Get some sleep

[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