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Offshore · 12-28-2005, 05:15 PM

I killed four stripers this year - all for the table. I released somewhere near 5-600. I fish 3-4 days per week from April to November on Cape Cod and often go south when the fish leave here, so I fish a lot.

As for your questions:

1. I have no way of knowing why another angler keeps a fish. So long as it is taken legally and disposed of legally, I don't think its' any of my business

2. I suppose some do but, as long as they take and dispose of them legally, I don't think it's any of my business.

3. I suppose some folks can but I don't. I'd rather keep a small fish but, sometimes have to keep a large one if it's injured.

12-28-2005, 05:15 PM	#24
Offshore Bay & Beach Inspector iTrader: (0) Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Mid-Cape Posts: 155	I killed four stripers this year - all for the table. I released somewhere near 5-600. I fish 3-4 days per week from April to November on Cape Cod and often go south when the fish leave here, so I fish a lot. As for your questions: 1. I have no way of knowing why another angler keeps a fish. So long as it is taken legally and disposed of legally, I don't think its' any of my business 2. I suppose some do but, as long as they take and dispose of them legally, I don't think it's any of my business. 3. I suppose some folks can but I don't. I'd rather keep a small fish but, sometimes have to keep a large one if it's injured.