Thankfully poachers are the minority. As a result of the 0 limits on walleyes, slot sizes and tags our sport fisheries have started to recover. Education has spread. I am 31 and have never killed a fish i have not ate. I have heard stories from old timers that used to kill northerns at the side of the boat so they would not catch them again and so they would not eat the precious walleye and perch.
Catching sinle poachers will not do much good to the over all fishery. what is needed is education for the kid in the picture about sustainable resources.
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