02-24-2014, 06:42 PM
When I said 50 feet or less, that was on all sides, transom and including the bow where anchors are tied. A couple times it was more like twenty or thirty. I was shocked that we didn't tie up on a few occasions.
For the record, I was the first boat on the entire west side of the lake. I don't own any piece of the lake, no question, but if someone is in a spot I want, I move on and find fish somewhere else. It is a courtesy thing. If I wanted it bad enough, I would have been there earlier.
No laws were broken, no doubt. But if an "experienced" angler that fishes the body of water A LOT, there are a lot of dead fish as a result. This also sets a bad example of us as anglers, and as stewards of nature.
I try not to even take a fish out of water unless I want a picture. And this can be done while trolling. It's not that difficult. Throwing fish from shoulder high is completely ridiculous. Just leave the fish in the net and put the net back into the water and let it swim out.
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For the record, I was the first boat on the entire west side of the lake. I don't own any piece of the lake, no question, but if someone is in a spot I want, I move on and find fish somewhere else. It is a courtesy thing. If I wanted it bad enough, I would have been there earlier.
No laws were broken, no doubt. But if an "experienced" angler that fishes the body of water A LOT, there are a lot of dead fish as a result. This also sets a bad example of us as anglers, and as stewards of nature.
I try not to even take a fish out of water unless I want a picture. And this can be done while trolling. It's not that difficult. Throwing fish from shoulder high is completely ridiculous. Just leave the fish in the net and put the net back into the water and let it swim out.
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