Pictures and Ethics

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Permalink Reply by Mark Olmsted on April 19, 2009 at 8:49pm

Nick,

I take the pictures then release right after I catch them but I dont have a live well. How did Keith and Bill end up at the Potholes? and how did you do today?

Permalink Reply by Brian Walters on April 19, 2009 at 8:55pm

By law you can retain fish untill you have reach your limit so I beleive you can not have more then 1 over 17. Check in the regs it will say in state wide rules. Thanks again for your info

Brian

Permalink Reply by Ronald Hobbs, Jr. on April 19, 2009 at 9:43pm

Wolskey and I chatted about this the other day. I did not decide to write a post on it because.... look at all the pictures that break the law I know I have some not realizing it. Tag should be in jail... just joking. Anyways back on track during a contest with contest banner on makes you legal to retain these same fish, hence we have contest banners. That is the reason we have to have those ugly green things around our cowlings.

So inconclusion, the way I see it if you are fishing a tourney it is legal to hold up to 5 fish over the slot. If not you have to go by the game laws meaning only retaining one fish over the slot. Don't worry I won't turn anyone of you law breakers in!

Nick catch and release the faster you return the fish the better off and healthier they will be. I don't usually take pictures of my fish unless they are "Tag" BIG!

Permalink Reply by Tag Watson on April 19, 2009 at 10:16pm

Good topic, Nick. I agree with Ron's post. Although I release all my fish and keep the livewells on constant re-circulate and fill, I don't want to break any laws. I know I get frustrated when I see people harvest fish inside the slot or multiple over slot fish, so I don't want to be hypocritical by breaking any rules myself. In the future, if I catch a picture worthy fish, I will snap it and let it go. I don't want to go to the pen. I've heard what they do in there to guys that possess more than one fish over 17". Not pretty....

Permalink Reply by Marc Marcantonio on April 19, 2009 at 10:23pm

I'm sure Tag and Jr. took those photo's a few years ago before the possession limit changed, or they were in California, or Mexico maybe? Or maybe they had someone else in the boat with them? Tough to know what the circumstances are from a photo, I'm sure there is an innocent explanation...

ciao,
Marc




Tag Watson said:

Good topic, Nick. I agree with Ron's post. Although I release all my fish and keep the livewells on constant re-circulate and fill, I don't want to break any laws. I know I get frustrated when I see people harvest fish inside the slot or multiple over slot fish, so I don't want to be hypocritical by breaking any rules myself. In the future, if I catch a picture worthy fish, I will snap it and let it go. I don't want to go to the pen. I've heard what they do in there to guys that possess more than one fish over 17". Not pretty....

Permalink Reply by Ronald Hobbs, Jr. on April 20, 2009 at 8:47am

yeah one guy I heard went in for 3 fish over 17" came out with 3 fish under 12" must of been tough in there!
Tag Watson said:

Good topic, Nick. I agree with Ron's post. Although I release all my fish and keep the livewells on constant re-circulate and fill, I don't want to break any laws. I know I get frustrated when I see people harvest fish inside the slot or multiple over slot fish, so I don't want to be hypocritical by breaking any rules myself. In the future, if I catch a picture worthy fish, I will snap it and let it go. I don't want to go to the pen. I've heard what they do in there to guys that possess more than one fish over 17". Not pretty....

Permalink Reply by BigBass Dez on April 20, 2009 at 9:52am

I have seen this Topic come up in the past . My thing is that i like to "double fist" in pics . so with that being said if i get one over 17" it's going in the live well and properly handled. Once i get another fish over 17" i will take a pic of both fish toghether and imeddiately release both fish . Now on the side of keeping 5 17"+ bass while not in a tourney , just for the sake of one pic with all five bass and your not in a tourney . Well your just setting yourself up to get busted if approached by the boyz in brown !

My personal thoughts on this topic is just stick to the double fist and your only illegal for a matter of 2 minutes tops (snap,pic) . But if your driving around the lake with a loaded live well you cant be mad about the ticket that may come your way for not being in a tourney ..

Im not the type of "person" that would give a guy a hard time about having a pic with five fish over 17" . But there are alot of jealous anglers that will give you a hard time about it (what r ya gonna do) . Either dont post the pic and if you do, expect to listen to the chearleaders shake there pom-poms !! LOL

Dez (The Rookie)

Permalink Reply by Eric DeLay on April 20, 2009 at 8:58pm

While it may be technically illegal to retain two over 17" for pictures it certainly doesn't violate the "spirit of the law" which is to prevent overharvest of these size fish. That's why they make tournament exceptions. I personally am not worried about it and would take my chances if I ever caught more than two in a day. Never has happened so it is sort of a moot point for me. If you are worried about it just take a picture of your biggest two and keep culling up.
It probably would have been better if the topic had never been brought up so we could have been blissfully ignorant. Nice job Berto.

Permalink Reply by Jordan Doucet on April 20, 2009 at 9:48pm

My theory is that typically there are two of us in the boat, thus two fish over 17" is A-OK. I only have two hands anyways right, and I have a hard time doing the super cool hold two fish with one hand thingy like Tag, but it looks so damn cool.

Permalink Reply by David Parnicky on April 20, 2009 at 9:59pm

You must have one hell of a livewell Jon!? LOL
Jon Sessler said:

I'm with Eric on this one, if I caught fish like Tag, I'd have 30 of them in the livewell, laws be damned.

Permalink Reply by troy kelly on April 22, 2009 at 9:42pm

i really dont see a problem with it. i agree with eric the law is there to protect against harvest. Although i did flip someone on this site some crap for posting a video of him kicking a wild steely on the beach and holding it out of the water. so i guess im a hipocrite.

troy

Permalink Reply by Eric DeLay on April 22, 2009 at 10:25pm

I don't think you are a hypocrite Troy. Kicking a wild Steelhead onto a beach could seriously reduce the chance of that fish surviving.
Bass on the other hand are quite tough. I hope people would use good judgement before hauling fish around in their livewell though. I never keep fish in my box in the winter or early spring when they are coming out of 30+ feet of water. They would have to be fizzed to get back down so I just think it is goofy to keep them up any longer than necassary. I also wouldn't haul fish around in really hot weather, say summertime in eastern Wa. They have a risk of dying in the box or from delayed mortality.

troy kelly said:

i really dont see a problem with it. i agree with eric the law is there to protect against harvest. Although i did flip someone on this site some crap for posting a video of him kicking a wild steely on the beach and holding it out of the water. so i guess im a hipocrite.

troy

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