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08-04-2005, 01:39 PM
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The weigh-in spectacle also provides an alternative to the Flying Horses Carousel for a throng of bloodthirsty kids who would much prefer to see a big shark than ride a wooden horse in circles
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This is a classic 
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08-04-2005, 02:40 PM
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Let's Rock!
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Location: Wareham, MA
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08-04-2005, 02:50 PM
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Certifiable Intertidal Anguiologist
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Somewhere between OOB & west of Watch Hill
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I think it would be wise for us to put our two cents in with ESPN and the people of the Vineyard that it would be bad to kill the show and bad for the Vineyard to lose the OB tourney - what's next? The Derby? I'd be forced to whack every 9 million members of HSUS with celery sticks and leafy things to get the same kind of satisfaction I get from fishing the derby...
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08-04-2005, 03:51 PM
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DDG-51
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This post made me kick my cat, and I love my cat.
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08-04-2005, 04:00 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Newtown, CT
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Maybe they prefer the spectacle of a shark of that size eating one of their underwater filmmakers?
Fishsmith,
give your cat a kick for me.  |
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08-04-2005, 04:16 PM
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There has been a bunch of letters to the editor since the shark tourny that are calling for its end. Some of these guys are clearly PETA or Environmental Whackos that just don't like seeing fisherman at the dock (at all) IMO. They labeled fishermen as drunken slobs gloating over their catch and made sure there was an overdose of police to curtail such activity. My point is the bars around OB have drunken slobs most nights all summer and most of them are casual boaters tied up at the dock... most fishermen I know that plan on going offshore at 4:00am the next morning are not drinking hard...Yes many have a few beers upon return to port and I think this is where the stigma comes from but in my view it is no big deal. There are a few loudmouths that are making a big stink about this though.
I think the best thing they could do is after the weigh in to cart off the sharks to a off site tent for their autopsy instead of standing knee deep in a bloody parking lot in the middle of town.
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08-04-2005, 11:09 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Mashpee, MA
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Highly publicized tournaments also raise awareness. People come to a competition or watch it on TV and they get to see how nifty sharks and other fish are. It may get them interested in conservation, or it could at least plant the seed in their minds that fish are out there, and that they're important. The spectacle of the tournaments probably interest alot of children in fishing or marine biology or some other fishy venture. They're great PR for fish. I think it would hurt aquatic life overall if tournaments were to be stopped.
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The worst day fishing is better than the best day working. ...Wait a minute, my work IS fishing. Sweet.
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08-04-2005, 04:15 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: SE Mass
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Originally Posted by fishsmith
This post made me kick my cat, and I love my cat.
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LOL 
They'd have to pass some kind of law to stop derbys. All that fishing is legal. |
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