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Is there any word from the DNR on the YTD harvest level? I'm curious on harvest figures so far this year, as it seems like it's been pretty slow fishing.

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An article in the July 9th Outdoor News, stated that the total state harvest (non-Indian) was 38,701 pounds from opener through June 15th, according to Rick Bruesewitz, DNR's 1837 treaty biologist. That compares to 67,000 for all of 2003.

He SAYS the good news is that 170,000 pounds were actually caught, with anglers releasing the bulk to comply with the treaty harverst regulations.

Hooking mortality for the same time period was 2,200 pounds, it would have been over 7,000 pounds but they revised the previous mortality percentages down to 2% from the 6% and 10% they had used prior to this year.

So there are the figures - pretty sad in my opinion.

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Whiskeywalleyes Community Regular

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Does anyone know if the treaty calls out for a re-stocking of the lake?
Dnr stock mille lacs or assist on the spawing, others harvest it, and turn around and sell it in supermarkets for 6-9$ per pound.?? I was just wondering if treat assists funds to anyone to assist on the spawing & re-growth of new hatch?

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They dont stock Mille Lacs. They used to stock Mille Lacs for Muskie but I think they stopped or cut back and the Indians dont even net many muskies. They dont stock anything else in the lake.

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Rooster is right this is all natural reporduction at it finest. It is my understanding that the Indian harvest can't be/isn't sold for commerical. Who know for sure though?

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each year mille lacs produces more walleye fry than the entire DNR, to stock mille lacs would be pointless.

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Commercial netting on this lake will only extinct the walleyes from this lake.
We can learn from this ie; the buffalo back in the days. It just takes many years for it to happen.

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Oh, come on, lets not compare this to the buffalo. They were trying to eliminate the buffalo...I think that for the most part no one (the tribes included) wants to eliminate all the fish.

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