Ohio bought out the commercial walleye fishermen`s licenses. For years they had said the weren`t taking enough walleye to hurt the population, always problems with them over harvesting and getting caught. With in 3 years the lake was full of walleye. The economic impact? Sport fisherman spend far and away more money fishing than the commercial fishermen ever did. It also affected travel to your country, just in my own family dad, my uncles, cousins all stopped traveling to Ontario, walleye fishermen, they could now catch them here. Lake front property values shot up, boat sales increased, probably thousands of charter captains here now compared to a few commercial netters. Just my opinion? a natural resource, protect it by banning commercial fishing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunkerbasshunter Posted July 6, 2010 Report Share Posted July 6, 2010 everybody, please think of this everytime you order pickeral or walleye from your local eatery. And there are what hundreds of commercial fishing boats on the great lakes?????????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asdve23rveavwa Posted July 6, 2010 Report Share Posted July 6, 2010 Almost wish I hadn't watched that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Johnny Bass Posted July 6, 2010 Report Share Posted July 6, 2010 young one, for one they have much better electronics in their boats than the average fisherman. Seasonal patterns, there are well established areas where they fish, er net. There are large schools of walleye out there, er for now, the netters communicate and share info. Usually walleye aren`t hanging around in the same waters in quantity as other fish, it can and does happen at times, but here on the south side of Erie people don`t go out in 70 fow and fish 35 feet down for smallies. It was a rare thing to catch a walleye except in certain areas and certain times of year back in the late 50`s thru mid 70`s here. Ohio bought out the commercial walleye fishermen`s licenses. For years they had said the weren`t taking enough walleye to hurt the population, always problems with them over harvesting and getting caught. With in 3 years the lake was full of walleye. The economic impact? Sport fisherman spend far and away more money fishing than the commercial fishermen ever did. It also affected travel to your country, just in my own family dad, my uncles, cousins all stopped traveling to Ontario, walleye fishermen, they could now catch them here. Lake front property values shot up, boat sales increased, probably thousands of charter captains here now compared to a few commercial netters. Just my opinion? a natural resource, protect it by banning commercial fishing. Sounds good to me Ohio.Another example how Government(as corruopt as it is) is more honest than private enterprise. I just dont get it. They catch millions of pickerel in nets, and then somehow have the audacity to charge $13 for a pound of pickerel at the supermarket? Do they have commercial fishing licenses so the average tincan joe can sell his catch for lets say $5 a pound(with a slot limit of course to protect numbers)? The only problem with that is that an increase of poaching would result. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perchslayer666 Posted July 6, 2010 Report Share Posted July 6, 2010 A lot of people on here have to remember that you are not the only ones on the water... Commercial Fisherman do this because it earns them money and there is a large market for them. As long as it is done within the law, and they're are programs in place to replenish what was taken, I say go for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asdve23rveavwa Posted July 6, 2010 Report Share Posted July 6, 2010 A lot of people on here have to remember that you are not the only ones on the water... Commercial Fisherman do this because it earns them money and there is a large market for them. As long as it is done within the law, and they're are programs in place to replenish what was taken, I say go for it. True, it is all about proper management of the resource. My problem is I don't trust our government or it's ministries to properly manage anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillM Posted July 6, 2010 Report Share Posted July 6, 2010 Commercial netting has been happening in Lake Erie for a long long time. Obviously with the way the walleye fishery is currently, it's not having a negative impact as it once was... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave524 Posted July 6, 2010 Report Share Posted July 6, 2010 Actually, I was quite impressed, I expected a larger number of non target species to to caught and wasted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigdritchie Posted July 6, 2010 Report Share Posted July 6, 2010 I just dont get it. They catch millions of pickerel in nets, and then somehow have the audacity to charge $13 for a pound of pickerel at the supermarket? The netters don't get anywhere near $13 a pound. That's what the supermarket charges John Q. Public. The supermarket actually buys walleye from fish wholesalers for less than half that amount - say $6 a pound. That's the only way they can make money selling it, given their overhead costs. The fish wholesalers also need to make a profit after covering the transportation and processing charges, so they only pay the netters about $2 - $3 per pound, max. Commercial fishing is a tough way to make a living, especially when you need to pay people's salaries, make year-round payments on a $400,000 boat, keep it gassed up and maintained and insured. Commercial netters have been fishing the Great Lakes - and many other inland lakes - for more than 100 years. Once upon a time, there were no seasons or quotas, and that's how we got in trouble. It's managed far better today than it was in the past, as evidenced by the enormous numbers of walleye in Erie right now, and the very small numbers of other species accidentally caught (as you can see in the video). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhioFisherman Posted July 6, 2010 Report Share Posted July 6, 2010 "Commercial netting has been happening in Lake Erie for a long long time. Obviously with the way the walleye fishery is currently, it's not having a negative impact as it once was..." hmmm? perhaps because Ohio has banned it, and set very strict limits during the spawn? Plus water quality has improved? Obviously commercial fish had an impact in the past? and not just in the great lakes, over harvest by this nation and others still poses a significant problem to the worlds fisheries. Lake Erie walleye are very migratory, where they spawn and where they are caught can be very different things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Bob Posted July 6, 2010 Report Share Posted July 6, 2010 The problem I have in this world of fishing is there are different rules for different groups...In NYS I can only keep 5 walleyes that are 15" and more during the walleye season....commercial fishermen don't have those restrictions....and don't get me started on what the Indians are allowed to do..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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