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Originally Posted by JohnnyD
No kidding. What the hell is the matter with people trying to conserve a decreasing fish population?
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It's not about conservation here any more.. you want to conserve the fish then make it NO-TAKE. <PERIOD>
the only thing this amendment will do is guarantee the slaughter of this species.
Think about it for a minute.. how many throwbacks have you thrown back that went belly up? I can't even tell you a number of fish i have caught in the 34-38" range that inhaled plugs, eels into the gut/gills...
So now when this passes and i catch a 38" bass that inhaled a needlefish or what ever and it is guaranteed dead i must now throw it back. All day long you can slaughter 22-24" fish on sandworm/sea clam... now it's legal...