walleye

Picking up the tab

by Wayne Mumford April 20, 2009

Taking a page out of the city street sweepers book, proponents of SB 425 (the Fort Peck Hatchery funding bill) did a little behind the scenes cleanup while no one was around and slipped their bill back in while everyone was snoozing, otherwise known as a “blast motion”. It of course passed in committee with [...]

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Walleye Unlimited Montana kills SB 425

by Wayne Mumford April 10, 2009

Kudos to Walleye Unlimited Montana for killing SB 425 and giving Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks a well deserved smack down . Initially I was a little dubious about the WU angle on this thing but in the end the real hammer blow falls on MFWP. Although this bill did not get WUM what they [...]

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More on Walleye and SB 425

by Wayne Mumford March 23, 2009

A reader from eastern Montana recently sent me some interesting information from the Montana Walleye Unlimited site about the Fort Peck Hatchery, it’s conception, who was involved; more insight on why the fishing community could get hosed on licensing fees. In my previous rants: SB 425 SB 425 moving forward WU’s version of the Fort [...]

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Montana SB 425, Fort Peck Hatchery funding bill passes

by Wayne Mumford February 23, 2009

While the details are of course vague in the bills official description, one thing is now certain; funding shortfalls for the Fort Peck Walleye Hatchery are now secured by “REVENUE IN THE GENERAL LICENSE ACCOUNT OR any FEDERAL funding available to the department”. And how do you interpret that? I think I hear the cash [...]

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Silas Goodrich’s fishing skills debunked?

by Wayne Mumford February 11, 2009

In case you missed it, all of a sudden, Walleye are a hot topic in Montana. Apparently, there aren’t enough around already so there is a big push to get more funding for the Fort Peck Hatchery (a warm water fish hatchery) to produce more, which is problematic because it’s not considered a native species [...]

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Fishing Montana’s Missouri River

by Wayne Mumford August 7, 2008

Decent weather, plenty of water, lots of Caddis, a river full of big fish and I had the worst run of the summer. People who know the river will no doubt wonder about about my fishing abilities, and indeed I am too. It may take weeks to get my game back on. Nothing like a [...]

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