06-28-2011, 12:36 PM
In the last couple weeks as more folks have started to get out and fishing I've noticed quite a few suckers rotting on the bank. I was fishing with some friends over the weekend as well and they just about had a fit when I pulled a couple suckers in and released them like I do any other fish I'm not going to keep. They tried to convince me that F&G has a kill order out for them, but I'll believe that when I see it...I've been all over regs and the F&G site and haven't seen a thing about it.
I might have been more willing to listen to them on the subject if they had any respect for the fish they were pulling in. Out of 4 cutts my friend pulled in on the SF (not going to be fishing with him anymore btw) he KEPT 2, and the other two were gut-hooked and he threw them back after squeezing them and ripping the hook out. Then he caught a 13 inch brown and decided to follow the regs for whatever reason, he already had two illegal cutts in his cooler, and to return it gave it to another guy that was there who threw him in a 6' high arc to get him back in the water. I was beside myself at that point and just couldn't fish with the guys anymore. I don't necessarily agree that anglers shouldn't be able to harvest cutts out of the SF with how many I've caught this year, but I'm not going to disobey the regs on it, and to completely disrespect the fish you're already disturbing in a major way just toasts my cookies.
Anyway, the real subject here is suckers. Kill or throw back?
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I might have been more willing to listen to them on the subject if they had any respect for the fish they were pulling in. Out of 4 cutts my friend pulled in on the SF (not going to be fishing with him anymore btw) he KEPT 2, and the other two were gut-hooked and he threw them back after squeezing them and ripping the hook out. Then he caught a 13 inch brown and decided to follow the regs for whatever reason, he already had two illegal cutts in his cooler, and to return it gave it to another guy that was there who threw him in a 6' high arc to get him back in the water. I was beside myself at that point and just couldn't fish with the guys anymore. I don't necessarily agree that anglers shouldn't be able to harvest cutts out of the SF with how many I've caught this year, but I'm not going to disobey the regs on it, and to completely disrespect the fish you're already disturbing in a major way just toasts my cookies.
Anyway, the real subject here is suckers. Kill or throw back?
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