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Did you happen to watch Dubya on the Roland Martin show ?
Seems our Chief Executive catches bass and then lets his dog chew them to death instead of releasing them. If you didn't catch it the first time, it will air again on the Outdoor Life Network. Go here and follow the links for air times, the episode is called "The Executive Pond." http://www.fishingwithrolandmartin.com/ -- Ken Fortenberry |
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Seems you're a couple days late on the airtime Ken, it ran 2x on the 6th.
So, tell us about it... Warren -- http://www.warrenwolk.com/ http://www.tri-statebassmasters.com 2004 NJ B.A.S.S. Federation State Champions "Ken Fortenberry" wrote in message . com... Did you happen to watch Dubya on the Roland Martin show ? Seems our Chief Executive catches bass and then lets his dog chew them to death instead of releasing them. If you didn't catch it the first time, it will air again on the Outdoor Life Network. Go here and follow the links for air times, the episode is called "The Executive Pond." http://www.fishingwithrolandmartin.com/ -- Ken Fortenberry |
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Seems you're a couple days late on the airtime Ken, it ran 2x on the 6th.
So, tell us about it... Warren -- http://www.warrenwolk.com/ http://www.tri-statebassmasters.com 2004 NJ B.A.S.S. Federation State Champions "Ken Fortenberry" wrote in message . com... Did you happen to watch Dubya on the Roland Martin show ? Seems our Chief Executive catches bass and then lets his dog chew them to death instead of releasing them. If you didn't catch it the first time, it will air again on the Outdoor Life Network. Go here and follow the links for air times, the episode is called "The Executive Pond." http://www.fishingwithrolandmartin.com/ -- Ken Fortenberry |
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Seems you're a couple days late on the airtime Ken, it ran 2x on the 6th.
So, tell us about it... Warren -- http://www.warrenwolk.com/ http://www.tri-statebassmasters.com 2004 NJ B.A.S.S. Federation State Champions "Ken Fortenberry" wrote in message . com... Did you happen to watch Dubya on the Roland Martin show ? Seems our Chief Executive catches bass and then lets his dog chew them to death instead of releasing them. If you didn't catch it the first time, it will air again on the Outdoor Life Network. Go here and follow the links for air times, the episode is called "The Executive Pond." http://www.fishingwithrolandmartin.com/ -- Ken Fortenberry |
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"Ken Fortenberry" wrote in message
. com... Did you happen to watch Dubya on the Roland Martin show ? Seems our Chief Executive catches bass and then lets his dog chew them to death instead of releasing them. ....and eats them? If the dog eats them, I feel sorry for the dog. I can see this creating potential health threats. On the other hand, as long as the fish gets eaten when not thrown back I don't see a problem with not releasing the fish. If a person eats it for food or it's a dog that eats it, it's still being eaten. Being eaten, for the most part, has always been an acceptable reason for not releasing fish. In _many_ cases, releasing all caught fish actually does more harm then good. |
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"Ken Fortenberry" wrote in message
. com... Did you happen to watch Dubya on the Roland Martin show ? Seems our Chief Executive catches bass and then lets his dog chew them to death instead of releasing them. ....and eats them? If the dog eats them, I feel sorry for the dog. I can see this creating potential health threats. On the other hand, as long as the fish gets eaten when not thrown back I don't see a problem with not releasing the fish. If a person eats it for food or it's a dog that eats it, it's still being eaten. Being eaten, for the most part, has always been an acceptable reason for not releasing fish. In _many_ cases, releasing all caught fish actually does more harm then good. |
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"Ken Fortenberry" wrote in message
. com... Did you happen to watch Dubya on the Roland Martin show ? Seems our Chief Executive catches bass and then lets his dog chew them to death instead of releasing them. ....and eats them? If the dog eats them, I feel sorry for the dog. I can see this creating potential health threats. On the other hand, as long as the fish gets eaten when not thrown back I don't see a problem with not releasing the fish. If a person eats it for food or it's a dog that eats it, it's still being eaten. Being eaten, for the most part, has always been an acceptable reason for not releasing fish. In _many_ cases, releasing all caught fish actually does more harm then good. |
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Ken Fortenberry wrote:
Did you happen to watch Dubya on the Roland Martin show ? Seems our Chief Executive catches bass and then lets his dog chew them to death instead of releasing them. If you didn't catch it the first time, it will air again on the Outdoor Life Network. Go here and follow the links for air times, the episode is called "The Executive Pond." http://www.fishingwithrolandmartin.com/ So what, looks like a smart thing to so It's his pond, it's over stocked with bass, and everyone knows you take out the little bass caught on a small pond,, I know many pond owners that just throw them up on the bank, and tell you to do the same thing when you fish their ponds . The state fish biologist tell them to do this. You can't C&R every bass in a pound,, you will have nothing but dinks in it -- Rodney Long, Inventor of the Long Shot "WIGGLE" rig, SpecTastic Thread Boomerang Fishing Pro. ,Stand Out Hooks ,Stand Out Lures, Mojo's Rock Hopper & Rig Saver weights, Decoy Activator and the EZKnot http://www.ezknot.com |
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Ken Fortenberry wrote:
Did you happen to watch Dubya on the Roland Martin show ? Seems our Chief Executive catches bass and then lets his dog chew them to death instead of releasing them. If you didn't catch it the first time, it will air again on the Outdoor Life Network. Go here and follow the links for air times, the episode is called "The Executive Pond." http://www.fishingwithrolandmartin.com/ So what, looks like a smart thing to so It's his pond, it's over stocked with bass, and everyone knows you take out the little bass caught on a small pond,, I know many pond owners that just throw them up on the bank, and tell you to do the same thing when you fish their ponds . The state fish biologist tell them to do this. You can't C&R every bass in a pound,, you will have nothing but dinks in it -- Rodney Long, Inventor of the Long Shot "WIGGLE" rig, SpecTastic Thread Boomerang Fishing Pro. ,Stand Out Hooks ,Stand Out Lures, Mojo's Rock Hopper & Rig Saver weights, Decoy Activator and the EZKnot http://www.ezknot.com |
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Problem was, it was a dink. An undersized bass. Is our President above the
law? -- Craig Baugher Be Confident, Focused, but most of all Have FUN! |
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Problem was, it was a dink. An undersized bass. Is our President above the
law? -- Craig Baugher Be Confident, Focused, but most of all Have FUN! |
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Problem was, it was a dink. An undersized bass. Is our President above the
law? -- Craig Baugher Be Confident, Focused, but most of all Have FUN! |
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Craig wrote:
Problem was, it was a dink. An undersized bass. Is our President above the law? The problem is You don't understand fish & game laws If I owned a pond,, I can catch and cook/throw away, 200 bass out of that pond in a single day, and have broken no laws. I could even drain that pond killing every fish in it, and have broken no laws. Farm ponds and lakes are not under limit laws of the states Limit laws are for the maintaining of species in "public" waters WHat part of " This lake is on my ranch" "I Built this lake 4 years ago " "I stocked this lake" "the fish biologist that checks this lake twice a year tells us to remove all undersize bass" Did you not understand -- Rodney Long, Inventor of the Long Shot "WIGGLE" rig, SpecTastic Thread Boomerang Fishing Pro. ,Stand Out Hooks ,Stand Out Lures, Mojo's Rock Hopper & Rig Saver weights, Decoy Activator and the EZKnot http://www.ezknot.com |
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Craig wrote:
Problem was, it was a dink. An undersized bass. Is our President above the law? The problem is You don't understand fish & game laws If I owned a pond,, I can catch and cook/throw away, 200 bass out of that pond in a single day, and have broken no laws. I could even drain that pond killing every fish in it, and have broken no laws. Farm ponds and lakes are not under limit laws of the states Limit laws are for the maintaining of species in "public" waters WHat part of " This lake is on my ranch" "I Built this lake 4 years ago " "I stocked this lake" "the fish biologist that checks this lake twice a year tells us to remove all undersize bass" Did you not understand -- Rodney Long, Inventor of the Long Shot "WIGGLE" rig, SpecTastic Thread Boomerang Fishing Pro. ,Stand Out Hooks ,Stand Out Lures, Mojo's Rock Hopper & Rig Saver weights, Decoy Activator and the EZKnot http://www.ezknot.com |
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In Michigan, my pond or my lake means I own the hole, but once water enters
that hole, the state of Michigan has regulation over the water and the wildlife that is in it or on it. I can maintain it (meaning I can stock it how I please), but if the state HAS any knowledge of that pond, limit laws can be enforced and it can never be drained without DEQ's permission - under the laws that govern wetlands. -- Craig Baugher Be Confident, Focused, but most of all Have FUN! |
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I believe the same thing applies to farmlands and hunting. So if I own 500
acres... can I legally harvest deer from there 365 days a year? Nope! "Craig" wrote in message news:ACWRc.100687$8_6.30108@attbi_s04... In Michigan, my pond or my lake means I own the hole, but once water enters that hole, the state of Michigan has regulation over the water and the wildlife that is in it or on it. I can maintain it (meaning I can stock it how I please), but if the state HAS any knowledge of that pond, limit laws can be enforced and it can never be drained without DEQ's permission - under the laws that govern wetlands. -- Craig Baugher Be Confident, Focused, but most of all Have FUN! |
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I believe the same thing applies to farmlands and hunting. So if I own 500
acres... can I legally harvest deer from there 365 days a year? Nope! "Craig" wrote in message news:ACWRc.100687$8_6.30108@attbi_s04... In Michigan, my pond or my lake means I own the hole, but once water enters that hole, the state of Michigan has regulation over the water and the wildlife that is in it or on it. I can maintain it (meaning I can stock it how I please), but if the state HAS any knowledge of that pond, limit laws can be enforced and it can never be drained without DEQ's permission - under the laws that govern wetlands. -- Craig Baugher Be Confident, Focused, but most of all Have FUN! |
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I believe the same thing applies to farmlands and hunting. So if I own 500
acres... can I legally harvest deer from there 365 days a year? Nope! "Craig" wrote in message news:ACWRc.100687$8_6.30108@attbi_s04... In Michigan, my pond or my lake means I own the hole, but once water enters that hole, the state of Michigan has regulation over the water and the wildlife that is in it or on it. I can maintain it (meaning I can stock it how I please), but if the state HAS any knowledge of that pond, limit laws can be enforced and it can never be drained without DEQ's permission - under the laws that govern wetlands. -- Craig Baugher Be Confident, Focused, but most of all Have FUN! |
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Here you do not need a fishing license and the season is open all year long on
such a pond. Even so i think there is a guiding principle for most anglers that you don't let a fish go to spoil. That is exactly what happened when they threw the fish to a dog (as you say) and made it part of the TV show. |
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Here you do not need a fishing license and the season is open all year long on
such a pond. Even so i think there is a guiding principle for most anglers that you don't let a fish go to spoil. That is exactly what happened when they threw the fish to a dog (as you say) and made it part of the TV show. |
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Craig wrote:
In Michigan, my pond or my lake means I own the hole, but once water enters that hole, the state of Michigan has regulation over the water and the wildlife that is in it or on it. I can maintain it (meaning I can stock it how I please), but if the state HAS any knowledge of that pond, limit laws can be enforced and it can never be drained without DEQ's permission - under the laws that govern wetlands. That means your state is CRAZY, and you will never have any decent size fish in a small pond,, not for long anyway,, I would love to read that law,, surely it's posted some where on the internet ? Let me tell you that is not the case everywhere,, and it's sure not down south, our state has a little bit of brains when it comes to fish and game management -- Rodney Long, Inventor of the Long Shot "WIGGLE" rig, SpecTastic Thread Boomerang Fishing Pro. ,Stand Out Hooks ,Stand Out Lures, Mojo's Rock Hopper & Rig Saver weights, Decoy Activator and the EZKnot http://www.ezknot.com |
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Craig wrote:
In Michigan, my pond or my lake means I own the hole, but once water enters that hole, the state of Michigan has regulation over the water and the wildlife that is in it or on it. I can maintain it (meaning I can stock it how I please), but if the state HAS any knowledge of that pond, limit laws can be enforced and it can never be drained without DEQ's permission - under the laws that govern wetlands. That means your state is CRAZY, and you will never have any decent size fish in a small pond,, not for long anyway,, I would love to read that law,, surely it's posted some where on the internet ? Let me tell you that is not the case everywhere,, and it's sure not down south, our state has a little bit of brains when it comes to fish and game management -- Rodney Long, Inventor of the Long Shot "WIGGLE" rig, SpecTastic Thread Boomerang Fishing Pro. ,Stand Out Hooks ,Stand Out Lures, Mojo's Rock Hopper & Rig Saver weights, Decoy Activator and the EZKnot http://www.ezknot.com |
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I don't think you're going to find anyone here that's going to advocate you
"throwing away" a bass regardless of the circumstances. Warren -- http://www.warrenwolk.com/ http://www.tri-statebassmasters.com 2004 NJ B.A.S.S. Federation State Champions "Rodney" . wrote in message ... Craig wrote: Problem was, it was a dink. An undersized bass. Is our President above the law? The problem is You don't understand fish & game laws If I owned a pond,, I can catch and cook/throw away, 200 bass out of that pond in a single day, and have broken no laws. I could even drain that pond killing every fish in it, and have broken no laws. Farm ponds and lakes are not under limit laws of the states Limit laws are for the maintaining of species in "public" waters WHat part of " This lake is on my ranch" "I Built this lake 4 years ago " "I stocked this lake" "the fish biologist that checks this lake twice a year tells us to remove all undersize bass" Did you not understand -- Rodney Long, Inventor of the Long Shot "WIGGLE" rig, SpecTastic Thread Boomerang Fishing Pro. ,Stand Out Hooks ,Stand Out Lures, Mojo's Rock Hopper & Rig Saver weights, Decoy Activator and the EZKnot http://www.ezknot.com |
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I don't think you're going to find anyone here that's going to advocate you
"throwing away" a bass regardless of the circumstances. Warren -- http://www.warrenwolk.com/ http://www.tri-statebassmasters.com 2004 NJ B.A.S.S. Federation State Champions "Rodney" . wrote in message ... Craig wrote: Problem was, it was a dink. An undersized bass. Is our President above the law? The problem is You don't understand fish & game laws If I owned a pond,, I can catch and cook/throw away, 200 bass out of that pond in a single day, and have broken no laws. I could even drain that pond killing every fish in it, and have broken no laws. Farm ponds and lakes are not under limit laws of the states Limit laws are for the maintaining of species in "public" waters WHat part of " This lake is on my ranch" "I Built this lake 4 years ago " "I stocked this lake" "the fish biologist that checks this lake twice a year tells us to remove all undersize bass" Did you not understand -- Rodney Long, Inventor of the Long Shot "WIGGLE" rig, SpecTastic Thread Boomerang Fishing Pro. ,Stand Out Hooks ,Stand Out Lures, Mojo's Rock Hopper & Rig Saver weights, Decoy Activator and the EZKnot http://www.ezknot.com |
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Rodney wrote: "That means your state is CRAZY, and you will never have any
decent size fish in a small pond,, not for long anyway,, I would love to read that law,, surely it's posted some where on the internet ? " Reponses: Probably is, but don't look for me to go find it. Rodney wrote: "Let me tell you that is not the case everywhere,, and it's sure not down south, our state has a little bit of brains when it comes to fish and game management" Response: If George has anything to do with it, you're right, a little brain is involved - very little. The man is an idiot, who has stiffed way Too much coke!!! -- Craig Baugher Be Confident, Focused, but most of all Have FUN! |
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"Craig" wrote in message news:g4WRc.229267$a24.154013@attbi_s03... Problem was, it was a dink. An undersized bass. Is our President above the law? -- Craig Baugher Be Confident, Focused, but most of all Have FUN! Lots of places do not have size limits. In California, some lakes have a slot limit, and others a minimum size and others have no size limit. Bill |
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"Craig" wrote in message news:g4WRc.229267$a24.154013@attbi_s03... Problem was, it was a dink. An undersized bass. Is our President above the law? -- Craig Baugher Be Confident, Focused, but most of all Have FUN! Lots of places do not have size limits. In California, some lakes have a slot limit, and others a minimum size and others have no size limit. Bill |
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"Craig" wrote in message news:tEXRc.233206$%_6.50272@attbi_s01... Response: If George has anything to do with it, you're right, a little brain is involved - very little. The man is an idiot, who has stiffed way Too much coke!!! -- Craig Baugher Be Confident, Focused, but most of all Have FUN! AHA!!! The truth rears it's ugly head. You simply dislike Bush so therefore everything he does is subject to your disapproval. You have to remember the worst thing about U.S. politics is the politicians .... all of them. Budd |
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"Craig" wrote in message news:tEXRc.233206$%_6.50272@attbi_s01... Response: If George has anything to do with it, you're right, a little brain is involved - very little. The man is an idiot, who has stiffed way Too much coke!!! -- Craig Baugher Be Confident, Focused, but most of all Have FUN! AHA!!! The truth rears it's ugly head. You simply dislike Bush so therefore everything he does is subject to your disapproval. You have to remember the worst thing about U.S. politics is the politicians .... all of them. Budd |
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"Charles B. Summers" wrote in message .. . I believe the same thing applies to farmlands and hunting. So if I own 500 acres... can I legally harvest deer from there 365 days a year? Nope! Actually Charles, you can! If you have that 500 acres totally surrounded by fence, there were no deer there to begin with, and you paid for the deer that are now in there, you can hunt deer 365 days a year. High fence operations do that all the time. AND, you don't need to have a hunter's safety certificate, a hunting licence and you can use any weapon that your little ol' heart desires. -- Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods http://www.herefishyfishy.com |
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"Charles B. Summers" wrote in message .. . I believe the same thing applies to farmlands and hunting. So if I own 500 acres... can I legally harvest deer from there 365 days a year? Nope! Actually Charles, you can! If you have that 500 acres totally surrounded by fence, there were no deer there to begin with, and you paid for the deer that are now in there, you can hunt deer 365 days a year. High fence operations do that all the time. AND, you don't need to have a hunter's safety certificate, a hunting licence and you can use any weapon that your little ol' heart desires. -- Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods http://www.herefishyfishy.com |
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Charles B. Summers wrote:
I believe the same thing applies to farmlands and hunting. So if I own 500 acres... can I legally harvest deer from there 365 days a year? Nope! Only if it is high fenced off so no wild deer can come onto the land, and all deer there, you legally put on your land (imported), there are no native deer there. (native wild deer are property of the state, as they were not yours to start with, neither are their young, even if you fence them in) When a person builds a pound there is nothing there, everything must be purchased and stocked by the land owner,, these are no longer wild stock, the land owner owns the pound the water and everything in it,, this is true for Texas, and for Alabama, it might not be true for communist states (where the state claims ownership of anything they want to) WHy argue with me about this ,, just look it up -- Rodney Long, Inventor of the Long Shot "WIGGLE" rig, SpecTastic Thread Boomerang Fishing Pro. ,Stand Out Hooks ,Stand Out Lures, Mojo's Rock Hopper & Rig Saver weights, Decoy Activator and the EZKnot http://www.ezknot.com |
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go-bassn wrote:
I don't think you're going to find anyone here that's going to advocate you "throwing away" a bass regardless of the circumstances. That's one reason you have so few large bass in small compounds, we have a state park here, that has a sign on it's three lakes to take every bass out you catch, up to the 10 fish limit, that C&R has damaged the fishing in these three lakes I have a photo of that sign I can post to the other news group These lakes are small, the biggest being 100 acres. Game management requires just that, managing, and adjusting the slots and limits to each body of water for the correct balance of sized fish WHat's good on a 100,000 acre lake that has 1,000 fisherman fishing it a day, is not good for a 10 acre farm pond with two fishermen fishing it once a mouth. Some here complain about all the little bass they catch, take out some of those little bass and the others have food enough to become huge bass. When I have caught 40 + bass in a day, and none over 2 lbs, then that water is over stocked, it needs to be thinned out to grow some big ones, I have had many 40+ days on small private lakes and ponds, and all of them dinks, sure they are fun to catch, but I would have rather caught 10, 4 to 6 lb'ers, than 60, 1 lb'ers. I think some of you guys like a lot of "Hungry" fish :-) I like my bass well fed In most of our private lakes now we take out everything under 2 lbs, return the rest to keep growing, you won't/can't catch all the dinks, so there will always be bass coming up to size, especially with all those huge bass spawning every year -- Rodney Long, Inventor of the Long Shot "WIGGLE" rig, SpecTastic Thread Boomerang Fishing Pro. ,Stand Out Hooks ,Stand Out Lures, Mojo's Rock Hopper & Rig Saver weights, Decoy Activator and the EZKnot http://www.ezknot.com |
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go-bassn wrote:
I don't think you're going to find anyone here that's going to advocate you "throwing away" a bass regardless of the circumstances. That's one reason you have so few large bass in small compounds, we have a state park here, that has a sign on it's three lakes to take every bass out you catch, up to the 10 fish limit, that C&R has damaged the fishing in these three lakes I have a photo of that sign I can post to the other news group These lakes are small, the biggest being 100 acres. Game management requires just that, managing, and adjusting the slots and limits to each body of water for the correct balance of sized fish WHat's good on a 100,000 acre lake that has 1,000 fisherman fishing it a day, is not good for a 10 acre farm pond with two fishermen fishing it once a mouth. Some here complain about all the little bass they catch, take out some of those little bass and the others have food enough to become huge bass. When I have caught 40 + bass in a day, and none over 2 lbs, then that water is over stocked, it needs to be thinned out to grow some big ones, I have had many 40+ days on small private lakes and ponds, and all of them dinks, sure they are fun to catch, but I would have rather caught 10, 4 to 6 lb'ers, than 60, 1 lb'ers. I think some of you guys like a lot of "Hungry" fish :-) I like my bass well fed In most of our private lakes now we take out everything under 2 lbs, return the rest to keep growing, you won't/can't catch all the dinks, so there will always be bass coming up to size, especially with all those huge bass spawning every year -- Rodney Long, Inventor of the Long Shot "WIGGLE" rig, SpecTastic Thread Boomerang Fishing Pro. ,Stand Out Hooks ,Stand Out Lures, Mojo's Rock Hopper & Rig Saver weights, Decoy Activator and the EZKnot http://www.ezknot.com |
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C&R has nothing to do with root of the problem, though it doesn't help
improve it. The lakes you speak of are out of balance as a result of a weak link or links in their ecostystems. It also has nothing to do with the size of the lakes either, as vast water bodies can be subject to imbalances as well (although not as likely). Small lakes & ponds can & do have totally healthy, balanced predator/prey populations for decades. In your lakes bass are most likely the top predator. If they become stunted & overpopulated it's a result of a weakness far below them in the food chain that results in a significant lack of forage. This can be caused by lots of things, from lack of nursery cover to overstocking of predatory species. Basically everyone in there needs to eat when they're hungry. Ceasing C&R practices is nothing more than a temporary fix, it does nothing to solve the problem. And throwing away perfectly good bass is a rediculous waste of a resource. Warren "Rodney" wrote in message ... go-bassn wrote: I don't think you're going to find anyone here that's going to advocate you "throwing away" a bass regardless of the circumstances. That's one reason you have so few large bass in small compounds, we have a state park here, that has a sign on it's three lakes to take every bass out you catch, up to the 10 fish limit, that C&R has damaged the fishing in these three lakes I have a photo of that sign I can post to the other news group These lakes are small, the biggest being 100 acres. Game management requires just that, managing, and adjusting the slots and limits to each body of water for the correct balance of sized fish WHat's good on a 100,000 acre lake that has 1,000 fisherman fishing it a day, is not good for a 10 acre farm pond with two fishermen fishing it once a mouth. Some here complain about all the little bass they catch, take out some of those little bass and the others have food enough to become huge bass. When I have caught 40 + bass in a day, and none over 2 lbs, then that water is over stocked, it needs to be thinned out to grow some big ones, I have had many 40+ days on small private lakes and ponds, and all of them dinks, sure they are fun to catch, but I would have rather caught 10, 4 to 6 lb'ers, than 60, 1 lb'ers. I think some of you guys like a lot of "Hungry" fish :-) I like my bass well fed In most of our private lakes now we take out everything under 2 lbs, return the rest to keep growing, you won't/can't catch all the dinks, so there will always be bass coming up to size, especially with all those huge bass spawning every year -- Rodney Long, Inventor of the Long Shot "WIGGLE" rig, SpecTastic Thread Boomerang Fishing Pro. ,Stand Out Hooks ,Stand Out Lures, Mojo's Rock Hopper & Rig Saver weights, Decoy Activator and the EZKnot http://www.ezknot.com |
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C&R has nothing to do with root of the problem, though it doesn't help
improve it. The lakes you speak of are out of balance as a result of a weak link or links in their ecostystems. It also has nothing to do with the size of the lakes either, as vast water bodies can be subject to imbalances as well (although not as likely). Small lakes & ponds can & do have totally healthy, balanced predator/prey populations for decades. In your lakes bass are most likely the top predator. If they become stunted & overpopulated it's a result of a weakness far below them in the food chain that results in a significant lack of forage. This can be caused by lots of things, from lack of nursery cover to overstocking of predatory species. Basically everyone in there needs to eat when they're hungry. Ceasing C&R practices is nothing more than a temporary fix, it does nothing to solve the problem. And throwing away perfectly good bass is a rediculous waste of a resource. Warren "Rodney" wrote in message ... go-bassn wrote: I don't think you're going to find anyone here that's going to advocate you "throwing away" a bass regardless of the circumstances. That's one reason you have so few large bass in small compounds, we have a state park here, that has a sign on it's three lakes to take every bass out you catch, up to the 10 fish limit, that C&R has damaged the fishing in these three lakes I have a photo of that sign I can post to the other news group These lakes are small, the biggest being 100 acres. Game management requires just that, managing, and adjusting the slots and limits to each body of water for the correct balance of sized fish WHat's good on a 100,000 acre lake that has 1,000 fisherman fishing it a day, is not good for a 10 acre farm pond with two fishermen fishing it once a mouth. Some here complain about all the little bass they catch, take out some of those little bass and the others have food enough to become huge bass. When I have caught 40 + bass in a day, and none over 2 lbs, then that water is over stocked, it needs to be thinned out to grow some big ones, I have had many 40+ days on small private lakes and ponds, and all of them dinks, sure they are fun to catch, but I would have rather caught 10, 4 to 6 lb'ers, than 60, 1 lb'ers. I think some of you guys like a lot of "Hungry" fish :-) I like my bass well fed In most of our private lakes now we take out everything under 2 lbs, return the rest to keep growing, you won't/can't catch all the dinks, so there will always be bass coming up to size, especially with all those huge bass spawning every year -- Rodney Long, Inventor of the Long Shot "WIGGLE" rig, SpecTastic Thread Boomerang Fishing Pro. ,Stand Out Hooks ,Stand Out Lures, Mojo's Rock Hopper & Rig Saver weights, Decoy Activator and the EZKnot http://www.ezknot.com |
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"Lure builder" wrote in message
... i think there is a guiding principle for most anglers that you don't let a fish go to spoil. I'm embarrased to admit it, but you've said something here that makes, well, sense. ROTFLMAO, never thought I'd say that! Warren |
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In Michigan, my pond or my lake means I own the hole, but once water enters
that hole, the state of Michigan has regulation over the water and the wildlife that is in it or on it Wow - glad I don't own property there - uh, you can own property? Or do you just occupy it for the state? Ronnie http://fishing.about.com |
Catch & Release
I believe the same thing applies to farmlands and hunting.
Game animals and birds are different. They can move from one property to another. Fish in my pond ain't likely to show up a mile away in public water. Maybe if the is a big flood, but not normally. Ronnie http://fishing.about.com |
Catch & Release
I believe the same thing applies to farmlands and hunting.
Game animals and birds are different. They can move from one property to another. Fish in my pond ain't likely to show up a mile away in public water. Maybe if the is a big flood, but not normally. Ronnie http://fishing.about.com |
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