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So while we anxiously await our impending trophy season regulations I ask you SRRKC bretheran these questions. I know this can be a touchy subject but here goes anyway, and BE HONEST.
How many trophy fish do you honestly kill during the season? Do you keep one for yourself, do you try and catch one for everyone who comes on your boat, do you keep more than you can honestly eat so that you can give some fresh fish to others who are not so fortunate to get out on the water, do you kill everythhing within your creel limit that hits the deck every time out, do you C&R big fish????
I ususally kill one fish for myself to share amongst my father and myself, but this year I don't know if I want to do that. If I have someone out with me who wants fish they obviously can keep their creel, but I try and let people know, especially if I there are 4 of us, that 2 fish will be enough to feed all of us, this will probably be where I get my fish for my father and myself this year. I usually tell co-workers who want meat that they have to wait until 18" season before I'll cough up any meat. I have C&R'd in the past out of necessity and just because but I am having second thoughts about that as well. I think if the rules come out as expected there will be more C&R involved, which brings me to my second question???
Do you trophy hunters always use stinger hooks? do you pinch the barbs, do you drop to single hooks?? I ask this b/c if a fish is going to sustain a mortal wound it is usually the direct result of the inhalation of a stinger hook deep.
What say yee.....
I ask these questions because I love the opportunity to catch these big fish. It is the one time of the year when we can do it in our own backyard. After having spent all winter chasing slimy green things it is nice to go out and smoke something that pulls. I'm torn, just like everyone else I want to get in on the experience, but for the past few years I have really started to not look forward to trophy season as much and its bumming me out.
Clancy
How many trophy fish do you honestly kill during the season? Do you keep one for yourself, do you try and catch one for everyone who comes on your boat, do you keep more than you can honestly eat so that you can give some fresh fish to others who are not so fortunate to get out on the water, do you kill everythhing within your creel limit that hits the deck every time out, do you C&R big fish????
I ususally kill one fish for myself to share amongst my father and myself, but this year I don't know if I want to do that. If I have someone out with me who wants fish they obviously can keep their creel, but I try and let people know, especially if I there are 4 of us, that 2 fish will be enough to feed all of us, this will probably be where I get my fish for my father and myself this year. I usually tell co-workers who want meat that they have to wait until 18" season before I'll cough up any meat. I have C&R'd in the past out of necessity and just because but I am having second thoughts about that as well. I think if the rules come out as expected there will be more C&R involved, which brings me to my second question???
Do you trophy hunters always use stinger hooks? do you pinch the barbs, do you drop to single hooks?? I ask this b/c if a fish is going to sustain a mortal wound it is usually the direct result of the inhalation of a stinger hook deep.
What say yee.....
I ask these questions because I love the opportunity to catch these big fish. It is the one time of the year when we can do it in our own backyard. After having spent all winter chasing slimy green things it is nice to go out and smoke something that pulls. I'm torn, just like everyone else I want to get in on the experience, but for the past few years I have really started to not look forward to trophy season as much and its bumming me out.
Clancy