Walleye Stamp

[Auggie]

    I am with Griz. It is not that I am against the DNR, it is in the way they piss my tax dollars away. A fine example is the bullet fragmentation study that our fine deer manger Mr. Lou Cornicelli just flushed down the porcelain god. An estimated $35,000 to shoot at dead sheep so they can tell us that we are ingesting a smaller amount of lead than most municipal water pipes carry.
    I agree that $5 is nothing to donate to a cause of keeping our fishery alive and well. If that is where it (the $) all went great. I would give and then some. But you can't tell me that is going to happen. Like Tim said, where will it stop?

[repoman]

good point

[HD]

Update for the DNR:

The winner of Minnesota’s first-ever Walleye Stamp Contest will be named on Thursday, Oct. 30, at Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
(DNR) headquarters at 500 Lafayette Rd. in St. Paul. But if you’re planning to enter you’d better hurry: Contest entries will be accepted only until 4 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 24.

A five-judge panel will conduct the public round of judging on Oct. 30 at 2 p.m. in the DNR’s sixth-floor conference room. The first two rounds of judging are closed to the public. Judges will select a winner and runner-up.

The contest is open to Minnesota residents only and offers no prizes.
Participating artists grant the DNR the right to use the design for the stamp image and other promotional, educational and informational purposes related to walleye. Winning artists usually issue limited edition prints of artwork and retain the proceeds.

All paintings will be displayed the same day the winner is selected.
The public also can view each contest entry from 9 a.m. to noon on Friday, Oct. 31, at DNR headquarters in St. Paul.

Legislation signed by Governor Pawlenty earlier this year called for the creation of a walleye stamp. It adds $5 to the cost of a 2009 fishing license if an angler chooses to purchase the stamp. Revenue from stamp sales is dedicated to walleye stocking and directly related activities.

[stevejedlenski]

i personally think that they do need accountability as well as every other government agency. they allways need more money but wont cut or save in areas that are non vital. i think that we need the DNR and they are doing a good job but they definately need some checks and balances

[Cody Gruchow]

still not a good idea

[UncleDave]

What happens when you need a special stamp for every species?  Will it just go back to a fishing license again?      Buy a license and fish for any legal species with it.  What a novel concept huh?

[Woody]

First walleye stamp winner chosen

TwinCities.com
By Chris Niskanen
cniskanen@pioneerpress.com
Article Last Updated: 11/04/2008 10:29:23 PM CST


Nick Reitzel, a Karlstad, Minn., artist has won Minnesota s first walleye stamp contest. Reitzel s painting of two walleyes, one chasing minnows and the other snapping at a jig, was selected from 40 entries in a contest sponsored by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Nick Reitzel, a Karlstad, Minn., artist, has won Minnesota's first walleye stamp contest. Reitzel's painting of two walleyes, one chasing minnows and the other snapping at a jig, was selected from 40 entries in a contest sponsored by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.

Anglers can buy the $5 stamp when they purchase their 2009 angling license. The stamp is not required to legally catch walleyes, but revenue from the stamp is dedicated to walleye stocking and other related walleye-improvement activities.

Reitzel's painting was among six paintings judged in a final round by a panel of five judges. It is Reitzel's fifth winning entry in Minnesota stamp competitions. He won the 2002 and 2008 pheasant, 2001 trout and salmon, and 2001 turkey stamp contests.

Winning artists do not receive compensation from the state, but they retain reproduction and marketing rights.



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[Mayfly]

[Mayfly]

What happens when you need a special stamp for every species?  Will it just go back to a fishing license again?      Buy a license and fish for any legal species with it.  What a novel concept huh?

What a mess..... 

[proangler16]

It has both good and bad points to it. At least it's voluntary so far. The problem I have with walleye stocking is that there's a group out there that doesn't contribute a dime to the DNR and or walleye stocking efforts and yet get to net thousands of pounds of walleye's every year but yet here we pay for the restocking efforts.

They even lost some nets last spring with walleye's entangled in the nets, has anybody heard if they got fined yet or not?

Look what happended to Red Lake years ago, who had to restock the fish in that lake and with who's funds?

The DNR gives quota's of walleye's for both groups but yet only asks (so far) one group for $$$$$$. Very one sided.