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Originally Posted by vanstaal
it's amazing how much effort is put into catching dinks the chance of them surviving after they are caught is very low  |
Not to open this old debate, but I disagree. If you had a small area in which people where catching hundreds of 30-40 lb fish, the percentage of fish killed would be the same as when they're catching hundreds of 12-20" fish.
I've inadvertantly gut hooked some beautiful large fish and took them home when I would have rather released them, its a shame. But its fishing, its what I do. Cathing dinks is a blast, been doing since I was a kid and I've never seen any washed up dead. I've taken out a few eyeballs, hated to see it happen, but its fishing, its what I do. I also file my barbs down and use single hooks. Sure some morons will kill some small fish uselessly, but take a look at the Striper Cup website, how many breeders where killed uselessy? Its fishing.