I heard a rumor about turning in tagged walleye and getting $100. It's true. See article below:
Starting this spring there is a new tagging study happening. This new tagging program is to increase our knowledge on walleye movement and better manage the fishery, a tracking study is being conducted with walleye tagged from Lake Huron and Lake Erie. Each fish will have up to 2 external tags and 1 internal transmitter. In the event that you catch and keep one of these tagged walleye, there is a $100.00 reward for reporting the fish and returning the internal transmitter.
If you catch one please follow these instruction:
1. Record when and where you captured the fish
2. Immediately remove the internal transmitter from the fish and rinse with water. Store the transmitter at room temperature. You may keep the fish.
3. For reward and arrangements to mail in the transmitter, please contact the USGS Hammond Bay Biological Station:
(989) 734-4768 (Mon-Fri, 7:00 am - 4:30 pm). At other times, leave a message at extension 111. Your cooperation is greatly appreciated!
Local contacts:
Ohio DNR: Chris Vandergoot - Phone: (419) 625-8062; E-mail: christopher.vandergoot@dnr.state.oh.us
Michigan DNR: Dave Fielder - Phone: (989) 356-3232; E-mail: fielder@michigan.gov
Read more: http://www.ohiogamefishing.com/community/showthread.php?t=166688#ixzz1JmlG12Mj
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Many years ago I caught a walleye that was tagged in the lip. It was a brass collar of sorts. I called it in and gave the number of the tag. BTW, Dr. Walleye is not receiving commission from the DNR to post this! But it's the right thing to do. And it could get you $100.
6 comments:
they have signs in several locations along the river explaining what to do if you catch one with a tag,,
a guy caught one of the tagged fish at meigs the other day
Slow day at BW tonight. Dbldip, Birdman & self. Total catch for the 3 of us - 1 WE. Of course we released 4 snaged ones plus a few suckers. Bring on those Whities. Well maybe not quite yet.
Slow at Doc's hole last night. No fish.
Not too good at BW either. 1 WE, 4 suckers & 5 snaged WE. Would have liked to kept some of those. But as someone told me "Don't do Anything Stupid".
Birdman,Dbldip and myself went out yesterday,rain,wind and snow,Dbldip and I wimped out Birdman caught 2 ,broke his reel,bought a new one and went back for one more fish for a total of 3,I snagged a couple as did Dbldip,one broke my leader,Dbldip felt sorry for me for being such a looser he later snagged the same fish and gave me my jig back,if I am going to fish any more this year I am going to have to poor a couple hundred weights,,the river Gods are hungry this year,,FT Wayne river levels are predicted to rise from # ft to 15.7 ft by Thursday,maybe this will bring up the last of the run,,a friend that lives at Sand Beach said if you don't have a floating dock,your boat is either setting in the mud, or floating above the dock..just like last fall,he said he had to lend a guy a ladder to get down from his dock to his boat,
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