Get some sleep

[luds]

It's not even worth talking about it in this thread. Nobody cares.

I sent anything worth weighing in back into the water (not that it would have mattered for the team competition anyway). I couldn't even stomach killing it for the free gear. A free VS is one thing but other than the shot at a monthly prize there is nothing appealing about the tournament anymore. I have enough gear already so all I would have been doing is some indirect commercial fishing since I would have sold it all for the money.

Personally I hope we don't field a team next year but that's really up to whether guys want to or not. I won't criticize anyone but I'm over it. I may still sign up for the off chance I could win a monthly and put a few bucks in my pocket but I probably would not look to weigh in anything for the team.

I should fill out some C&R forms though because I kind of like having the pins.

[onecastmike2003]

I love the magazine but the senseless killing of the breeders has to stop.
Just sayin

[Got Stripers]

I joined the first year, only for the raffle ticket, but I can't support a policy that kills large breeding females. I don't even keep anything but the occassional 28-30" griller, switching over to black sea bass for the better taste anyway.

[tattoobob]

Originally Posted by luds

It's not even worth talking about it in this thread. Nobody cares.

I sent anything worth weighing in back into the water (not that it would have mattered for the team competition anyway). I couldn't even stomach killing it for the free gear. A free VS is one thing but other than the shot at a monthly prize there is nothing appealing about the tournament anymore. I have enough gear already so all I would have been doing is some indirect commercial fishing since I would have sold it all for the money.

Personally I hope we don't field a team next year but that's really up to whether guys want to or not. I won't criticize anyone but I'm over it. I may still sign up for the off chance I could win a monthly and put a few bucks in my pocket but I probably would not look to weigh in anything for the team.

I should fill out some C&R forms though because I kind of like having the pins.

Originally Posted by onecastmike2003

I love the magazine but the senseless killing of the breeders has to stop.
Just sayin

Agreed

[Bill L]

477 fish weighed so far
1-80's
1-70's
17-50's
111-40's
211-30's
106-20's
29-teens

[bassballer]

Originally Posted by Bill L

477 fish weighed so far
1-80's
1-70's
17-50's
111-40's
211-30's
106-20's
29-teens

How many of those fish would have been kept anyway????

[luds]

Originally Posted by bassballer

How many of those fish would have been kept anyway????

Every fish that was caught:

• by a commercial angler during commerical season that was within their limit
• by an angler that was comfortable selling it illegally
• by an angler that wanted to eat it.
• by an angler that felt the need to show their catch to others, get a true weight because they didn't have a scale with them, or weigh it in publicly

I'm sure there are other reasons that I can't think of at the moment but I think more would have been kept anyway than released. Tough to know the exact % but there are also definitely alot of fish that would have gone back otherwise. This tournament is definitely a drop in the bucket as far as fish killing but I think it's definitely indicative of overall attitudes to c&r. It also has to contribute negatively to c&r since it's primarily a kill tournament that although has fairly low numbers of fish weighed in it an be far reaching as far as influence.

I'm not saying I didn't have a sh%tload of fun when we won it though!

[BassDawg]

Originally Posted by Bill L

477 fish weighed so far
1-80's
1-70's
17-50's
111-40's
211-30's
106-20's
29-teens

130 BIG breeders does NOT constitute the killing of the species!!

the current migratory count has to be upwards of 6,000,000,,,,,,

!!! SIIIIIIX,,,,,,,MILLLLL,,,,,,,,,,YUUUUUUNN !!!

for me and my concerns, the BY CATCH kills far more big breeders than recreational "for meat" tourneys EVER WILL, and has been doing so for decades!!

fix the forage, ONE @ 36", and CONGRATS to Mr Myerson for his
NEW WORLD RECORD,,,,,,,,,,,,,WOW(except for one minor detail)
boat feesh NEVER count, fo reels ya'll~ fo reeeeeeeels