Michael Quigley Posted March 10, 2009 Report Share Posted March 10, 2009 From the 2009 fishing regulations Page 6, lower right hand corner highlighted in grey as a new regulation. "WATERFOWL BLINDS - No fishing within 250 yards of department owned or managed waterfowl blind. This includes all sites listed and not listed in this regulation book." Looks like this is going to need some clarification. A call to the office at Mazonia, about Mazonia said it only applied during waterfowl season, (although that is not the way it is written) which makes no sense as the area is closed to fishing during the waterfowl season except Monster Lake which has no duck blinds on it. As for the Kankakee, no mention either about an occupied blind verses an un-occupied blind as per old site specific regs for the Kankakee. I can't imagine the regulation was intended as written but this is definately going to cause confusion, problems, and division among sportsmens groups if it stands as written. AS discussed here before there is no reason to change the regs at the Kankakee State Park as long as fishermen and hunters respect each others right to enjoy a quality experience on the river. There is seldom a conflict between the groups anyway. Hope they can change clarify the reg soon. Only in the state of Il-annoy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Clifford Posted March 10, 2009 Report Share Posted March 10, 2009 We went through this last year, didn't we? This will get cleared up.....again. I'll make some calls, and and encourage others to send inquiries as to the specific regulation here and what it means. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Quigley Posted March 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2009 Last year it was about proposed changes. Word was it wasn't going to happen / they weren't going to change anything. Well now it's in black & white in the 2009 regulations. Hopefully they will keep the old regs for the Kankakee with the occupied blind stipulation and clarify that it only applies during waterfowl season. Thanks for your help with this Mike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norm M Posted March 15, 2009 Report Share Posted March 15, 2009 CPO Holly Vadbunker and IDNR Director of Resource Conservation Mike Conlin both said it was a misprint. It should have said occupied blind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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