[bigfishy]

So is that the idea??Is that what are youth should learn??As if its not painfully evident in everything else in this time and age?

We'll just treat everything, including the fish we love to catch and eat
like an endless resource??As long as there are hatcheries, why not?It seems to work on a worldwide scale in our oceans??Without regulations,rules,and general continued awareness, there is no such thing as an endless resource...

Everyone has there own opinoin on fish handling, no matter what the species...Whos to say who is rite?? Maybe science,studies and overall awareness of manymany generations of fisherman....FISHERMEN- not fly fisherman or spin fisherman but just fisherman...

The bottom line is , if a fish is going to be returned, why not handle it better than you would a fish that you are gonna keep??Increase its odds of survival, no matter what the species is...LM bass are one of the hardiest species in fresh water and many tounaments are always improving fish haandling , storage and mortality rates...I think major league fishing is a gr8 format, because all leagal size fish count and their immediatly returned....

Trout are def more sensitve than bass so why not handle them like they are??
everyones opinion is rite on many levels but science is and research don't lie...