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PLEASE HELP!!!
#9875534
04/02/14 01:21 PM
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Joined: Dec 2009
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Fly Fishing Fanatic!
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I witnessed a VERY disturbing sight yesterday while fishing one of my favorite lakes! Yes the bass are beginning to spawn and with a little work you can catch some very nice trophy bass while bank fishing! While getting ready to return home last night I witnessed a young man with two HUGE 5+ pound female large mouth bass ON A STRINGER! I was shocked and extremely upset and disappointed, when I spoke to the young man about taking trophy fish during the spawn he told me "well they are for my grandma and you can't buy LMB filets in a store! I explained to him that he was destroying the fishery but catching and keeping trophy fish during the spawn and could he please release them and catch some smaller 1-2 pound fish. He seemed very disinterested and walked off. When I turned around I saw him revive the largest fish and release her! I thanked him and went on my way. Trophy fish over 6 pounds in community lakes are very rare. WE MUST ALL TRY TO PROTECT OUR FISHERIES FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS! Please don't keep fish during the spring spawn and if you do please try and keep only the fish in the 1-3 pound range and release ALL TROPHY FISH BACK TO THE WATER!
Russell E. Thompson III. Owner/Executive Producer Roaring River Productions LLC. HD-DSLR Video Production DFW Fly Fishing Fanatic Environmentalist & 8 Time EMMY Award Winner
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Re: PLEASE HELP!!!
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#9875709
04/02/14 02:13 PM
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Mahoro_Su
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Wtf? Please don't breath any more air, you are releasing way too many co2 and killing off the earth, I think you should start carring a tree around to replace all the air you stole from rest of us
One of the very few sushi chef here...
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#9875856
04/02/14 02:55 PM
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Joined: Feb 2014
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Kflore913
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You obviously don't have much fishing knowledge Mahoro because he is exactly right. Catch em and take a pic but release them so that they can produce more fish for the future.
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#9875865
04/02/14 02:57 PM
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Joined: Aug 2009
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moonriver
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If it's a community pond, the best way of doing this is to put up a sign "Large mouth bass catch and release only".
I don't think by preaching releasing the trophy bass will do any difference. That's no law forbidding people to keep spawning trophy bass.
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#9876498
04/02/14 06:22 PM
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Joined: Apr 2011
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Aquiles
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Hmm I wouldn't think they would have tasted all that good anyway, I've always thought when they get that size they start tasting more muddy.
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#9876561
04/02/14 06:52 PM
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9point
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Tell me where is the pond at. I'll go and protect those fatty
rookie
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Re: PLEASE HELP!!!
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#9876802
04/02/14 08:52 PM
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JJ4MEL
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Dare ya to post this in the bass forum!!
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#9878311
04/03/14 11:05 AM
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Joined: Sep 2006
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robert gilbert
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I have bass fished my whole life. Was it a lake or a pond? If it was a lake and he kept two bass on a stringer,I dont think he hurt the eco system of that lake. Most bass fishermen pretty much practice catch and release anyway. He caught dinner for his grandma. Right on!
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#9878961
04/03/14 03:19 PM
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Joined: Sep 2012
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SlimyHands
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2 bass isn't going to hurt anything, it certainly wont destroy an entire fishery, even if he caught the ONLY 2 big bass out there--which isn't very likely--it would just make room for the other medium sized bass to get more food and become bigger.
Let the kid feed his grandmother.
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#9878966
04/03/14 03:20 PM
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SlimyHands
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If it's such a crises it wouldn't be legal to keep bass at this time of year.
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#9879037
04/03/14 03:54 PM
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Fisherman13
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Not to stir things up but what happens if you gut hook a big bass during the spawn and it is bleeding real bad and its most likely going to die. I guess if that is a risk maybe we shouldn't even fish during the spawn right. Its just a fact that some people fish for the meat and some fish for fun. Were lucky we get to catch and release. You don't get to catch and release that trophy buck when your hunting.
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#9880016
04/03/14 09:30 PM
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tonyp
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This is a tough one...I'd let me go though...
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#9880743
04/04/14 01:37 AM
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Joined: Apr 2010
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King_Fisher
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If as you say, it was on a lake, I don't see the big deal.
In any case, I wouldn't call a 5lb. LMB a "trophy fish".
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Re: PLEASE HELP!!!
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#9880775
04/04/14 01:43 AM
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Joined: Apr 2011
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PlanoSooner
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If it's such a crises it wouldn't be legal to keep bass at this time of year. nailed it!!!
Set the hook..... It's free.
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