I know I'll catch heck for this on here and I am in no way condoning illegal netting/fishing, Ok??

But we/they(dnr) have no way of knowing where the nets came from, with all of the wind we've had they could have drifted all the way up from green bay, I've fished that area(where they found it) a few times this year already(as have many others) and never hooked into any nets.

also most of the fishermen who net--legally(weather we like it or not is a differn't story) say thier biggest problem is so called sportsmen who cut thier nets free from bouys, and let them go adrift, causing way more damage then the single net pulled every day would ever do. Most of these guys don't set nets and then cut them loose, what sense would that make? they are in the fishing business to make money and get fish, not to cut thousands of dollars of nets loose to damage more fish and boats and such, I would almost bet that this net was cut free by some do-gooder who thought he was gonna hurt the fisherman when all he did was cause damage and make a mess.

Like I've said before if those guys from this winter get convicted in court then they get whats coming, but until then lets not go all vigilanty and condem every fisherman out there that nets(and no I'm not one of them), weather we like it or not it is a legal and viable business for alot of folks who do make a living at it. And grouping them all together is just wrong.