cland today.... Oh my garsh....big ole brownfish and idiots...

Okay, here is my Cumberland story. I am at the lake yesterday playing in my little Zodiac inflatable with the 5 horse kicker on it. I am riding with my dog along, doing S patterns oblivious to everything and minding my own business when some jerk cast a staysee right by me. Boy was I mad. I stop to let my dog pee. Later I idle pass to stuck up guys that I nodded and grinned at them and they were so rude they didn’t even wave or anything. Some People! LMAO!

To top it all off, I am pretty sure that one of those guys stuck a big smallie in his livewell and was going to take it to a taxidermist!

Ryan,
Good fish, no doubt. Why are you mounting 5 lbers? Put them brownies back where they belong! I caught 4 this year over 5 with the biggest being a 6.4 from Laurel. I caught one that was a lil over 5 in Pumpkin creek about 2 weeks ago. If i get one over 7 ill put it on the wall....Ryan please put the 5lbers back next time..

Jonas

[quote=jonasseed;349548]Ryan,
Good fish, no doubt. Why are you mounting 5 lbers? Put them brownies back where they belong! I caught 4 this year over 5 with the biggest being a 6.4 from Laurel. I caught one that was a lil over 5 in Pumpkin creek about 2 weeks ago. If i get one over 7 ill put it on the wall....Ryan please put the 5lbers back next time..

Jonas[/quote]

well jonas far as i can see i got a whole lot a money tied up in fishin and if i want to keep a fish i can.... what do yall do with them stripers that come up and die after a long fight.... it aint no different... and anyways its just one fish..... i wouldnt say a word to yall if u kept a fish it dont make a difference to me as long as u follow the regulations....

Do fish really get larger than 4lbs??? I would love to see one of those myself, heck I will even through it back to grow bigger (after the tourney weigh-in ofcourse)....LOL Happy New Year all and good luck wettin the lines!!

Rob

Nice fish do not blame you at all. To each their own as long as you follow the rules. CONGRATS ON THE FISH

For the life of me, I just don't understand why you'd want a mounted fish instead of a digital picture framed up as an 8 X 10, or even blown way up to poster size. The picture would show you and the fish and that proves where it came from. The fish on the wall only proves its dead, not who caught it, where or when. Ever seen a mounted real fish after about 10 years? They are usually so faded, dust encrusted, and cob webbed that they become a real eyesore. A replica mount I think is a sham, cause anybody can take a 2 pound fish picture to the fabircator, and have them make it up to be a 10 pounder instead. Guess I'm just too much a techno geek, but ain't no dead animals of any type being hung up on this kid's walls. I think hanging dead fish on the wall ranks right up there with the insanity of having an empty beer bottle collection. If I want to impress someone, they are gonna see my full frig of full brewskis while we play the CD of fishing pics on the 42 inch flat panel. Besides, ya spent money for gas to get to the lake, gas for the boat, ramp fee, money for munchies, a couple bucks on fishing tackle, and maybe some bait money, only to then add to that cost by taking the FREE fish you caught and spending maybe $100 to $200 more to make a wall hanger out of it? Take the digital picture, and use the money not spent on making a dust collector to buy a couple cases of good brew and a good bottle of burbon. After 4 beers and 3 shots of burbon, I guarantee you that fish will look much better on the flat panel than on the wall. PS. The CD of fish pictures can be taken to your friends houses, ya want to spend half a day loading the truck with dead wall hangers to get the same opportunity to display your catch? Just my opinion, I might be wrong.

eat it, mount it, toss it back, its your nickle, or your $200.00 trip go for it and congrats.
We live bait fish and in my eyes our fish are no where near the trophey's you guys that pay your dues on those made or bought baits....IM thankful I live here and can enjoy the fishing everyday I like to and read the stories on here about others who have enjoyed there trip,

Some keyboard jockey's havent been on the lake in late December, and understand the whole issue

Great fish! What's the big deal? It was a legal fish. You are perfectly within your rights to keep the fish and do with it whatever you choose. Whether you throw it back, mount it or eat it, the choice is your's. Lots of people get all up tight when bass are not released, and some of these are the same people that will fill their livewells with all the crappie that the law will allow. What's the difference? Just be thankful that he didn't keep his limit, which he was entitled to do.

[QUOTE=ryan_ekubass;349552]well jonas far as i can see i got a whole lot a money tied up in fishin and if i want to keep a fish i can.... what do yall do with them stripers that come up and die after a long fight.... it aint no different... and anyways its just one fish..... i wouldnt say a word to yall if u kept a fish it dont make a difference to me as long as u follow the regulations....[/QUOTE]

You keep those fish and don't think anything about it. It's your trophy, and you deserve to enjoy it any way you want to. I was dumb and ATE the first 5lb smallmouth I caught!:eek::eek:. And I have yet to catch another one. I am trying though, it will be going on the wall.

Nice fish and I would guess hard earned. The fish is legal to keep so I would do whatever I wanted with it. I think the fish and wildlife people from both states may have it set up so you don't devastate the lake by keeping a legal smallmouth. Heck, according to them you can keep one of these a day every day of the year. You keep one and catch flak over it, give me a break.

[QUOTE=stickbait;349611]Nice fish and I would guess hard earned. The fish is legal to keep so I would do whatever I wanted with it. I think the fish and wildlife people from both states may have it set up so you don't devastate the lake by keeping a legal smallmouth. Heck, according to them you can keep one of these a day every day of the year. You keep one and catch flak over it, give me a break.[/QUOTE]

This comment echoes my thoughts on this also. By the way, I do have a couple on the wall myself. The one in my avitar is a 8lb 2oz.

What's the difference between mounting a 5 lb'er vs. a 7+ lb'er. The end result is the same if doing a skin mount. I catch and release all bass and just about every other fish, but he caught that fish out of a huge lake that is full of them. It's not like he ate it out of a stream that is 20 foot wide.