would you keep more?

[skinner]

Once you start paying for the Saltwater license would you keep more fish?

[Monty]

No, I only keep a few fish each year. One has no influence on the other to me.

[Frankiesurf]

Definitely not.

You bring up a good point though. There may be some who do to be vindictive to the government. Those are the not so bright ones who only hurt themselves in the long run.

[finchaser]

no way,they aren't going to buy us more fish with the money they collect:huh:

[fishinmission78]

You bring up a good point though. There may be some who do to be vindictive to the government.

There are already a few guys who do that at IBSP. They justify it because of the fee for a yearly ORV pass, that they can catch short and extra bass. They have a big cooler on the front rack for the official fish and a small cooler hidden inside for the short fish. I have been close enough to hear some of these tools say they deserve the fish because of the fees they pay. I don't expect it will be any different when guys have to shell out more buxx for the license.

[gjb1969]

no good:beatin::burn: that kind of stuff is no good

[vpass]

No, I won't keep more because it cost more to fish. It might force me to fish more. :d

[surfwalker]

No, I won't keep more fish. That license is not an excuse to justify taking more fish.

[plugcrazy]

Catch and Release is the way to go in order to preserve the fish. If everyone looked at it that way then in a few years they would all be depleted.

[Hemi]

i would not
i keep dinner if i feel like eating fish
1 fish here another there
i do not enjoy eating frozen fish
so im not saven nothing either

[nitestrikes]

Catch and Release is the way to go in order to preserve the fish. If everyone looked at it that way then in a few years they would all be depleted.


I don't always agree with that, we should be able to eat fish if we want to. Otherwise what's the point. I do agree that there are people who take more of a resource because they have to pay.

Look at a buffet at a diner for example, all you can eat. How many people do you know who will go to a buffet and only have one plate? Most of the people I know will have 2 or 3. I know guys with boats who say, "it cost me $200 for my trip on the water today, and I'm filling my cooler with fish." Thats ok if the fish are legal, but I have been on head boat trips where guys keep shorts. They say they paid for them because the trip costs so much. I think that is human nature, and skinner isn't too far off the mark. I don't know if he is a guy who would do this or not, but I know a few who do it regularly.

[Pebbles]

Don't shoot me guys for this :eek: but I have only caught one small striper which was last year. This is in all my years of fishing. I have to honestly say if I caught a big striper I would probably bring it home. Sorry, how could I not show it off to my kids and my dad? Pictures are good but the actual thing is more impressive. I promise you if I were to ever catch another I would throw it back.