Angler compensation takes stage at Lakes Commission meeting
Idaho Fish & Game crews are pictured gill netting for walleye on Lake Pend Oreille.
(Photo courtesy IDAHO DEPARTMENT OF FISH & GAME)
Fishing Guide Rich Lindsey hoists a 10-pound Lake Pend Oreille walleye caught in 2018. An angler incentive program pays anglers to harvest the fish in addition to efforts by the Hickey Brothers, a commercial net fishing operation based out of Wisconsin,.
PRIEST RIVER — A brief introduction by Carson Watkins, the new regional Fish and Game supervisor, wrapped up with a pointed question about angler compensation.
Watkins, who took over for Chip Corsi earlier this summer, was at the Lakes Commission’s meeting last Wednesday when Chad Landrum, president of the North Idaho Sportfishing Association, asked about the department’s angler incentive program...
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