JEEZ Flap ;;
I agree with you ;;
if fishing is your enjoyment // why is it the same feel it is ok to catch fish from may to november /but not ok to catch from Novenber to April ;;
I love to winter fish /the cold doesn,t bother me & no waiting lines at the boat ramp ;
I,ve been winter fishing for over 40 years & have seen many belly-up .. personally i think it takes more for the fish to revive [sp] in the warmer water // && I KNOW for a fact that the larger fish have more of a problem [coming back] after a battle than a schoolie ;;
Everyone has a right to there opinion / but its B/s to assume it does more damage in the winter ;;
if I really gave a s hit what anyone else thought .. I,d probably go after the surf jockies that fish the town of the breachways /lifting the fish out of water & then flipping them back in /because they are 10 feet up / Or the same but on nice smooth sand ...as the gently drag the fish up on the sand & the release it .. that sand must do wonders to the protective slin that WAS on the bass ;;
On the larger fish >. no matter how had you try / in most places in RI / you are fishing rocky structure with often rolling/breaking swells .. your trying to tell me tour not causing more damage to a bass by fishing that way .. the fish Is tired . so are you & excited / how many times does the fish bouced off rocks / pushed around by rollers & then tried to be released unharmed >.IMO you would be better off to keep it ;;
I have spent way too much time trying to bring the life back in a descent fish than the small ones ;;
that,s one of the reason,s I choose not to target large on a regular basis ;;
to each there own .but don,t try to put down what others choose to do /as you watch football or go hunting :;
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