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Former Wisconsin Conservation Congress chair asks for 5-crappie bag on Oneida Lake
Madison — Steve Oestreicher, past chair of the Conservation Congress, participated in the open forum held Oct. 28 by the Natural Resources Board and told the board that the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) does not have enough information to justify a change in the panfish regulation on Oneida Lake.
Oestreicher, of Harshaw, said the 10-year experimental panfish regulation of five perch, five bluegills, and five crappies on Oneida Lake in Oneida County expired last December.
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Former Wisconsin Conservation Congress chair asks for 5-crappie bag on Oneida Lake
Madison — Steve Oestreicher, past chair of the Conservation Congress, participated in the open forum held Oct. 28 by the Natural Resources Board and told the board that the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) does not have enough information to justify a change in the panfish regulation on Oneida Lake.
Oestreicher, of Harshaw, said the 10-year experimental panfish regulation of five perch, five bluegills, and five crappies on Oneida Lake in Oneida County expired last December.
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