01-20-2012, 04:05 AM
I just wanted to get some feedback on a situation that happened last summer that is still really eating at me, so here goes.
I love to fish at Twin Lakes, and every summer we get a camping spot for a few days and the family shows up and we fish. This past summer we arrived at our spot, and I had the opportunity to talk with the people who were just leaving, moving to a different location on the lake because we had reserved the spot ahead of time.
The older gentleman began to tell me how he and his son had been camped at that spot for the last 9 days and had taken (kept) several hundred fish (bluegill mostly) every day out of that area.
I don't have a problem with people keeping fish to eat, but how many is enough? I was in the area for the next few days, and we saw very few bluegill, and many many empty nests, that should have at least had males guarding them. I can't help but think this kind of slaughter has an impact on the fishery as a whole, especially when half the fish kept were probably full of eggs. This has come back into my mind as I have been reading some posts on this site from last summer, and have seen others who also noted an absence of gills. This is not the only time or place in the past several years where I have seen such selfishness and poor stewardship. Am I wrong about being so upset at hearing things like this? Does this sort of thing bother anyone else?
Thanks ahead of time for your thoughtful responses.
JP
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I love to fish at Twin Lakes, and every summer we get a camping spot for a few days and the family shows up and we fish. This past summer we arrived at our spot, and I had the opportunity to talk with the people who were just leaving, moving to a different location on the lake because we had reserved the spot ahead of time.
The older gentleman began to tell me how he and his son had been camped at that spot for the last 9 days and had taken (kept) several hundred fish (bluegill mostly) every day out of that area.
I don't have a problem with people keeping fish to eat, but how many is enough? I was in the area for the next few days, and we saw very few bluegill, and many many empty nests, that should have at least had males guarding them. I can't help but think this kind of slaughter has an impact on the fishery as a whole, especially when half the fish kept were probably full of eggs. This has come back into my mind as I have been reading some posts on this site from last summer, and have seen others who also noted an absence of gills. This is not the only time or place in the past several years where I have seen such selfishness and poor stewardship. Am I wrong about being so upset at hearing things like this? Does this sort of thing bother anyone else?
Thanks ahead of time for your thoughtful responses.
JP
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