Patronizing tribal owned resorts or dropping your money at tribal casinos only feeds the tribes with the monetary resources needed to continue to devastate Wisconsin Musky fisheries. Unless the WDNR and State elected officials are pressed to take some action, nothing will change. I hear you wondering what the WDNR or State officials can do…well here is a suggestion; The WDNR and State representatives responsible for Vilas and Price Counties should meet with the tribal leaders in those counties for a one-on-one discussion about the problem of excessive Winter spearing. The should let the public at large know that they are taking this action, thereby helping to "keep a lid" on the situation. They should publish the discussion agenda and list the tribal leaders with whom they have met. A summary of the meeting results should be made available on the WDNR website and also be provided to Muskies, Inc. and Musky Hunter Magazine for inclusion in their publications. (Musky America would be more than pleased to publish such meeting documentation as well.) Certainly, the impact to tourism, Native and non-native alike, in these counties should also be a part of the discussion I used to have links for you to contact Representatives and the WDNR, but it turns out that the only answer from them is “There is nothing we can do.” The continued excessive winter spearing of our Musky fisheries has got be brought under control. It will take calm and reasoned people on both sides of the issue to achieve the outcome that we all want [except for the Tribes]...The
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