Question: Concerned about the future of Lake Mille Lacs? - Mille Lacs Lake Fishing (Fishing Reports, Events, Tournament Information and more)

Steve Fellegy · Veteran Member

Question: Concerned about the future of Lake Mille Lacs?

Steve Fellegy · Veteran Member

We want to hear from the anglers, business owners and property owners that have not donated to this effort. We want to hear why not so we can address any and all concerns or questions that are out there. If there is a better option, lets hear it. Lets see it...

-- Edited by Steve Fellegy on Saturday 22nd of June 2013 12:50:27 PM

westsider · Member

is cast still alive? what happen with the proceeds with that?

westsider · Member

don't take that the wrong way please. I will continue to support a change.

Steve Fellegy · Veteran Member

westsider wrote:
is cast still alive? what happen with the proceeds with that?

CASST is very much alive! That case ( equal protections case) will proceed asap after we get this present effort done. The plans are in place and ready when the right time comes... The CASST funds were used to take the first attempt/case as far as the State Court of Appeals. The remaining funds ( several $1000), are in the TRUST and will be used to initiate the next step in reaching the CASST goal(s) per the mission statement. THANKS for your support!

Steve Fellegy · Veteran Member

westsider wrote:
is cast still alive? what happen with the proceeds with that?

Let me add to this scenario that with my first court case, WE/I put the cash upfront to get it to court the first time around. (several $1000 )

In this present case, (Save Mille Lacs Sort Fishing case), we can't afford to front the $50K. Unlike the other case, where many supported the effort after the case was filed in court, this one has to be supported now....inorder for the first filing to become reality.

In this present case, one can not sit back and wait for it to unfold before investing in it.

https://www.savemillelacssportfishing.org/donate

-- Edited by Steve Fellegy on Sunday 23rd of June 2013 01:09:34 PM

-- Edited by Steve Fellegy on Sunday 23rd of June 2013 05:55:56 PM

Spudman · Member

My wife and I will be at Twin Pines on Tuesday to spread our sons ashes on his favorite lake. We will make a donation at that time via Bill and Linda. We will also encourage the 15+ people coming along to do the same.

lutzy · Member

Spudman wrote:
My wife and I will be at Twin Pines on Tuesday to spread our sons ashes on his favorite lake. We will make a donation at that time via Bill and Linda. We will also encourage the 15+ people coming along to do the same.

I have given before and will do again in your son's honor!!

fishnpole · Veteran Member

I've been out in my boat and was finding more than usual time to crunch numbers from the latest test net results and estimated slot takes and mortality rates, etc. and creel checks.
Every time I think about them, something just doesn't add up with what they're making public as fact.......
Outdoor News

Thousands of Lake Mille Lacs walleyes, protected with slot limits in place from being harvested by hook and line anglers, will swim into death traps set by an out of control Tribal regime as they spawn. Unlike hook and line anglers, gill-nets don't allow catch and release to protect those precious spawners. Thousands of walleyes within the protected slot were released by ice fishermen the past few months, only to potentially die in gill-nets while they attempt to spawn. And yes, a huge percentage of the walleyes that die in the gill-nets are over 18" inches long. "Not a conservation issue." HUH??

The kicker to this year's scenario is that the DNR says if hook and line anglers take too many walleyes this summer, they will have to close the lake down to non-Native American fishing. But the gill-nets during the spawn? "Not a conservation issue,"

Here's where you can get any official info on current donations:
http://www.savemillelacssportfishing.org/contact

Click on this:http://www.outdoornews.com/June-2012/Major-overhaul-in-management-on-Lake-Mille-Lacs/

GLIFWC netting regulations- 2013

GILL-NETS: Your tribe must have declared a quota for a lake to be available for netting. You may not use nets on a lake at the same time that spearing is taking place (except on Mille Lacs Lake). Rivers are closed to gillnetting. You must possess a valid permit to use a gill net. A monitor must be present when the net is lifted. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNufNyrDRow

http://www.outdoornews.com/May-2008/Tribal-nets-trapped-in-ice-go-missing-on-Mille-Lacs/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PsJZ-Af1ug

Lakes other than Mille Lacs. Net fisheries in lakes other than Mille Lacs are intended to provide opportunity for subsistence harvest of walleye; so muskellunge and sturgeon may not be kept, nor can northern pike in excess of the bag limit, nor can commercial nets be set. Susistence gillnetting is allowed from June 1 to March 1 in any lake that is 1,000 acres or larger and in all lakes identified in9.08(2) of the Model Code. In lakes 1,000 acres or larger, the allowable mesh sizes (bar) are 1.5 to 1.75 inches. In identified lakes under 1,000 acres, only 1.75 inch mesh (bar) may be used. Nets may be up to 100 feet in length and 4 feet deep.

Mille Lacs Lake. Gillnetting in Mille Lacs Lake is allowed year around. Only subsistence netting may occur from March 2 - May 31. Subsistence nets during this and other times may be up to 100 feet in length and 4 feet deep. The allowable mesh sizes (bar) for subsistence nets during this and other times are 1.25 to 1.75 inches. From June 1 - March 1 both subsistence and commercial netting may be authorized. If authorized by your tribe, allowable mesh sizes (bar) for commercial nets are the same as for subsistence nets (i.e. 1.25 to 1.75 inches); however, commercial nets may be up to 300 feet in length and six feet in depth. All nets must comply with lifting, marking, and safety requirements. For gill-nets targeted at tullibee, only 1.75 inch mesh (bar) is authorized. http://www.outdoornews.com/June-2013/Mille-Lacs-catch-rate-declines-new-reg-ahead/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usseZUXp7-Q

-- Edited by fishnpole on Sunday 15th of September 2013 09:05:44 AM