Jacobson Pig and keeping bass

[sglass]

Was out yesterday and watched a guy catch a TOAD off a large beetle spin with a tube attached to the hook. I was close to him and held it up and looked at her easy 5 maybe pushing 6 because she was FULL of eggs. Sad thing is he stuck her on a medal stringer and kept on fishing. Now I will keep bass from 12 to say 15 inches but anything over or anything with eggs in it any species i let go to make more fish. I know most folks are strongly against keeping bass on here and like I said I do keep a few small ones but a toad like that on the nest.....NO!! I also watched a guy fill a stringer full of everything he was catching. Pretty sure he broke limits on cats and gills and I doubt he had a trout stamp. I am under the assumption that there is no warden for Fayette? Why make a FINS lake then if they cant enforce it? Rant over!!

Shawn

[bigjack1]

Was out yesterday and watched a guy catch a TOAD off a large beetle spin with a tube attached to the hook. I was close to him and held it up and looked at her easy 5 maybe pushing 6 because she was FULL of eggs. Sad thing is he stuck her on a medal stringer and kept on fishing. Now I will keep bass from 12 to say 15 inches but anything over or anything with eggs in it any species i let go to make more fish. I know most folks are strongly against keeping bass on here and like I said I do keep a few small ones but a toad like that on the nest.....NO!! I also watched a guy fill a stringer full of everything he was catching. Pretty sure he broke limits on cats and gills and I doubt he had a trout stamp. I am under the assumption that there is no warden for Fayette? Why make a FINS lake then if they cant enforce it? Rant over!!

Shawn

I strongly urge you to contact your local wardens and alert them to what you have witnessed ! They will want to know, one or two fish hogs can ruin an otherwise successful program

[mhall]

The only bass I ever keep are Spots about 10 to 13 inches long they are some fine eating. I always release largeheads and especially smallmouth that is a sin to cut a brown one...my opinion.

I eat a few stripers but release way more than I keep. I love crappie and will eat the tar out of some big Gills. My favorite fish is Sauger with walleye a close second.

I have seen what you seen many times it is what it is, however the illegal stuff needs to be reported as I agree with the bigjack1.

[boskeet]

I was at Cumberland a few weeks back putting the boat in just as a bass tournament was finishing up the weigh in. The teams were walking their fish bags down the ramp to release their catch and you wouldn't believe how many just dumped the fish in 6 inches of water and walked off. No effort to revive them or make sure they were in the water enough to swim off. By the time I was unloaded, there was 5 or 6 bass floating belly up that the tournament guys had killed. I don't bass fish but it still bothered me. I thought those were the guys who practiced conservation and catch and release....

This is slightly off subject and I apologize but reading this thread reminded me of how pissed I was. Carry on.

[DJD]

I was at Cumberland a few weeks back putting the boat in just as a bass tournament was finishing up the weigh in. The teams were walking their fish bags down the ramp to release their catch and you wouldn't believe how many just dumped the fish in 6 inches of water and walked off. No effort to revive them or make sure they were in the water enough to swim off. By the time I was unloaded, there was 5 or 6 bass floating belly up that the tournament guys had killed. I don't bass fish but it still bothered me. I thought those were the guys who practiced conservation and catch and release....

This is slightly off subject and I apologize but reading this thread reminded me of how pissed I was. Carry on.

Unfortunately, being a tournament angler means your fishing for money that can bring out the worst in people. There are few qualifications on local tournaments other than having money and meeting safety and boating requirements.

Now some guys do a great job of caring for their fish but sadly many don't. I have seen anglers with large bags of fish waiting in line to weigh in and setting their plastic weigh-in bag full of bass on the hot asphalt. I have also seen folks do what you described. I have always taken good care of my fish and have even stayed around the release site to help fish recover that were beat up during the process.

What you see on the water is just a slice of the population that you see driving or working everyday. Good and bad in all things and like I said toss money on the table and egos get busted or inflated. Prolly still more good than bad out there fishing tournaments.

[boskeet]

Unfortunately, being a tournament angler means your fishing for money that can bring out the worst in people. There are few qualifications on local tournaments other than having money and meeting safety and boating requirements.

Now some guys do a great job of caring for their fish but sadly many don't. I have seen anglers with large bags of fish waiting in line to weigh in and setting their plastic weigh-in bag full of bass on the hot asphalt. I have also seen folks do what you described. I have always taken good care of my fish and have even stayed around the release site to help fish recover that were beat up during the process.

What you see on the water is just a slice of the population that you see driving or working everyday. Good and bad in all things and like I said toss money on the table and egos get busted or inflated. Prolly still more good than bad out there fishing tournaments.

I agree with you about this being done by the minority. I wasn't meaning to label tournament anglers as all bad guys. You're correct in that a lot of guys do it the right way. I'd just never seen anyone be so blatant about dumping their fish before and it shocked me I guess.

[mhall]

Unfortunately, being a tournament angler means your fishing for money that can bring out the worst in people. There are few qualifications on local tournaments other than having money and meeting safety and boating requirements.

Now some guys do a great job of caring for their fish but sadly many don't. I have seen anglers with large bags of fish waiting in line to weigh in and setting their plastic weigh-in bag full of bass on the hot asphalt. I have also seen folks do what you described. I have always taken good care of my fish and have even stayed around the release site to help fish recover that were beat up during the process.

What you see on the water is just a slice of the population that you see driving or working everyday. Good and bad in all things and like I said toss money on the table and egos get busted or inflated. Prolly still more good than bad out there fishing tournaments.

Don you and guys like you are the minority I'm afraid. I personally think their should be limits on tourneys held especially in the summer and yes many hate me saying that but thats how I feel. I mean are we trying to help the fisheries or are we trying to help Bubba be like Ike.

Come on MAN..............

[DJD]

Don you and guys like you are the minority I'm afraid. I personally think their should be limits on tourneys held especially in the summer and yes many hate me saying that but thats how I feel. I mean are we trying to help the fisheries or are we trying to help Bubba be like Ike.

Come on MAN..............

Man I agree...to be honest I really didn't care to fish tournys in the heat of the summer...I became pretty good at caring for my fish with ice in bottles, additional aeration and chemicals that help with stress. I never lost a fish from negligence on my part. A tongue hooked or gut hooked bass may die but that can happen to anyone.

Back to the original thought....I have witnessed what can happen with loose lips and bass fishing hotspots or small creeks in general. I remember finding some great fish pre-fishing for a big open tourny back in West Lake Toho in Cental Florida. My PARTNER wanted so bad to tell his buddies (guides no less) about how we were going to clean up. He also told a few competitors about our (MY!!) section of the lake and the pattern and THEN went to check them twice before the tourny day. Man to say I was pissed was an understatement...we never fished another tourny together again. Still good friends but we fish for fun when I am down there. Ohh and we took 5th out of 150+ boats and my spot was dead but i had backup patterns that he never knew about. Live and learn.

[mhall]

Loose lips..................Sink Ships....always have, always will

[TimE]

Don you and guys like you are the minority I'm afraid. I personally think their should be limits on tourneys held especially in the summer and yes many hate me saying that but thats how I feel. I mean are we trying to help the fisheries or are we trying to help Bubba be like Ike.

Come on MAN..............

You do know the mortality rate of released stripers, right? Maybe we should put a season on striper fishing for those who don't understand the reason behind the daily limits. See how this works?

[mhall]

You do know the mortality rate of released stripers, right? Maybe we should put a season on striper fishing for those who don't understand the reason behind the daily limits. See how this works?

Naw......but thanks chief for the lesson, lol. Yea I'm real aware of when you can and can not release Stripers due to depth caught and or related water temps. I was taught in a far away land many light years ago by the Striper Sensai Andrew Paul Bradbury and I would stack him against anybody.

Thanks though.....lol

[mhall]

Oh and some of you should re-read this thread, not one single person on this thread slammed anybody for keeping within the law they only stated what ''THEY'' do as a topic of conversation. There are some on this site that need to get that chip off their shoulder, banter back and forth should be just that. Too many estragen emotions on here lately, good Lord fellas take it down a notch.