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Location: Elkhart, IN | I finally got my pictures back today. This picture was taken a few weeks ago and is my first muskie of the year. |
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Location: Elkhart, IN | Well I tried to post the picture but it said the picture was too big. How do I resize it so the forum will except it? |
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Location: Elkhart, IN | OK, let me try this again. Sorry for the mess up. |
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Location: Elkhart, IN | Let me try this again. Sorry for the mess up.
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Location: syracuse indiana | hey rockin thats a awsom fish.. isnt our kansas fish getting bigger and bigger huh... keep up the good work.. if u ever see me on the water i drive a older blue bass boat with a johnson gt 150 on it say hello...bill |
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Location: Elkhart, IN | One more time and let me see if this is actually big enough for you guys to see 
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Location: Elkhart, IN | Hey Archery Nut, thanks. Hope to get to talk to you sometime. |
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| is that fish pic on shore? |
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Location: Elkhart, IN | Yes sir it is, I caught her on the first cast of the morning off my pier. Got a picture and then released her to fight another day. Was you worried I kept her? |
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| nice fish, and its nobody elses business what you did with YOUR fish. |
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| come on now...
as responsible anglers it IS our business to encourage each other to catch fish properly, handle fish properly, and release fish properly.
the idea that catching a fish means it's "YOUR" fish is ludicrous.
do you have the right to keep it? yes. (eat up, i'm sure they taste like chicken.)
does that mean that it's the right thing to do? no.
but bigger than that, when people stop asking each other/encouraging each other in a setting like THIS to release fish b/c of fear that someone might bristle about it, we'll never make progress with the casual fishermen who just don't care.
Rockin' SV did the right thing, and when asked if he did so, didn't seem to have an issue with explaining. what's the big deal about somebody raising an eyebrow to ask the question then? |
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| encourage yes; asking point blank implying that suv may have kept the fish, not cool. pretty obvious since suv asked if cpr was worried where the picture was taken. another example of questioning what a person does with a legally caught fish, not encouragement. since you brought up the taste thing, maybe the next guy will have a grill in the background. |
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| solely speaking for myself, if someone (you, SV, CPR, whoever) legally catches and keeps a fish of any size, i'll do more than just question it.
i'll say what i think about it...that's kind of the point of a discussion board, isn't it?
i'll say that keeping a fish is not wrong - because it was done legally.
however, it is bad, and as responsible anglers we need to do both what's right and what's good.
i'm not suggesting that someone who keeps a fish is a bad person, just that it's a bad thing to do.
the moral high ground does not rest in the letter of the law.
however, this is really distracting from the fact that Rockin SV caught a "rockin" fish - from the dock (which is even cooler) and it's still out there swimming for everyone else to take a chance at... |
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| Here we go again! I am so sick of this! Yes, Catch and Release works. I am a big promoter. But,If we want people to try it, let's educate. If we force our views on people based on the fact that they might have kept a fish (or even taken a picture on shore), that is wrong! The fact of the matter is if someone catches a legal musky and keeps it, that is not wrong. Showing someone the affects of keeping too many legal fish would be better. I love fishing muskies. I enjoy these type of forums to discuss different ideas. I am just so tired of all of these holyer than thou musky huggers! |
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Location: Elkhart, IN | If you don't ask if they kept it how would you go about starting a dialog on CPR?
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Location: Holly, MI | MuskyTom - 6/29/2004 10:43 AM
Here we go again!
He He, don't forget on this board you are most likly preaching to the choir. The guy who keeps/kills/eats, whatever muskie isn't here posting, he probably doesn't even have the internet.
Preach/teach to newbies and others on the water. Rember, a diplomacy can go a long way.
Just my 2 cents |
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Location: Elkhart, IN | Warden thank you for your point of view. You had the same feeling I had, that CPR implied I kept the fish because his only comment he had was that the picture was taken on shore. The fact of the matter is I usually take a few casts from my pier in the mornings before I get in the boat and go out, you just never know when you'll get lucky since I have a few times. But for that to be the only comment kind of implies something. |
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Location: oswego, il | SV, for now on if you catch one on your dock, jump in the water to take the pic. If not we will kick you in the butt with a big foam cowboy boot! Nice fish.  |
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Location: Chicago, Beverly | Hey, I think I know that spot.... lol... Nice fish, got a 38" myself over the weekend... Finally saw another tuffy on In waters too.... 1st time in a long time I wasn't the only tuffy out there... Now hoping there is a BBQ in the pic behind mine..lol.... |
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Location: Elkhart, IN | Todd M now that is funny. Do you think my wife would think I lost my mind if I dove in and yelled "snap a picture of me with my muskie now honey"  |
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Location: Holly, MI | make the pic look like you are trying to teach the Muskie the backstroke. Maybe put a swim fin on its tail.
Duh, do some people never smile or say somthing nice? |
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