Shrinking Bluegill Size......

[Lee Borgersen]

  The DNR's Response to Shrinking Bluegill Size  (NEW Regulations) 

MNDNR Area Fisheries Supervisor David Weitzel explains how the Quality Bluegill Initiative (QBI) will help combat shrinking bluegill populations in the state of Minnesota.


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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mp44oMZalE&feature=emb_logo

[roony]

I think spawning areas need to be protected

[Lee Borgersen]

I think spawning areas need to be protected

Any Ideas On How?

[roony]

When I was a kid they use to "rope" off some of the best bluegill spawning areas
 Unfortunately you can't count on people voluntarily leaving them alone during this vulnerable period. This, along with habitat depletion,  has led to where we are today

[Lee Borgersen]

When I was a kid they use to "rope" off some of the best bluegill spawning areas
 Unfortunately you can't count on people voluntarily leaving them alone during this vulnerable period. This, along with habitat depletion,  has led to where we are today

I never heard of ropin off an area on da water. Although I guess It could work   (Interesting)

[roony]

With buoys and marked no fishing. unfortunately the dnr can't do this while sitting at a desk staring at a monitor.

[glenn57]

as much as I love fishing, and eating bluegills………..when there spawning...….I quit fishing them.
 then I concentrate on dem toothy critters!!!!!!!