Re: 110 Rainbow trout in one night:
 

Is this place turning into "SOL" or "girl scout trout" I hope not cause those sites suck due to cry babys and know-it-alls.

Re: 110 Rainbow trout in one night:
 

Andy,


Your always up on your soap box preaching your crap to everyone about the "downfall of merrill creek" and how you have to write to the state about the raritan river...well, it is a known fact that this night time trout "slaughter" is putting a hurting on round valleys rainbows all summer long...yet you stand up and support this 100 percent...can you tell me why your so dead set on Merrill creek being destroyed in the coming years however you seem to care less about the fate of the rainbows in round valley?

Re: 110 Rainbow trout in one night:
 

From what I read I should assume close to 100% of trout caught don't make it. Well I just can't believe that, with all the C&R practiced there would be trout floating everywhere, the eagles would be to fat fly and we would have all known this a long time ago and stoped C&R. With that said 110 may be a little exssesive, I know I would have been bored by 10 and asleep by 12, time or fish. Also keep in mind the state electro shocks the fish, I'll bet that raises there body temp, but it dosn't seem to kill them. I don't know any of the people involved and this is just my own opinion. I do think there are some axes being ground and that we don't need on this site. So lighten up people they didn't break any laws.

Yea Shucker; we don't need no girl scout troop site, there are enough of them with those know-it-alls and cry babies.

Re: 110 Rainbow trout in one night:
 

I have no problem with anyone catching fish, I just worry about what happens afterwards.. I'm sure the guys take every precaution on the release but do all of them make it? Some of the studies I read say no, so it should concern us all. Do the state fishery biologist know the effects that this may have on the rainbows? Are there any effects at all?

Re: 110 Rainbow trout in one night:
 

If members just took personalities out of the equation and tried to get points across without offending a specific individual, no issue with debating a topic.

Just keep it friendly and on topic.

A thread like this an exception not a rule - 95% of the statements made on here are in good taste but sometimes need to boil up to the top..

Summer conservation on fish mortality is an excellent topic to discuss and get overshadowed in my opinion. I tend not to think so much of the stress these fish have in the summer as opposed to spring and I got a lesson out of this thread to be more gingerly with fish in the summer months..

Re: 110 Rainbow trout in one night:
 

Dear Mcfish: I really don't remember saying .."I stand up and support this 100 percent", I just passed along the article.
My other post was given to me and the person asked if I would post it on NJF because he was having a hard time logging on.
I myself have pulled anchor and headed for the barn after quickly getting my limit at night and you can ask the others I fish with and they will concur.
What other people do is their own buisness, I don't see this as a lake trout debate.
I took Hatter up there one night and he used circle hooks and all the fish were lip hooked, was this guy using circle hooks ?? I do know the angler in the article and he did state to me that you have to hold the rod so when the fish bites you can set the hook and keep mortality rates low. I know the angler in the article and I don't think he is the type that would enjoy seeing lots af dead trout floating around so I really think there is more here than meets the eye.

Re: 110 Rainbow trout in one night:
 

I can't disagree with that which is why on my post I didn't want to comment on it.

On an earlier post I don't get the analogy to Lakers though, those are self-sustaining and reproducing like mad so it would seem harder to damage that fishery (if anything it seems that there are too many of them in there which is why the cull limits have gone up this year).

I still feel them staying out there that long and not chaning to a different species was way overkill on the numbers hit. Just my opinion and not a pontification.

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Re: 110 Rainbow trout in one night:
 

Andy,

I am always interesed and impressed by your passion for our sport:o
You always amaze me by the amount of leg work you do when it comes to meetings,issues, and debates....That being said, I am sometimes bewildered by your reasons for posting gr8 reports about some of your favorite spots....The posting of the reports does not suprise me, but the fact that you say everything short of the latitude and longitude...

Pls keep in mind that it only takes a few A-holes to ruin a specific fisherie...
Obviously bigger fisheries can handle alot more pressure than smaller or more delicate ones....Your passionate attitude towards the future of our sport should almost definately incorporate restraint, even if its only a side effect of your conservationist qualities....Pls understand that im not bashing you...I'm only trying to share my opinoin...Have a gr8 weekend!!! Fish On!!!:D

Re: 110 Rainbow trout in one night:
 

Anybody remember a long long time ago when you used to be able to go FISHING???? AND NOT GET CRITCIZED!!! JUST SAYIN...........................