if I'm not mistaken this is exactly what Snag was predicting at the end of steelie season this year when the debate about lower creel limits was going on.
I must be missing something.
Great info, Snag! Thanks!For the record, I'm not so sure 'everyone' who releases fish puts them on a pedestal... Some people fish everyday, yet eat nothing but perch and sunnies (like me).Is it fair to say that some fish are more valued alive then dead? There are some fish I'd like the chance to hook and fight again...But that should, of course, be the choice of each person who buys a fishing license and helps fund the stocking.Some of us just like having fun and fighting 'em!For example, would you kill and eat this fish if you caught it in your frontyard? Would you want it to get bigger to catch it again?
Once again Jimmy.. you put things in great perspective.
We're all in this together, Brother It just doesn't seem fair to judge some people on the waders they wear. If you're really going to get down and dirty and chase fish all over the country in some really rugged places, you gotta' buck up and pay the piper for gear that will hold up. (this coming from a guy with no money and a truck with over 250,000mi on it)I like the way you think, Snagger. Always have. But sometimes there is no need to feed the fire. Life is what you make it.Make it fun!!!
I am haunted by waters, Shane...