DEAD bass was up after Tourney on KY Lake.

[creekrock]

the fish weren't wantonly wasted.

“to intentionally waste something negligently or inappropriately.”
I think it could be argued they knew or should have known that a large amount of fish would die given the circumstances and conditions.

[MagikSmallie]

“to intentionally waste something negligently or inappropriately.”
I think it could be argued they knew or should have known that a large amount of fish would die given the circumstances and conditions.

But the term wanton means that the waste was intentional, which it was not, the intention which could be proven was to release the fish unharmed!

[cghuntcms]

But the term wanton means that the waste was intentional, which it was not, the intention which could be proven was to release the fish unharmed!

I shoulda' just left this alone.

I attend an after work, office party. I very rarely drink. But this particular Friday signaled the end of a very stressful week. Its now dark. On the way home I fail to observe a pedestrian carrying a gas can on the side of the road. I strike & kill him. I can testify I didn't intend to drink more than one beer. I can testify I didn't intend on drving under the influence. I can honestly testify that I didn't intend on hitting the pedestrian. I'm charged with vehicular manslaughter. I spend 18 months in prison.

No, it didn't happen to me, but this did happen to someone I know. Intentions may be honorable, but they don't count in the final compilation of events.

I don't fish competitively. I fish for fun & for the healthy, delicious meals associated with a successful trip. I'm bothered with the photo of dead fish floating on the water. If, IF the Kentucky Fish & Wildlife department is left alone to exercise their professional knowledge on managing our lakes & fish for the general residents of KY, then I can live with that. I concentrate my fishing trips on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, & Thursdays.

[SLP]

With all due respect I find the comparison of someone killing another person while recklessly driving illegally over the limit to a fish dying after a sportsman legally catches it but instead of keeping chooses to release with the hopes and intentions that it would live just ridiculous. Sounds like some PETA talk and reasoning right there.

[cghuntcms]

With all due respect I find the comparison of someone killing another person while recklessly driving illegally over the limit to a fish dying after a sportsman legally catches it but instead of keeping chooses to release with the hopes and intentions that it would live just ridiculous. Sounds like some PETA talk and reasoning right there.

Wrong comparison. I was discussing intent / intentions. Regardless of the purity of one's intention, we're each responsible for our actions. I shoulda' left it alone.

[SLP]

Wrong comparison. I was discussing intent / intentions. Regardless of the purity of one's intention, we're each responsible for our actions. I shoulda' left it alone.

I understood that, I just think comparing the "intent" of a drunk driver who kills an innocent person to that of a fisherman who releases a fish that dies is a very poor analogy.

[kstonich]

I think when we start comparing drunk drivers killing people and comparing it to a dead fish we have reached the proverbial " Jump the Shark" moment on this subject.