Mr. Opus McDopus wrote:
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Hi All,

If the regulations wherever you lived were changed such that you had to
kill fish within a slot, but quit fishing when you had a limit, how
would this affect your fishing?

Really not worth considerin', unless folks like yourself are able to
infiltrate North Carolina's Wildlife Commission.

Would you continue to fish and would
you support a regulation like this?

I follow whatever the regulations of my state are--or the state I happen
to
be fishin' in at the moment--but I certainly wouldn't support such a
hair-brained scheme.

Do you think the quality of
fishing, interms of quality fish caught as well as quality of the
experience (people astream) would go up or down?

It's a ridiculous question, but for the sake of argument, DOWN!

So you would agree with these regulations (as opposed to completely
unlimited catch and release)?

What part of "I certainly wouldn't support such a hair-brained scheme,"
don't you understand?

Tim, you remind me of a Christian religious zealot (the only ones I'm
familiar with) who can't be satisfied livin' his own life. No, he has to
try to convert everyone he meets, to his brand of religious zealotry. Not
content to live his sad life. He must try to drag everyone he meets down to
the depths of despair into with he has descended.

Op

Op,

Serious question:

Specifically, why is a regulation that, at the minimum:

1) shows respect for a wild animal
2) improves the quality of fishng and the health of the fishery
3) creates a defensible position for the future of angling

A "hair-brained" scheme?

Also, I am NOT the one ramming this down anyones's throats. In the 2006
Colorado fishing pamphlet there are more and more rivers under
ridiculous regulations and 'Catch and Release Recommended" signs
erected by trout unlimited mavens along the stream. This is an absolute
attack on me as an angler. I do NOT support the current 'trend' in
flyfishing regulations where the 'conservation leaders' have the BALLS
to espouse angling 'competitions' on the public, moving waters of
Colorado and then lie that it is 'for conservation'. No way should we
use a wild animal like this and no way will I buy the spooge these
people are selling. But, please, do NOT say that I am forcing anything
down anyone's throats, just the opposite, I am protecting my right to
fish to catch, kill and eat fish.

Thanks,

TBone