Nice 20" largie and friends - 10/18

[Eskimo]

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That's awesome Buzzbaiter.
Twenty inches is a great trophy for New Jersey. According to the Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission, that fish is over ten years old!
What is the statistical probability of a bass living ten years in the country's most densely populated state? Definitely keep that location on the down low.
https://www.fish.state.pa.us/pafish/...s_overview.htm


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[FASTEDDIE29]

Great variety! Keep on catchin!!!

[bigfishy]

Gr8 catching as always buzzy!!!!
Love the link Eskimo!!!!
Looks like my biggest smallie this year was about 17 yrs old er so....
Pretty cool that that fish was older than my kids..!!!

http://www.njfishing.com/forums/show...ighlight=smoke

[CMJeepster]

Nice going!!!

Originally Posted by Eskimo

What is the statistical probability of a bass living ten years in the country's most densely populated state?

Depends how many a-holes come along and don't return undersized fish. I had my local pump jockey tell me last weekend that if he were to catch a fish, he'd keep it no matter what. That's the last time I buy gas from him...

[Eskimo]

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Originally Posted by CMJeepster

Depends how many a-holes come along and don't return undersized fish. I had my local pump jockey tell me last weekend that if he were to catch a fish, he'd keep it no matter what. That's the last time I buy gas from him...

Ugh...don't get me started.
I die a little inside every time I hear stuff like that.

But I am a bass catch-and-release zealot. It even bothers me when someone says something along the lines of, "I keep every bass I'm legally allowed to. If Fish & Game finds we don't have enough bass, they'll change the regulations.".

I just shake my head and think, "Really, - you need Fish & Game to tell you when the fishing is ruined? You don't see the connection between the good bass fishing you're experiencing today and the majority of skilled bass fishermen that COULD turn this lake into a barren swimming pool, but they CHOOSE to release their catches because they want YOU to have the same opportunities they had to catch big bass?".


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