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I walk my dog every night. I live near the water. In 2-3 weeks I'll take a rod along and catch schoolies. 2-6 fish most nights. All will be released. Though I like to think otherwise, the best available science indicates 8% of those fish will die. Every one of those fish that die will be miss out on 15 -20 breeding cycles. I have not kept a striper in years, but I kill more than most people. The concern about keeping large fish has some validity only when discussing the "quality" of the fishery. ANYONE WHO LIKES TO FISH KILLS FISH. The less you kill, the better for yourself and others. Since we fish for different reasons it is shortsighted (and egocentric) to assume your reason and related value system is right, and someone else's is wrong.
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