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Fishing the Spawn. Ethical or Not?
I am sure this question has been posed here before, but I can't remember the
answers, so here it goes. Do you feel it is ethical to fish during the spawn? And if so to what level? Catch and Release on the spot. Tournament style Catch and Release. I am not against fishing the spawn myself, as long and catch and release is practiced to the tournament style level. I have seen things that are a lot more devastating to the bass population than catch and release fishing the spawn. --- Chuck Coger http://www.fishin-pro.com |
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Fishing the Spawn. Ethical or Not?
Catch and Release on the spot.
Tournament style Catch and Release what is the difference between these 2 methods? Thanks |
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Fishing the Spawn. Ethical or Not?
I will share with you the answer I replied with at the outdoors forum.
Let's have a general understanding. The female bass is a little hussies. She swims along the first major breakline and waits for a suitable male to come a courting. If she feels he is worthy, she swims to his nest and lays some of her eggs and then off she goes to let him guard the nest while she goes and waits for another suitable male to come along. She will continue laying her eggs in serveral nests until she has laid all of her eggs. She does this to ensure at least some of her babies will survive. So while there is a lot of stress on the smaller male bass during spawn, the female's stress level is a lot less. She can also be pulled and released miles away from the nest in which she was caught with no harm being done, because the male is the one who guards the nest. She will probably go, after being released, to the next spawning area and flirt with those males. The cool thing about pro's is that they don't play with a fish. They typically use heavier line, bigger rods, and horse a fish into the boat as fast as they can, while it is the Am using light line and tackle that play with a bass too long. They don't do it on purpose, they just don't have the equipment or skills. They just hold on until the fish gets tired, and this is what kills or injures a fish. Because all the muscles in a fish secretes an acid (latic?) that can cause temporary paralysis, opening the fish up to attack by other fish or animals. If serverly stressed this acid can destroy her eggs. So if you are going to fish a spawning nest, know that the smaller male protects the nest so don't fish for them. If you are going to catch a big female, have the equipment to pull her in as fast as you can. But better yet, fish along the first major breakline and concentrate your efforts on the bigger females, and those bass in pre or post-spawn mode. -- Craig Baugher Living in The United States, and Loving It! Practicing My Freedom of Speech, and Enjoying It! Knowing how to Thank those that paid for it, by Honoring It! God Bless America, and Those That Serve It! |
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Fishing the Spawn. Ethical or Not?
Great answer Craig....had knowledge behind it too! That is how my son
and Mike Long fish the spawn for the big females....and they catch them again the next year g...no harm at all. |
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Fishing the Spawn. Ethical or Not?
The difference would be releasing them at the bed you caught them on.
Or releasing them at a tournie weigh in. --- Chuck Coger http://www.fishin-pro.com "J Buck" wrote in message ... Catch and Release on the spot. Tournament style Catch and Release what is the difference between these 2 methods? Thanks |
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Fishing the Spawn. Ethical or Not?
Ok, thank you. Have fished off and on all my life but never in
tournaments and wasn't aware of the term. The difference would be releasing them at the bed you caught them on. Or releasing them at a tournie weigh in Catch and Release on the spot. Tournament style Catch and Release what is the difference between these 2 methods? Thanks |
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Fishing the Spawn. Ethical or Not?
To me, its pretty much a moot point. In my home state of Pa., bass season is
closed from april to june. Bass caught must be immeadiately released. No tournaments are permitted until bass season opens in mid-june. It is also illegal to cast to a bass on a visble nest so basicly, if you can see the bass gaurding a nest or in the act of spawning, its illegal to fish for him/them. -Zimmy |
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Fishing the Spawn. Ethical or Not?
Do you feel it is ethical to fish during the spawn?
I wrote an article for Outdoorfrontiers.com about this - http://outdoorfrontiers.com/modules....article&sid=15 if you are interested in a long answer. Ronnie http://fishing.about.com |
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Fishing the Spawn. Ethical or Not?
Most of the spawn seasons here for game fish are shut down by reg. There is a
few that are not such as salmon. If it is legal then the ethical arguement should not come into the picture. If you pose such ethical arguements that overide legal rights to fish you will give anti-angling types a forum. JMHO |
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Fishing the Spawn. Ethical or Not?
I thought the rule in P.A was you were not allowed more than 1 cast to a
spawning bass, not that it could really be enforced "G. M. Zimmermann" wrote in message ... To me, its pretty much a moot point. In my home state of Pa., bass season is closed from april to june. Bass caught must be immeadiately released. No tournaments are permitted until bass season opens in mid-june. It is also illegal to cast to a bass on a visble nest so basicly, if you can see the bass gaurding a nest or in the act of spawning, its illegal to fish for him/them. -Zimmy |
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