#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&...Congrats on your.40 Bill..What no pic's of you not smiling???Because without pics how do we know you actually caught it??:huh:

On another site there's a raging argument on if your suit/sport jacket sleeve length should be relative to your wristbone-or from the tip of your thumb, to ensure you show a proper amount (1/4 to 1/2 inches) of cuff.

So perhaps it's just that time of year.

-spence

If it was I, Them fiash be at the scale faster then you can know!!

I would be showing off them fish all day, and then I would spread the meat to all friends and family!!

Congrtas to whom ever it was they were truly blessed!!~

show me the pics :rtfm: :hihi:

Puhhhhlllleeeeeezzzeeeeeeeeeeeeee :smash:

LYB

e#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&....here you are just plain wrong. If Flap says he caught and released without a photo.... I have no problems believing him...none at all.
I`ve caught a few decent surf fish(30s)and have no pics and released all but one.... nothing unusual here.Not everyone ,whether in a tourney or not keep and kill all their fish....in fact I think many release. :musc:

Its good for the Striped Bass :musc:

http://imagehost.biz/ims/pictes/209048.gif:wall:

the argument is excess not the fact that he caught 2 gigantor fish.

it happens with everything, there is a fine line between being proud of something you have accomplished and looking like an arse from grabbing the jewels and bragging to much.

i don't know this guys style of fishing and this may be the first two fish he has kept all year. On paper, it looks like the later. Perhaps he didnt have a camera and no one would have believed him :huh:

This is why if I ever catch a cow no one will know but those really close to me and the taxidermist! Yes you read that right I will hang a 50# or more and not bat an eyelash over it. Every fish I have ever kept (and no that number doesnt equal everyone I ever caught) has gone in the cooler, frugally filleted and consumed ...not wasted.

I feel everyone is in fact entitled to their own opinion. BUT if you fish (I assume everyone here fishes?) and even if you have never kept a single fish you ever caught..... you have most likely still killed fish and that certainly is a thought to be pondered. No one here can claim that every fish they released has survived as it would have if it was never caught at all. Did you get get bacteria on it? Did it suffer and die 3 months later because infection? Did it spread that infection to other fish? There is no way of knowing.

My fault, and I apologize. Actually I'm glad you posted it because it helps me to know there are big fish around (albeit 30 miles by water from where I fish). What I really was hoping to accomplish was to get one of you guys to release a near dead permanently brain damaged cow, so when it recovers I got some small chance at catching it on the wooden crap I'm throwing. By the way, does snagging count?

wow :eek: that's great there are huge cows in your area, congrats to the guy.
When I saw this title of the thread my first thought was of Goose's 2 nice fish:scatter:
I can't read 3 pages of this

congrats to the angler. WHat an accomplishment.
I've been away from RI for a week and see what happens? I hope to get into some of those fish soon. I'd be happy with a 30.

:laugha: ....nice backpeddling G. :laugha:

Yeah, when you're wrong as often as I am you get good at it. Such is life.

Kurt Vonnegut?

So it goes. :hihi:

I don't know where the pic is of Bill's fish but I was in my boat 25 feet from him when the fish came over the gunnel.
Real nice fish Bill.

I caught 2 29" fish yesterday. I forget what a big fish looks like. P.

Bill must have thick skin (like a eel) because he always gets abused whenever he creates a thread or post regarding fish size to fishing technique. He gives it back ten fold, good for him.

Nice dog.

I don't even know where to begin to respond to some of the comments on this thread :hs:

so I won't

It's a shame most big fish threads turn into this.

Joe P,
I apologize that you misunderstood me. I meant it the way Dave understood it. I did not mean to ruffle you. I just meant that until you have a fatty laying at your feet and experience it and the emotion and the adrenlin, it is hard for someone to say to someone else what to do with the fish. That is all. Sorry pal.

:sleeps:

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Got ya. No problem - I misunderstood your point. :kewl:

Its a shame big fish pictures can't just be enjoyed on their own. If people want to beat the conservation drum (a noble cause IMO ) why not start another thread. why spoil the thread showing such a spectacular catch?

Anyway , I also think its bunk about nobody believes you unless you show the dead fish around tackle shops. WHO CARES WHO BELIEVES YOU???? You know you caught them. Nobody else matters.

this whole thread is a Quaker Lane :spam:
Congrats to the guy on his two 50's, must have been a fun day for him :)

This topic comes up frequent enough and the resulting pi$$ing contest is almost as reliable.... Had I not been over on Cuttyhunk I would have moderated it a lot quicker.

Please keep the personal attacks to a minimum or even better - no personal attacks at all. DISCUSS this, instead, in a more civilized manner please without the uneccesary and unsubstantiated name calling. Discuss this like men, not like kids on a playground.

If the law needs to be changed make the necessary changes to the law. When the law needs discussion, discuss the law. No need to drag out a threadwar.

My personal opinions on this - Kudos to the guys that got 50s, 60s, and almost 50s this weekend - helluva good day on the water. Also, kudos to all that GOT OUT and enjoyed the water's edge or depth - that is more important and any SIZE of a fish. To those that kept or released them - that is your choice but keep in mind that if one gets a big bass it is your choice to bring it to a weigh in shop and your choice to weigh it in. It is not necessary to weigh it in just to prove you caught it.

IN the process of closing / moderating this thread... Sorry dood

In the process of closing this thread...

In the process of closing this thread... Sorry