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Originally Posted by spence
It's on...I'll be the one in the linen leisure suit and karate loafers.
U a ded man.
-spence
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The scary part of this is that you'd be wearing that anyways..
I have kept out of this thread because I have mixed feelings... I usually activly fish the spring and fall surf tourny's here in RI and have the last 5-6 years... I am in several fishing clubs where we weigh in fish for a yearlong tourney... so it is a bit contradictory that I should be against this tourney, but I have some serious reservations...
I would like to see some changes...
-Bigger minimum size.. 40" or maybe 43 or 45"
-Limit each angler to 2 or 3 fish for the entire tourney...
-Make penalty points for bringing in undersized fish.. penalize the club and the individual for this...
-No culling
I havent entered the Swamp Yankee for the same reason.. a weekly weigh in adds up to more fish than the normal angler would kill. I'm not anti-kill over a 6 or 7 month season I kill about 10bass and eat them. I have zero problem with that... killing 2 a week for an extended period of time I would have a problem with
Having grown up in the moratorium I dont remember the good old days of the 60's and 70's but I sure as hell dont want to be back in 1985 again... with a 36" limit it took along time for me to see a legal bass as a kid....
Someone brought up SF... Steve... know where at least I'm coming from.. I'm not a supporter of them at all.. perfect case of too much of a 'good' thing... i.e. being an environmentalist is good... being in Greenpeace is taking it (in sarcastic voice) A BIT too far... same idea...
If anyone is going to enter the tourney to go for largest fish, go for it, if it means you are killing the same number of bass as before... if it means you will be killing significantly more bass than normal, then use your head and decide for yourself...