Thread: KDWPT Commission Moves to Protect Kansas Waters

The livewell thing I have been worried about. I live across the street from a small pond in spring hill. Our storm drain runs right into the lake so my driveway is less than 120 yards to the pond via the sewer... If that things get zebra muscle there who are they going to blame? Now many people use the lake but the if I bring home a livewell full of crappie from Melvern and empty my boat on the street I just put zebra larva in that little pond. Going to be a pain in my tail...

Originally Posted by CrappieCHAMP

Craig if you answer a few questions. Thanks

1. Can I catch bait, green perch and gills from a lake then transport them to a river? The lake I catch bait at when at high water flows into the same river about 1 mile from were bait will be used? Lake Neosho state lake and Neosho river.

2. Clearify on #4. What if livewell has fish in it that I want to take home to be cleaned? Livewell water would then be emptied at my house in yard or street?

Originally Posted by Blackdog40

Can I catch green perch in a pond and use them in a river??

Originally Posted by sunka27

I'm an old trotliner. Some lakes I fish have alot of flathead in them, but try to catch some gills or blacks and good luck to ya! You can catch all the shad you want, but good luck keeping them alive in the bait bucket and even more so on the hook!
This means I will have to fish primarily for drum and carp for bait, which of course is fine bait for flatties, but takes much longer, whether by hook and line or seining. Bait shops will no longer be able to sell black perch and pond chubs I guess? And pulling the boat drain before venturing on to a public highway? So do you have to have drain pulled any time you are on the road? How does one prove you are coming or going to the body of water? And what about the trailer framework? There are nooks and crannies where water can pool up and stay for a while in all the boat trailers I have ever seen. What if I leave one mussel infested lake and go to another that is not infested in the same day, having pulled my drain plug and abiding by the law, but yet my trailer is housing a few larvae? And God only knows how many boaters may forget to reinstall the plug before launching again? This is all just a futile attempt to delay the inevitable spread of ANS to all waters eventually. Someone from a long ways back should have had the foresight and insight to never accept any birds or fish of any kind from other countries such as China or Europe. Chinese eat cats and dogs, and little bugs and scorpions on a stick, let alone any kind of fish that swims! We can thank Europe for our Starling population. Anyone ever tried eating Starling?

I hope to answer all of your questions on the new bait regulations in the very near future. The KDWPT ANS Coordinator has been working closely with the Law Enforcement Division to create an official guidance statement that will cover many, many scenarios similar to the ones posted above.

Stay tuned! I will post information as soon as it is made available.