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| Lets say your fishing your best weedline on your favorite lake. Two hundred yards up from your boat is some walleye guys with lots of yelling, screaming and general excitement coming from there boat and surrounding boats. You motor on over to see what all of the excitement is to see a 50+" lying on the bottom of their boat. You ask if they are going to release it and they say no. What would you do? After a little reasoning and lecturing and they still are going to keep it, would you try to slip them a $50 (+/-) to release it or what?
Thanks,
MJB
Edited by MJB_04 6/21/2003 3:09 PM
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Location: Williamstown, WV | I would talk to them about the benefits of CPR and just give them some insight on it. I would not pay them to release a fish because I don't make enough money and you shouldn't have to pay somebody off to release a fish.
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Location: Rice Lake,WI | That 's probably a dead fish even if released,stressed out on light line
and laying on the bottom of the boat suffocating. $50 for a dead fish,not me. |
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Location: oswego, il | I would have seen the fish and not engaged them in any more conversation. If it's legal they can keep it, not that I like the idea, I have talked to too many walls to try to engage a meathunter with a legal catch. |
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| Run out to Waldo Mart and
Edited by Sponge 4/30/2007 6:48 AM
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Location: Davenport, IA | I woudl never pay $50 for someone to release a fish. But earlier this year some kids had a muskie on a stringer at the dock. I tried explaining things to them but they wanted to keep it (to show off i'm sure) so I paid them $5 to let me release it. The way I see it, it costs $10 (I think) to stock a new 10-12" muskie. So, its not big deal to me giving a little money to help the population of muskies. |
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Location: Northern Illinois | I would definitely explain to them what that fish would do for the years to come as far as offspring. And maybe use that good line, "wouldn't you want your kids to be able to have as much fun as you did catching it". If that doesn't work I might think about paying them if they were on my home lake because that can hurt a population losing a fish like that. |
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Location: Iowa | If we start paying people to release fish, they will be expecting it and it will become an income for them. If it was already on the floor of the boat, it's probably too late. I guess that is their right if it is of legal length, no matter what us CPR anglers believe. All we can really do is hope that instances like this are FEW and FAR between. If noticed before it was too late, I would probably try to talk them into releasing it and getting a fiberglass reproduction. Even take all the pictures they wanted and send them they copies. But then, that is kind of like paying isn't it? |
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Location: Neenah, WI | I agree that people have a right to keep a legal fish. If this is the only
musky the guy is ever going to keep I say it's okay. However I would explain the practice of catch and release and how it benefits the fishery.
But to see a guy excited with a 50+ I definitely can relate!! But I would not offer any money to somebody to release a fish.
Hook'em Hard
SAINT
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Location: north central wisconsin | In that situation, I would shake their hand and give them recommendations on a couple of good taxidermists. If the fish were smaller, i would ask if they intended on releasing it. I sure would not appreciate anyone telling me I couldn't keep a trophy(even though it would have to be one very special fish). Lecturing another sportsman after possibly their best moment of their lives is definatley not something I want to do. I see them do it again, I would ask politely why they are keeping it. Also depends on the water that we are on. |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | I feel there is no such thing as 'the wrong hands'. If an angler catches a big fish of any specie, he caught the fish and has the right to release it or keep it. I have heard some grumbling from 'eye anglers now and again because a muskie guy pops a 10 or better walleye on a glider, puts it in the well and heads for the taxidermist . I also feel we do a pretty good job as Muskie anglers with the CPR ethic, and keeping in mind that muskies are a renewable resource, our efforts have created acceptable conservation practices which are stronger now than ever. |
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50 incher in the wrong hands?