Scugog Walleye closure. OOD email

[captpierre]

Got this today.

Seems OOD not in support.

 

http://www.oodmag.com/news/mnrf-closing-lake-scugog-walleye-fishery/

[Dara]

I do agree with not supporting the MNRF.

People have been fishing there for 50 years, and now there are not enough fish?

 

They have been seeing decline for years, studied it and identified the problems, and all they do is nothing

 

Thats some good government there

[skeeter99]

It was actually posted November 27th

 

they MNR is going to have a field day with tickets, if you aint fishing with crappie gear they will probably fine you

 

my friend is on the advisory council FMZ 17 and they actually wanted to just close the ice fishing season (because the MNR has a track record of when they close a fishery it is a minimum 10 to 15 years before it re-opens) but its a full closure now

 

here is a link to the decision

 

http://www.ebr.gov.on.ca/ERS-WEB-External/displaynoticecontent.do?noticeId=MTI0Nzk1&statusId=MTg3OTI4&language=en

[FloatnFly]

sad thing is, its not going to stop anyone

[EC1]

This year I've caught a dozen walleye on the Scugog, which has been more than I've ever caught in a season on that lake. Of the dozen, only one single fish was in the slot(18") and the rest were all over the slot. Definitely says something about the population that is there. Unfortunately, Scugog is one of those lakes where the problem is actually the crappie. The crappies' prespawn staging areas are right by where the walleye spawn. Stopping harvest on our end and managing good water levels during the spawn is the least we can do to try and help. Closing it for two decades wouldn't upset me in the least bit when there are great walleye lakes within an hour drive from there!

 

I also caught wind that the lake has stunted crappie - not sure what can be done about that. I do hope that Wil Wegman or the MNR can write something about this for the public.

[lookinforwalleye]

A day late and a dollar short as usual..

[AKRISONER]

sounds like the crappie fishing on scugog is the hot ticket (they taste better than walters anyways)

Edited December 17, 2015 by AKRISONER

[wormdunker]

There is nothing tastier than walleye cooked on an open campfire in a fry pan of vegetable oil 1 hour after landing it! LOL! I do like a feed of crappie though!