Some good fish South..

[flyvice11787]

I just hope most of those fish are getting released for the good of the fishery .
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[Nebe]

Originally Posted by flyvice11787

I just hope most of those fish are getting released for the good of the fishery .
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Yeah right
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[WoodyCT]

Originally Posted by Nebe

Yeah right
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Second that.

Almost time for the annual winter slaughter!

I'll be posting daily updates all winter.

Actually, they are enjoying a heaping helping of toxins and carcinogens with their families sharpie.

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[nightfighter]

Nice report, Ken. I'm jealous. Hey, if I was down there, I would be out fishing for them, with pogies, and keeping some. But that is me. And I am now on the north shore of Boston with no fish around......

[Sea Dangles]

While I feel Ken posts pics here to antagonize,he always has an audience to lead with their chin.Sheeple like woody,who most likely eat crap every day that they can't even pronounce are ripe for the picking.
Well done Ken, never got a chance to congratulate you at the Cup party but you and your team put a whuppin on the field.Woody might serve the stripers and those who illegally abuse the right granted to fish them if he took a road trip to Rudee Inlet and saw the redneck carnage that goes on over the fence.

[WoodyCT]

Originally Posted by Sea Dangles

While I feel Ken posts pics here to antagonize,he always has an audience to lead with their chin.Sheeple like woody,who most likely eat crap every day that they can't even pronounce are ripe for the picking. Well done Ken, never got a chance to congratulate you at the Cup party but you and your team put a whuppin on the field.Woody might serve the stripers and those who illegally abuse the right granted to fish them if he took a road trip to Rudee Inlet and saw the redneck carnage that goes on over the fence.

Say what?

[BigFish]

Let winter begin!

[vanstaal]

Originally Posted by Nebe

Yeah right
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Ditto
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[Sea Dangles]

How can anybody fish for decades and have a PB of 42"?
I hope you teach better than you learn.
Teachers must do well to fish with ZB's.
Larry tried to explain it was not a kill only tournament and provided information stating such at your request.You seemed unimpressed by his efforts, yet still admit you fish tournaments with your club.Are these tournaments strictly C&R?If not,how does your conscience justify participation?How do you justify fishing eels when they are in a state of decline?
Keep in mind I am not criticizing any angler who is conservation minded unless they are hypocrites.I will also add that picking a scab on the internet will never accomplish anything besides a well worn debate.This passion you have for bass would serve them better at a regional level.Thank You.

[WoodyCT]

Originally Posted by Sea Dangles

How can anybody fish for decades and have a PB of 42"?
I hope you teach better than you learn.
Teachers must do well to fish with ZB's.
Larry tried to explain it was not a kill only tournament and provided information stating such at your request.You seemed unimpressed by his efforts, yet still admit you fish tournaments with your club.Are these tournaments strictly C&R?If not,how does your conscience justify participation?How do you justify fishing eels when they are in a state of decline?
Keep in mind I am not criticizing any angler who is conservation minded unless they are hypocrites.I will also add that picking a scab on the internet will never accomplish anything besides a well worn debate.This passion you have for bass would serve them better at a regional level.Thank You.

Not a hardcore angler SD. I've been fising my whole life, but not as a psycho. Just an enthusiast. About 3 years ago I got into surf casting for bass. Sorry if my PB doesn't match someone else's, but it's still my best, and I'm not ashamed of that. Oh, it was a 45" fish I took that same morning as the 42" you guys have glommed onto. And the tourneys I have fished are just club tourneys like the MS challenge. I do it to support a good cause, and for the social aspects of it, not to kill fish and be a cool guy. And as I said, it is on rare, very rare, occasions that I fish eels. Why? Because I dont' fish to catch, I fish for the satisfaction of being out there in the surf. Catching is a bonus.

As for my profession and the reel I fish, that's silly. I work hard and do extra to buy the things I enjoy.

[JohnnyD]

Originally Posted by flyvice11787

I just hope most of those fish are getting released for the good of the fishery .
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You really think people that only post here to show pictures of themselves and their friends holding big fish they caught on bait are releasing them?

[intrepid24]

now thats some fish-porn !!

[CowHunter]

Originally Posted by JohnnyD

You really think people that only post here to show pictures of themselves and their friends holding big fish they caught on bait are releasing them?

I really don't think it makes a difference if these fish were caught on bait or a plugs, boat or surf, regardless it was their last meal. In return some happy guys are eating some good striped bass with their families!

[JohnnyD]

Originally Posted by CowHunter

I really don't think it makes a difference if these fish were caught on bait or a plugs, boat or surf, regardless it was their last meal. In return some happy guys are eating some good striped bass with their families!

Yeah, the bait part of my comment was the main point.

[CowHunter]

Originally Posted by flyvice11787

I just hope most of those fish are getting released for the good of the fishery .
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They were all released into coolers, but hey at least they were caught recreationally. There were dozens of 50's caught in the last two weeks, the boys down there are all enjoying a banner year, they are not complaining that the fishery is dead, for them its been getting better the last few years...

[Jimmy Fee]

Originally Posted by CowHunter

They were all released into coolers, but hey at least they were caught recreationally. There were dozens of 50's caught in the last two weeks, the boys down there are all enjoying a banner year, they are not complaining that the fishery is dead, for them its been getting better the last few years...

The Delaware Bay fishery really seems to be in good shape. I'm convinced the fall D-Bay fish are the Delaware River spawning stock, which doesn't seem to have nearly the amount of problems with disease and lack of spawning success that the Chesapeake fishery does, which is remarkable when you see what those fish have to swim past in order to reproduce.