What are you trying to do Greg, get me kicked off yet another fishing website
Got kicked off Technical Fisherman when it was active, and I have a self-imposed sabbatical from Tidal Fish over the circle hook regulations
Looks like the classic, "Do as I say, not as I do" situation to me. I believe it actually proves how durable these fish are in cooler waters. They are not the dainty sensitive fish we are lead to believe.
To have one out of the water long enough to measure, take a scale, hold improperly (at least that's what we've been told), and then release, takes a while.
DNR was issuing tickets to fishermen in the susquehanna last year for taking the fish OUT OF THE WATER for a photo. The newest "quote" making it's rounds is to only keep the fish out as long as YOU can hold your breath.
Finally, holding those fish up against your body is "supposed" to remove the slime barrier and we are to believe they will either get infected or die.
If I catch a cow during PSCR, I automatically get told that she is going to release her eggs and NOT spawn this year
Just like any Government agency, there are different rules for us vs. them.
Also:
Just this past Saturday, on the Allan Ellis Outdoorsman Show" there was a fisheries biologist speaking about the trophy season. He said, the trophy season in Maryland accounts for less than 2% (and more likely 1%) of the big cows taken throughout the year
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