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06-16-2005, 03:06 PM
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end of the fence guy
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: tiverton ri
Posts: 749
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cut the line and let it go
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06-16-2005, 03:09 PM
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Boston Anglah
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Sitting on top of the world with my legs hangin free
Posts: 3,322
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Originally Posted by snake slinger
cut the line and let it go
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Used hard and put away dirty....
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06-16-2005, 03:40 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Cumberland,RI
Posts: 8,555
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If its a bare single hook , leave it there. If its a plug , get it out. The fish will die with the plug in there so any surgery is worth the effort.
I don't recommend ever taking illegal fish. If its undersize , it goes back , no excuses whatsoever. yes , some will die but I garantee you will see abuse if for any reason people are encouraged or allowed to keep shorts.
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Saltheart
Custom Crafted Rods by Saltheart
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06-16-2005, 03:53 PM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
Posts: 23,392
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My girlfriend caught a small...and I mean small bass last week on a pencil popper almost was bigger than the fish! The fish inhaled the plug and the siwash tail hook was lodged in its gill plates and I could not cut the line and let it go with the plug lodged in its mouth as it would surely die and try as I might.....I could neither dis-lodge the hook or cut the split ring and release it as the mouth was too small to get into with the plug there......so by the time I was done removing the plug as best I could the fish had expired! I tried my best as I feel badly when that happens but...I guess the crabs and gulls have to eat too so it won't go to waste. That only happens about once a year to me and I always feel badly.  |
Almost time to get our fish on!!! 
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06-16-2005, 04:04 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Fifth Ward
Posts: 273
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What Saltheart said... shorts go back, period.
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06-16-2005, 03:59 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Outer Banks of Framingham
Posts: 434
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As much as I see the logic in Teasers opinion, grab your plug and cut it loose. I firmly believe if it's going to die then you should add it to your daily total and bring er home. I could never understand the commercial end of fishing where tons of "by-catch" are shoveled back into the ocean after the fish have already croaked on deck. Such a waste imo.
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06-16-2005, 04:04 PM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
Posts: 23,392
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I agree you "should" bring it home.....but the law prohibits the taking of shorts soooo........back it goes!  |
Almost time to get our fish on!!!
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06-16-2005, 04:24 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Fairhaven
Posts: 351
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I'm with Big Fish on this one. There is what's right and what's legal. It's not worth the fine.
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06-16-2005, 07:57 PM
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Soggy Bottom Boy
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Billerica, Ma.
Posts: 7,260
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Try to cut the hook at the bend or cut the split ring and let it go, Always have a good pair of wire cutter with you. It is not worth the fine
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Surfcasting Full Throttle
Don't judge me Monkey 
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