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Location: Plainfield IL | Some people just dont get it. Here is a post from lakelink regarding lake delavan. "Caught a few nice crappies also and allot of small crappies. The crappies I cleaned still had spawn in them." This will probably be the same knucklehead that blames northerns and every other game fish for the lack of and small size of crappies. |
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| If he did indeed snag the fish, he is wrong. Period.
If he caught it by legal means then it completely up to him to do what he wants with the fish. While I may not agree with what he did, he is doing nothing wrong. If he does not hold this fish in the same regard that all of us on these boards do, that is his perogative. Do you hold a walleye or bass in the same regard that a walleye/bass nut does? I surely dont.
I support catch and release 100% and plan never to intentionally kill a muskie, but I will not berate someone for keeping a fish that he had a legal right to. That makes us all, as muskie fishermen/women, look bad. What I will do is try my best to explain the benefits of catch and release.
It has been said over and over again...EDUCATION is the key. Attacking someone and b*tching because they wont do it your way is DEFINITELY NOT the answer. |
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Location: Angola, IN | No one is calling this guy up and attacking him.
It takes all kinds......a very popular idea these days
Since we all pretty much practice 100% CPR, we can advocate the release of muskies any way we want.
If you want to be the educator and be politically correct....that's your right.
If you want to confront the guy, that's your right.
If you want to act like this kind of stuff doesn't happen on your home lake, that's your right.
Me telling this guy that "he's an idiot for killing a big musky" is no different than some of you telling me that "I'm an idiot for telling him what he did was wrong". We all have our own ways. Thank God for that.
Remember, it takes all kinds. I don't mind being the extremist. It helps balence out the people who musky fish who don't care or advocate CPR. |
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| Luckymusky, I did not have time to read the article to form a proper opinion so I had a smartass experience that really happened when I was a kid to share. Sorry you seen no humor in it. |
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| its all about the sport. everyone has the right to make a decision that they can live with. i release all my lunge . its my choice. we live in an excellent world blessed by some of the best angling possible. treat the fish with respect, that it deserves. i have great reverence for the species and some guys don't get it. thats okay because we have rights within the law. don't lose focus, one fish here or there will not destroy the fishery, i am sure several die each year from being hooked and handled improperly. still does't make things right...do what you can to protect your resource and don't beat up on those less skilled or informed. we are all passionate about what we do, sometimes even crazy.....but we do it, we love it, and we respect it.....keep the faith.........crippler........i agree 100% with sworral |
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