12-09-2003, 06:25 AM
This is all just crazy...all these controversies...oh well...even the Fish and Game Dept is "asking" "us" to keep the fish(world record)...
If I remember correctly...I remember reading something like if you caught the fish and no one is around...or theres no certified scale around...the specimen is to be kept in a state where when the fisheries biologist examines it it has to be in a good conditions...now I take that as being frozen...a FROZEN 22lb bass...cause if you keep it alive...YOU'd be FINED for transporting live fish...
I remember a guy somewhere...he caught a lake record or state record...and he drove the bass to a market to have it weighted...and then drove back to return the fish...but he was denied the record and was then fined...they did it as an example just so other people wouldn't transport live fish around....
If I caught the 22lber...I'd try to keep it alive and make a deal with the fish and game...cause it would be cool to let other people see a fish of this size in an aquarium...be it a public aquarium...or at Bass Pro Shops...and if they allow me to keep it...I'd have it at home...and give it a name too...or maybe tour with it on a truck and a Mobile Aquarium....
But then if I had no choice...and the risk being fined if I kept it alive...I'd thump it on the head(I'd probably regret it though...weep!)...and mount it on the wall myself...
I dont see any problem of people keeping and eating bass at all...I mean back in the years...people used to eat it...we were free to fish for and catch anything we prefer to eat(provided you follow the CREEL LIMIT)...some people like bluegills...some people like bass...and some people like trout...its just a matter of choice...I just get dissapointed though sometimes when I see a family fishing(with the intention to fish for food)...and some angler comes up and tells them to release the fish...or they'd make comments about keeping bass...I mean come on...is "your" intention to have them release the fish just so you could have some fun catching it the next day?...Or you want to spoil a nice family outing and a nice feast at the family dinner table?...
I really believe that anglers should be able to decide what they want to do with their own catch and not be frowned upon...I heard many negative comments about the lady that caught the bass at spring lake...but if it was some famous bass angler that caught it would we comment on him or her too?....
Aahahah...I would love to see a weekend angler scratch George Perry's name off the record...better still a catfisherman!!!
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If I remember correctly...I remember reading something like if you caught the fish and no one is around...or theres no certified scale around...the specimen is to be kept in a state where when the fisheries biologist examines it it has to be in a good conditions...now I take that as being frozen...a FROZEN 22lb bass...cause if you keep it alive...YOU'd be FINED for transporting live fish...
I remember a guy somewhere...he caught a lake record or state record...and he drove the bass to a market to have it weighted...and then drove back to return the fish...but he was denied the record and was then fined...they did it as an example just so other people wouldn't transport live fish around....
If I caught the 22lber...I'd try to keep it alive and make a deal with the fish and game...cause it would be cool to let other people see a fish of this size in an aquarium...be it a public aquarium...or at Bass Pro Shops...and if they allow me to keep it...I'd have it at home...and give it a name too...or maybe tour with it on a truck and a Mobile Aquarium....
But then if I had no choice...and the risk being fined if I kept it alive...I'd thump it on the head(I'd probably regret it though...weep!)...and mount it on the wall myself...
I dont see any problem of people keeping and eating bass at all...I mean back in the years...people used to eat it...we were free to fish for and catch anything we prefer to eat(provided you follow the CREEL LIMIT)...some people like bluegills...some people like bass...and some people like trout...its just a matter of choice...I just get dissapointed though sometimes when I see a family fishing(with the intention to fish for food)...and some angler comes up and tells them to release the fish...or they'd make comments about keeping bass...I mean come on...is "your" intention to have them release the fish just so you could have some fun catching it the next day?...Or you want to spoil a nice family outing and a nice feast at the family dinner table?...
I really believe that anglers should be able to decide what they want to do with their own catch and not be frowned upon...I heard many negative comments about the lady that caught the bass at spring lake...but if it was some famous bass angler that caught it would we comment on him or her too?....
Aahahah...I would love to see a weekend angler scratch George Perry's name off the record...better still a catfisherman!!!
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