Global Warming & the Minnesota fishing opener?

[Mikira]

My honey told me about these stories yesterday afternoon and I thought I'd share them with all of you to get your opinions.

http://www.startribune.com/sports/outdoors/12904206.html

http://www.startribune.com/sports/outdoors/13064391.html

http://www.startribune.com/sports/outdoors/13287951.html

Do you think this would be a wise decision for my state?

Why or why not?
Dana - As the sentence you picked out states:

"...are neither marked enough nor consistent enough to predict with any certainty in a given year that spawning will be complete in the northern half of the state if fishing season is opened a week earlier."

If the fish haven't completed spawning, we could risk lowering thier numbers.

We have to restock lakes from time to time with fish, due to over fishing. If we don't let them finish spawning it could make it would make that practice even more necessary to do.

Also the weekend after Mother's Day has more consistent weather than the weekend before, so if we did it to make Mother's happier (Although I think some mother's are happy to see their husbands gone that weekend.) than the weekend after would be better.

[Dana1981, Master of Science]

I think the second article makes some good points, particularly this one:

"As the accompanying charts indicate, and more exacting data confirm, warming spring temperatures, such as they are, are neither marked enough nor consistent enough to predict with any certainty in a given year that spawning will be complete in the northern half of the state if fishing season is opened a week earlier."

I don't see why thye can't move the opening day to a Saturday - the day before Mother's Day.

[Dana1981, Master of Science]

I think the second article makes some good points, particularly this one:

"As the accompanying charts indicate, and more exacting data confirm, warming spring temperatures, such as they are, are neither marked enough nor consistent enough to predict with any certainty in a given year that spawning will be complete in the northern half of the state if fishing season is opened a week earlier."

I don't see why thye can't move the opening day to a Saturday - the day before Mother's Day.