Question Explanations
The survey form is not difficult to fill out. Here's a question-by-question
guide to what information we are requesting:
Question 1) We ask for your fishing license number
to validate the data (i.e. so that we know answers came from an angler).
If you are among the groups not required to purchase a license (senior
citizen, juvenile, etc.) please put your name in this box on the right
and tell us your status (senior, juvenile, etc.).
Question 2) We want to know the date when you were
fishing, not the date when you are filling out the survey form.
Question 3) Select the county where you were fishing
from the pull down menu. NOTE: You may have to select a different
county and re-select the correct county to display the waters in Question
4 if your initial submission had one or more errors.
Question 4) Select the lake or river where you were
fishing from among the waters listed for that county. If you don't
see the name of the water in that list, select "OTHER NOT LISTED"
which is found as the last item on the pull-down list, and let us
know where you were fishing in question 14. NOTE: Older browsers
may not display water menu list - if so, please enter water in Question
14. If your initial submission had one or more errors you
may have to select a different county and then re-select the correct
county to display the waters in Question 4.
Question 5) If you waded into the water or fished
from a dock or pier, please select "shore."
Question 6) Select from the pull-down menu how many
people you were fishing with.
Question 7) Select the appropriate button to answer
whether you will be reporting on the fish caught by all the people
you were fishing with or for yourself only.
Question 8) Select the kind of fish that you were
trying to catch. If you were not targeting any particular kind of
fish or more than one kind of fish, please select "ANYTHING"
Question 9) Select from the pull down menu how many
hours that you fished on the day that you are reporting.
Question 10) Indicate the total number of fish
of all kinds that you caught by selecting from the pull down menu.
Question 11) Indicate your degree of satisfaction
with the fishing by clicking on the appropriate button
Question 12) Indicate whether you would fish in
this lake or stream again by clicking on the appropriate button.
Question 13) In this table, indicate how many fish
of each species and size group that you caught. Please report all
of the fish that you caught and not just those that were kept. An
exact measurement is not important for fish that were released, just
estimate which size group they were in.
Question 14) If there was anything noteworthy about
the fish you caught, please let us know. This is also the place to
give the name or location of the water body where you were fishing
if you answered "OTHER NOT LISTED" or the menu does not display in
question #4.
Question 15) Here's your chance for feedback. Let
us know what's on your mind, whether it's about our stocking and fisheries
management of this particular body of water, or for the fresh waters
of the state in general.
Question 16) If we may contact you regarding the
answers you gave us on this survey, please give us your e-mail address.
If we receive a sufficient response to this survey we will periodically
summarize the data and send you a summary of what other have been
catching.
Thank you for taking the time to complete this survey and help us
to make better use of your fishing license dollars.
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