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 Re: Donate or Release a Share a Lunker POLL
[Re: Lance Vick]
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02/18/10 02:12 AM
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mattm
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Hey, Lance. You started this poll. What would YOU do?  Thanks everyone for your input on this subject,this is the TFF doing what it does best sharing great information, As for the POLL I voted to release a Share a Lunker ,First TPW sets the standard for Fishery management . TPW takes great care of a valuable resource we are fortunate to have,In the past I would have donated a fish and I have had a customer do so, and it was a great story, Because the fish had already been caught ,donated then released back. Then about one year later she was caught and donated again... So a successful SAL released back into Lake Fork then caught again (no weight gain) .That fish did spawn and was reported to me it was one of the largest spawns they have had. The Fact that Fish cannot grow bigger if they are dead is the leading reason I voted to let her go back, to make a super bass you cannot take the chance of killing a 13 lber that has the chance to be a State Record bass. X 1000 I don't think the fact that the fish had no weight gain can be overlooked. Check out how much Dottie grew each time you was released into her natural environment.
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Re: Donate or Release a Share a Lunker POLL
[Re: Lance Vick]
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02/18/10 02:16 AM
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FZ1
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That's right. Leave the fish in place to spawn. What's so hard to understand about that?
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Re: Donate or Release a Share a Lunker POLL
[Re: FZ1]
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02/18/10 02:25 AM
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Bobby Frey
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Donate. You are already stressing the fish enough after catching it, put it in good hands...
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Re: Donate or Release a Share a Lunker POLL
[Re: Bobby Frey]
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02/18/10 02:28 AM
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Fish Killer
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Big Sexy
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To each their own. Do what you feel like doing, it's your fish
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Re: Donate or Release a Share a Lunker POLL
[Re: Bass&More]
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02/18/10 12:15 PM
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BowtieZR5
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+1 The program has been around for over 23 years. They have collected plenty of data. How much longer before we admit that it's not getting us anywhere? Why do you think the SAL fingerlings have any better of a chance of survival than stocking pure strain Florida bass into a lake with an adult population? Do you think the bass are selective and won't eat those SAL fingerlings? If the program is so great, why hasn't any other state started a program of their own? SAL fingerlings were stocked in Marine Creek lake then TPWD killed the hydrilla. Smooth move EX LAX.... CPR is the way to go and besides they have family  for the record... the hydrilla was dead before SAL fry and fingerlingers were put there
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Re: Donate or Release a Share a Lunker POLL
[Re: Fish Killer]
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02/18/10 12:33 PM
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Lannie Robertson
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To each their own. Do what you feel like doing, it's your fish +1 Also for the record,Marine Creek Lake was one of the first lakes in Texas stocked with florida bass in the mid 70's. TPW must know something,its an 18 inch lake.The biggest fish i know of thats came out of there is 8 lbs.I myself have caught some 6's and 7's ...but there few and far between. Any lake that has the grass killed out of it,seems to go down hill afterwards.Cedar Creek is a good example.
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Re: Donate or Release a Share a Lunker POLL
[Re: Lance Vick]
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02/18/10 12:49 PM
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The Fishing Physicist
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The SAL program is a good one.
All altruism aside, Id love to be named angler of the year and snag a lifetime fishing license.
TFP
Above all else hold these two things in the greatest of circumspection; government and self. YOLO=Schiefspiegler   
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Re: Donate or Release a Share a Lunker POLL
[Re: Fish Killer]
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02/18/10 01:34 PM
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D.Barnes
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I would donate. Seems to be working
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Re: Donate or Release a Share a Lunker POLL
[Re: D.Barnes]
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02/18/10 01:47 PM
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Scott N
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I voted donate. I think that the program is great. It also helps that the two lakes that I fish that have the best chance of producing a sharelunker, Ivie and Amistad, have people like Carl and Jerry right there to take good care of the fish until TPW can get them.
 11.22 Lake Ivie  11.45 Lake Ivie
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Re: Donate or Release a Share a Lunker POLL
[Re: Scott N]
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02/19/10 01:41 PM
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Fast Lane
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Donated is better than Kept and Mounted....lol
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Re: Donate or Release a Share a Lunker POLL
[Re: Fast Lane]
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02/19/10 01:58 PM
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Kay Dyson
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Donate.. I've been trying for over 20 yrs ain't gonna quit now..  I will say there is something special about a huge bass in your possession. Kind of an 'AWE' thing for me, I've caught and held fish over 12-lbs, they're a freak of nature, and a wonderment.
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Re: Donate or Release a Share a Lunker POLL
[Re: Kay Dyson]
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02/19/10 03:25 PM
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ssj3goten
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I am a bankfisherman so most likely snap a few pics and maybe get a replica made. If I had a boat/livewell depending on the lake donate it because read the "horror stories" of the big ones being eaten which I have seen. So at least donating it one more set of baby fishes.
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Re: Donate or Release a Share a Lunker POLL
[Re: MWilkins (a.k.a. Keeb)]
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02/19/10 03:38 PM
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Richard F
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I would release but hold nothing against the program.
Look, I'm just some dope on a fishing forum and I'm not going to pretend to know what's best for the fishing community. The SAL program does a good job educating/promoting the sport and that's good enough for me.
Now, if I was a professional angler, I would do everything I could to get a fish in the program. Let's be honest, it's great for business.
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Re: Donate or Release a Share a Lunker POLL
[Re: LMH Steel]
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02/12/13 01:03 AM
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reelboat
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Definitely release. A 13+ lb bass is female and at this time of year is ready to lay eggs. Any 13+ lb bass has good genetics which should be returned to the lake it came from. What a lot of people don't know about SLP is they only breed the pure Florida strains. If your Bass in not genetically 100% Florida, they won't use it. By the time it gets to Athens and is tested genetically, the eggs will already be laid and the fry thrown away. As I said before any 13+ Bass should have the eggs left in the lake she came from.
I need to change my password.
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Re: Donate or Release a Share a Lunker POLL
[Re: Lance Vick]
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02/12/13 01:04 AM
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Lake Fork Guide Marc Mitchell
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Release back where she come from and let her spawn with the male of her choice ! Better for your home lake for sure !!!!IMO
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