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 Re: How many 13+ are turned loose per year....
[Re: LeonSulak]
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03/29/21 08:02 PM
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Osbornfishing
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I’ve caught several I thought were over 13...until I put them on my certified scales. And I’ve disappointed a few people when their cheap scales said they were double digit, and my certified scales said 8 pounds. 
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Re: How many 13+ are turned loose per year....
[Re: LeonSulak]
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03/30/21 02:31 AM
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Jarrett Latta
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I know a guy who caught one last week and 2 last year. All on east texas lakes. Obviously he don't post about it but it's all on video. Back when falcon was prime it happened alot
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Re: How many 13+ are turned loose per year....
[Re: LeonSulak]
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03/30/21 01:30 PM
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Jpurdue
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I did the math a few years back and estimated somewhere around 230 13 lb fish were caught annually world wide. I used linear regression models and a few assumptions, but I think it's a decent ballpark number.
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Re: How many 13+ are turned loose per year....
[Re: LeonSulak]
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03/30/21 05:06 PM
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Bruce Allen
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I know of 2 a couple of years ago where the two anglers didn't think the lake could take any more pressure, More about that than the health of the fish by the film on how they were handled.
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Re: How many 13+ are turned loose per year....
[Re: LeonSulak]
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03/30/21 06:13 PM
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reeltexan
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"..The pleasantist angling is to see the fish
Cut with her golden oars the silver stream,
And greedily devour the treacherous bait.
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Re: How many 13+ are turned loose per year....
[Re: LeonSulak]
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03/30/21 06:28 PM
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Jarrett Latta
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I've got a pic of a 14.9 released on toledo the other day. Guy had never heard of sharelunker or toledo lunker program....
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Re: How many 13+ are turned loose per year....
[Re: Jarrett Latta]
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03/30/21 08:17 PM
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tmd11111
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I've got a pic of a 14.9 released on toledo the other day. Guy had never heard of sharelunker or toledo lunker program.... 
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Re: How many 13+ are turned loose per year....
[Re: LeonSulak]
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03/31/21 12:44 AM
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Cameron
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Many 13lbers are caught and released that won’t hit 10. Lol
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Re: How many 13+ are turned loose per year....
[Re: Jarrett Latta]
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03/31/21 03:17 AM
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Jake Shannon(Skeet4Life)
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I've got a pic of a 14.9 released on toledo the other day. Guy had never heard of sharelunker or toledo lunker program.... This makes me smile
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Re: How many 13+ are turned loose per year....
[Re: LeonSulak]
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03/31/21 03:41 AM
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Frank the Tank
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In this day & age of “look at me!” and people desperate to be famous - I doubt there’s many not publicized
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Re: How many 13+ are turned loose per year....
[Re: Cameron]
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03/31/21 12:00 PM
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Ken A.
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Many 13lbers are caught and released that won’t hit 10. Lol Stop picking on (Insert Name Here)
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Re: How many 13+ are turned loose per year....
[Re: LeonSulak]
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03/31/21 12:09 PM
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Ken A.
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I would say at least 50%. The problem with fish dying that go into the program is not the way TPWD handles them. It is the handling prior to being picked up by TPWD that stresses the fish. Most of the time the fish has been hung from a metal hook under the gills and weighed on at least four scales. Then 15 people hold it for a pic long before the TPWD truck gets there. The fish arrives at Athens in fair to poor shape and then it goes through the stress of spawning (which kills a fair amount naturally).
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Re: How many 13+ are turned loose per year....
[Re: Jake Shannon(Skeet4Life)]
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03/31/21 12:17 PM
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Jarrett Latta
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I've got a pic of a 14.9 released on toledo the other day. Guy had never heard of sharelunker or toledo lunker program.... This makes me smile Makes up for the next pic I got of a large group with over 150 bass layed out getting filleted. 3 days of fishing kept everything that would measure, including some big ones. Typical Toledo, good thing it's 186k acres or it'd be a dead sea like rest of louisiana except for like 2 places.
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Re: How many 13+ are turned loose per year....
[Re: Jarrett Latta]
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03/31/21 01:58 PM
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BigDozer66
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I've got a pic of a 14.9 released on toledo the other day. Guy had never heard of sharelunker or toledo lunker program.... This makes me smile Makes up for the next pic I got of a large group with over 150 bass layed out getting filleted. 3 days of fishing kept everything that would measure, including some big ones. Typical Toledo, good thing it's 186k acres or it'd be a dead sea like rest of louisiana except for like 2 places. I saw the same pic!  Looked like a dozen or more of them that weighed 6-7+ on the table. 
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Re: How many 13+ are turned loose per year....
[Re: Ken A.]
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03/31/21 01:59 PM
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BigDozer66
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I would say at least 50%. The problem with fish dying that go into the program is not the way TPWD handles them. It is the handling prior to being picked up by TPWD that stresses the fish. Most of the time the fish has been hung from a metal hook under the gills and weighed on at least four scales. Then 15 people hold it for a pic long before the TPWD truck gets there. The fish arrives at Athens in fair to poor shape and then it goes through the stress of spawning (which kills a fair amount naturally).
I likened it to people in the old days riding around all over town showing off their 8-10 point buck with it strapped across the hood. 
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