Would you fish for 1 steelhead.

[capt.dan]

Nyberg Steelhead Amendment – Presented during Oct. NRC meeting
I move to amend Fisheries Order 200.23A to add exceptions as follows:
Establish a daily possession limit of one (“1”) rainbow trout year-round, on the following rivers
and associated tributaries:
• Carp River (Upstream Boundary: Confluence of Morgan Creek (T47N, R25W, S4) |
Downstream Boundary: Lake Superior) (Marquette County)
• Bear Creek (Upstream Boundary: County Road 600 |Downstream Boundary: Confluence
of Manistee River) (Manistee County)
• Betsie River (Benzie County)
• Little Manistee River (Upstream Boundary: Johnson’s Bridge (Johnson Road) |
Downstream Boundary: 300 ft above the Little Manistee River Weir) (Lake/Manistee
Counties)
• Manistee River (Upstream Boundary: Tippy Dam | Downstream Boundary: Railroad
Bridge below M-55 (T21N, R16W, S6)) (Manistee County)
• Muskegon River (Upstream Boundary: Croton Dam | Downstream Boundary: M-120)
(Muskegon County)
• Pere Marquette River (Upstream Boundary: Reek Road (Indian Bridge) | Downstream
Boundary: Old US-31) (Mason County)
• Pere Marquette River (Upstream Boundary: Upstream edge of the boat ramp/slide at
Gleason’s Landing | Downstream Boundary: Reek Road (Indian Bridge) (Lake/Mason
Counties)
• Pere Marquette River – Big South Branch (Upstream Boundary: Confluence of Beaver and
Winnepesaug Creeks | Downstream Boundary: Confluence with the Pere Marquette
River) (Mason County)
• Prairie Creek
• Rogue River
• Whitefish River (Delta, Alger, and Marquette Counties)
• White River – North Branch
Establish a daily possession limit of zero (“0”) for naturalized (“wild”) steelhead, which are
defined as fish that have an adipose fin intact and not clipped for management purposes to
identify hatchery fish, year-round, on the following rivers and sections:
• Pere Marquette River
Other Actions:
• Establish an effective date immediately after approval
• Remove the sunset date established by F.O. 200.2

[sagbay]

NO! It would not be worth the drive let alone staying in a room for the night.

[capt.dan]

For me it's way more than the cost versus the pay off and has been for many years now. That "Limit out" mentality the brother always had to prove the trip was worth it, stopped being my measure of a great trip even back when I guided for steelhead all those years. I even had a (Springtime)1 female per client rule for my trips for many years and never lost a client because of it. BUT what the kill one fish rule does do, is take away trophy opportunities once you kill your 1 fish for the day. It also presents a real temptation to break the law or wantonly waste the resource IMHO. It's just expectation ally wrong in many ways and will lose guides and charters clients. It's a bad idea and it will cost everybody including the DNR license revenue or anything/anybody having to do with fishing and tourism good money.

[sagbay]

Captain, Their is a difference between boat fishermen (river charter) and average Joe/JoAnn shore fishermen whereas the shore fishermen may not have the equipment/knowledge to remove hooks properly as not to kill a second fish after he keeps one, so will they (DNR) start ticketing fishermen who are still fishing for steelhead after they have already killed one.
Plus what would it do to the river charter businesses'.

[capt.dan]

Were on the same page Lar. The NRC is making a mistake even bringing it up. It worked for me during the river spring only season because everybody knew going in what to expect and we were always within the limit laws in case of a trophy fish. But it won't be worth it now on the river for guides or Joe Blow, because the Steelhead bag rules on the lake will remain the same. It's not a sound rule based on any proven data, it discriminates and is an overreach by the NRC plain and simple.