I dont think he did anything wrong. the fish are here to stay and if he would have killed them it would not have made any impact to help rid of the species from the waterway. he put it in a 20 gallon thats been dried up for years with lake water. now if u ask me our professional lmb anglers that go from lake to lake do more damage then what he did. I know there probably suppose to sterlize there live wells but i would place money on it that there are some who let the water out of there live well but still remails a little water in them and then go to a diff lake and catch lmb from that lake that goes into the live wells still holding maybe a inch of water from the lake the fished last. could be wrong but i bet it happens. The only way of ridding of them is to stun the water so the all the fish float to the top and go around netting up the non natives and if the waterway is to large then that simply cant be done. The part of catching and killing them to me is rediculous and the point can be argued until ur black and blue in the face but the fact is there here to stay. larger predatory fish will do alot mroe to clean them up then someone throwing back a few that he caught. Its really not worth arguing about at least for this topic only. If u can try to isolate the problem as they tried in the maryland pond with the snakeheads then good but once they got out of control u dont see the fish and game out there shocking all the waters were there suppose to be at because its to far out of reach now as well as the problem in florida which is even worse cause theres multiiple non native species everywere. There just simply cant be anything done about it.
Caught These In Lake
- Thread starter altimaser
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People are going to do what they're going to do. I'm not here to judge anyone and I'm certainly not the authorities either. I just wanted to let him know that it's illegal just in case he didn't know so that he might be able to make a more informed decision and possibly avoid a ticket and fine. It might not even be something that's enforced anyway...you do make a valid point. I posted on the first page and didn't say anything then but I was kind of thinking it. It just wasn't a big deal.
bigspizz;1084114; said:
dude, big deal! im pretty sure everyone hear knows. stop trying to bash the guy and learn how to appreciate.
nice catch btw altimaser.
altimaser;1085624; said:maseyferguson05;1085349; said:Nobody ever said to stop fishing. They did however tell you to stop putting fish you caught into your tank and releasing them. What don't you get about that? When you caught the Jags all you had to do was get them off the line and throw em back in.
Go re-read the post, They said that if I can't keep them and I'm not willing to kill them that I shouldn't fish, that was what was said. Bigspizz's argument is that I re-released them, whats the difference in taking them off the line and putting them back or taking them home for a day and then re-realsing them. It's the same results. Like I said before, the tank was a spare that had been sitting around, filled with lake water(where they came from). How can they pick up a disease in the same water that they just came from? The tank hasn't had fish in it for years.
The difference between me and you, bigspizz, is that I respect all of god's creatures. I am a fish lover and when I see a beautiful Cichlid, I respect it for what it is, you don't. Maybe you should find another hobby, you obviously don't respect animals. You hangin out with Mike Vick, bigspizz?
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wned: Don't start with me. You messed up, DEAL with it. And grow up, take advise and apply it. Will "god" respect you more from jail????
Dr Joe;1085428; said:
Couldn't agree more.
Great catch, altimaser! However, you could have frozen them, or simply stomped their heads. No suffering those ways. I see what some are saying about the invasives already being there, but each person should do what he can. I pick up pieces of litter when I jog and throw them away in the nearest trash can. I do not think that I can pick up all the litter. I also do not think that my picking up litter will influence others to stop littering. It's simply a small way to help the problem. Individual actions can help a much larger problem.
