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Originally Posted by chefchris401
The striper cup does also run a catch and release part of the tourney.
more people all over the east coast keep bigger fish than the amount thats kept for this tournament.
Look at whats going on in VA and NC, charter boats keeping almost 30 fish from 40 to 60lbs, in one week!
I practice catch and release 99% of the time as do must of the people I fish with. Cant see this tournament being the downfall of our SB population.
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Chris I want to preface this by saying that I have a ton of respect for you as a person and as a fisherman.
I agree that this tournament would not alone cause the downfall of the stocks. But I also feel if we all took that attitude then the chance of that happening is greater. Whereas if we all took a little less then the chance of that happening is lesser. And what happens in other states does not just give us license to do the same. I know what you're getting at but I just look at it differently and I don't want to justify killing cows here as being okay because people elsewhere do it and also sometimes do it illegally ( out past the eez, etc). That does not make me right or wrong. And I hope people can also respect my difference of opinion here and perhaps appreciate where I am coming from on this. And I do hope that all the big breeders are caught by the C&R guys and gals but somehow I doubt that.
I also feel there is added pressure on results if fishermen are getting paid to catch as that creates pressure to win and to provide lots of photos of dead cows