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Originally Posted by luds
Every fish that was caught: - by a commercial angler during commerical season that was within their limit
- by an angler that was comfortable selling it illegally
- by an angler that wanted to eat it.
- by an angler that felt the need to show their catch to others, get a true weight because they didn't have a scale with them, or weigh it in publicly
I'm sure there are other reasons that I can't think of at the moment but I think more would have been kept anyway than released. Tough to know the exact % but there are also definitely alot of fish that would have gone back otherwise. This tournament is definitely a drop in the bucket as far as fish killing but I think it's definitely indicative of overall attitudes to c&r. It also has to contribute negatively to c&r since it's primarily a kill tournament that although has fairly low numbers of fish weighed in it an be far reaching as far as influence.
I'm not saying I didn't have a sh%tload of fun when we won it though!  |
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Originally Posted by Back Beach
The whole killing of large breeders argument is BS. I don't feel the tournament elevates it at all. Those fish are coming home regardless in most cases. I'm ok with the tournament rules for the most part too.
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Exactly my point. Out of the 477 fish taken in this I would guess that pretty close to that number would have been taken home anyway. Most fisherman keep big bass. Just the way it is. Almost every weekend angler that gets into fish is coming home with a limit in the box. I dont think the tourney elevates those numbers that much in the grand scheme of things.