...all basses are send back in healthy... end of the story...maybe not handle the way some would like but really some should really take it easy
on rpoper handlind and the way it should be... I manage the way I can and make sure my basses are going to be there year after year...ask Ice man if there is a lack of basses at Mc laurin Bay because of me...not...
99% of the basses I caught in the past 5 years are still there ....give me a break!
Mc Laurin Bay July 27,2005 xxx bass pic!
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Big Bass 444
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Awesome fish! Awesome 
But here we go again with the comments from the granola gallery. BB Next time keep it, or better yet dont share your thoughts here at all.
As for our conservation heros
Try using constructive critisism instead of just critisism. I dont think Big Bass 444 is friggen baby.
RJ shab and all the rest we know your all heros, now get a life.
Your conservation hero ribbons will be mailed to you shortly
But here we go again with the comments from the granola gallery. BB Next time keep it, or better yet dont share your thoughts here at all.
As for our conservation heros
Try using constructive critisism instead of just critisism. I dont think Big Bass 444 is friggen baby.
RJ shab and all the rest we know your all heros, now get a life.
Your conservation hero ribbons will be mailed to you shortly
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congratulations
nice fish, unfortunatly I missed being the first to say it like I said I would but congratulations anyways. Now take the advise of the previous posters and get ride of the stringer.
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Big Bass 444
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...Now here is what I think ....
After repeating myself many times about 99% survival of all my catches at Mc Laurin Bay...
Some and I mean a few should take their check book and writea check for the amount of 50$ and send it to countries abroad and start to worrie
about causes that really mathers instead of wining all the time about all fishing aspects.....morals???? take a step back and take a look at the big picture because your morals they sit at the wrong table!
After repeating myself many times about 99% survival of all my catches at Mc Laurin Bay...
Some and I mean a few should take their check book and writea check for the amount of 50$ and send it to countries abroad and start to worrie
about causes that really mathers instead of wining all the time about all fishing aspects.....morals???? take a step back and take a look at the big picture because your morals they sit at the wrong table!
It is a nice fish and you should be excited about it, but I agree with Wolfe. Putting a bass of any size on a stringer for the sake of a photo is wrong and can be a fatal mistake. Where did you put the stringer on the fish? The bass may swim away but it may turn up the next day as a floater. It puts un due stress on the fish. Next time, take along a partner or put a working livewell in your boat at least.
JP
JP
Smile, It's a good day on the water!!
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Big Bass 444
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Thanks for your thoughts Lowkey....Awesome fish! Awesome
But here we go again with the comments from the granola gallery. Next time keep it, or better yet dont share your thoughts here at all.
RJ shab and all the rest get a life.
I'd love to see your reaction to someone dragging a 55 inch musky around on a stringer for 10 minutes...just so he can get a picture....
But because it's not a musky...it doesn't matter right?....musky enthusiasts are the kings of conservation...are you not in their corner?
RJ
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Big Bass 444,
No one whining here - just telling you how the majority on the board see it. As for the 99% success rate of the fish you release, I'd be interested in reading the study you've conducted over the years with your stringer technique. Unless you are a fisheries biologist (which I doubt you are), don't bother with percentages because they really are just made up.
This is the problem - stringers are meant for fish for the table, not for catch and release purposes. Plain and simple. Damaging the jaw, the gill rakers, and possibly forcing air across the gills the wrong way (if the fish happens to turn backyards during its free ride) can all do detrimental harm to the fish. It really is common knowledge. Sure, they may swim away nicely, but who knows what happens to them an hour or a day later. I really doubt 99% of those fish will last.
Check out my post on Rideau River Smallies. Look, it's not hard to take a photo of yourself with a self-timer while out on the water. I know you can manage that.
As for sending $50 cheques to children in other countries - now that's just nonsense and completely off topic. I wouldn't mind sending you $50 so you can put a cooler in that boat of yours though...
If you're looking for accolades or a rousing pat on your back, you're going about it the wrong way. Learn some conservational skills and proper handling and releasing of fish, and I assure, I'll be first in line to congratulate you....
Enough said.
Good Fishing,
Justin
No one whining here - just telling you how the majority on the board see it. As for the 99% success rate of the fish you release, I'd be interested in reading the study you've conducted over the years with your stringer technique. Unless you are a fisheries biologist (which I doubt you are), don't bother with percentages because they really are just made up.
This is the problem - stringers are meant for fish for the table, not for catch and release purposes. Plain and simple. Damaging the jaw, the gill rakers, and possibly forcing air across the gills the wrong way (if the fish happens to turn backyards during its free ride) can all do detrimental harm to the fish. It really is common knowledge. Sure, they may swim away nicely, but who knows what happens to them an hour or a day later. I really doubt 99% of those fish will last.
Check out my post on Rideau River Smallies. Look, it's not hard to take a photo of yourself with a self-timer while out on the water. I know you can manage that.
As for sending $50 cheques to children in other countries - now that's just nonsense and completely off topic. I wouldn't mind sending you $50 so you can put a cooler in that boat of yours though...
If you're looking for accolades or a rousing pat on your back, you're going about it the wrong way. Learn some conservational skills and proper handling and releasing of fish, and I assure, I'll be first in line to congratulate you....
Enough said.
Good Fishing,
Justin
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www.JustinHoffmanOutdoors.com
Field Editor - Ontario Out of Doors Magazine
Fishing Writer / Wildlife Photographer
www.JustinHoffmanOutdoors.com
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444,
I thought maybe you would have learned from the last time you posted..I guess not.
Conservtion of a species is what we are talking about here so don't try and compare it to children in need etc...Do you have any clue how many of us DO actually do that already!!?? NO YOU DON'T!
Dragging a fish of any species around on a stringer decreases it's chance of survival dramatically! You may see it swim away but that does not mean it has survived! We are all fishermen here and there is a chance of mortality in every catch but why increase the odds by creating more and more trauma just to get a picture? If your gonna release it you are harming it by draggin it around for whatever time you did.
We "whine" about a fish because we want the resource to be here for our children and thier children to enjoy. Maybe that is not important to you, but being an avid angler I thought it would be.
Lowkey...get a life??....now that was constructive!
I thought maybe you would have learned from the last time you posted..I guess not.
Conservtion of a species is what we are talking about here so don't try and compare it to children in need etc...Do you have any clue how many of us DO actually do that already!!?? NO YOU DON'T!
Dragging a fish of any species around on a stringer decreases it's chance of survival dramatically! You may see it swim away but that does not mean it has survived! We are all fishermen here and there is a chance of mortality in every catch but why increase the odds by creating more and more trauma just to get a picture? If your gonna release it you are harming it by draggin it around for whatever time you did.
We "whine" about a fish because we want the resource to be here for our children and thier children to enjoy. Maybe that is not important to you, but being an avid angler I thought it would be.
Lowkey...get a life??....now that was constructive!
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Big Bass 444
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Some of you are just conservation fanatic wayyyyyyyyyy out there.
First, the gun jumpers around here should take a look at the pictures and
keep non sense comment for them...why? because you here stringer and you get all wrap up for nothing.....if I get over 150 basses in a year at Mc Laurin Bay only a few would end up on a stringer...I don't know about the
full bass population in there but I know one thing I get most of them out of the water in one year of fishing....since 1999!....fishing is improving
in quality and size every year.
Most of the basses killed in there are done by locals and tournaments fisherman....I run around the bay with my electric motor in order to
prevent polution and fish disturbance..So when I see a Triton boat comming in the Bay full trim and killing a few turtles ( I saw a big one flotting this week) it make me wonder about the preservation of the only place I really love to fish.
When I see someone wining about a stringer they go about bad judgement of me because if there is someone around here that really takes Mc Laurin Bay seriously...it is me.
If I put a few fish on a stringer in one year. I'll do my best not to harm them.
So all of you conservation freaks can go and do what you think is best and that's fine.....try to change me or what I do at Mc Laurin Bay...please go and knock on some other doors
I am a bass fisherman and that's it! I don't try to play God I just fish because I love it and at the same time I do my best to preserve the
body of water I would die for!
First, the gun jumpers around here should take a look at the pictures and
keep non sense comment for them...why? because you here stringer and you get all wrap up for nothing.....if I get over 150 basses in a year at Mc Laurin Bay only a few would end up on a stringer...I don't know about the
full bass population in there but I know one thing I get most of them out of the water in one year of fishing....since 1999!....fishing is improving
in quality and size every year.
Most of the basses killed in there are done by locals and tournaments fisherman....I run around the bay with my electric motor in order to
prevent polution and fish disturbance..So when I see a Triton boat comming in the Bay full trim and killing a few turtles ( I saw a big one flotting this week) it make me wonder about the preservation of the only place I really love to fish.
When I see someone wining about a stringer they go about bad judgement of me because if there is someone around here that really takes Mc Laurin Bay seriously...it is me.
If I put a few fish on a stringer in one year. I'll do my best not to harm them.
So all of you conservation freaks can go and do what you think is best and that's fine.....try to change me or what I do at Mc Laurin Bay...please go and knock on some other doors
I am a bass fisherman and that's it! I don't try to play God I just fish because I love it and at the same time I do my best to preserve the
body of water I would die for!
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Big Bass 444
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Do as you wish BB444...
When ya see that 6 pounder floating next to the turtle next week.....maybe you'll see the light...
As far as being all over folks for being conservation minded.....get with the times fella.....read a fishing magazine......watch a fishing show....it's everywhere....and fish populations have been aided through these methods.....
Ask TrophyMuskie if proper catch and release improvements in the past 5 years have helped the fishery....it's just a reality....
Like I said...do as you wish.....but don't complain when all the "big girls" are gone.....
As a sidenote for you....I'm not worried about "your" fish...I have never been there....and don't have plans too....so in reality I don't care what you do.....but you should worry.....that's what people are trying to get through.....
RJ
When ya see that 6 pounder floating next to the turtle next week.....maybe you'll see the light...
As far as being all over folks for being conservation minded.....get with the times fella.....read a fishing magazine......watch a fishing show....it's everywhere....and fish populations have been aided through these methods.....
Ask TrophyMuskie if proper catch and release improvements in the past 5 years have helped the fishery....it's just a reality....
Like I said...do as you wish.....but don't complain when all the "big girls" are gone.....
As a sidenote for you....I'm not worried about "your" fish...I have never been there....and don't have plans too....so in reality I don't care what you do.....but you should worry.....that's what people are trying to get through.....
RJ
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Big Bass 444, it's obvious why you fish alone 99% of the time. Dragging a bass like that on a stringer is disgraceful. I feel sick to my stomach.
It's simple:
1) Stringers are for dinner, not catch and release.
2) Shoreline pics are for in season fish and dinner.
If you you're not keeping the fish, take a pic in the boat and let her go. It's that easy.
You just can't stop acting like an butt.
It's simple:
1) Stringers are for dinner, not catch and release.
2) Shoreline pics are for in season fish and dinner.
If you you're not keeping the fish, take a pic in the boat and let her go. It's that easy.
You just can't stop acting like an butt.
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Big Bass 444
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I did agree with you guys about the OOS moral but fish handling...no.
I don't carry a live well in my Craw Dad and I won't....I am in a small
space in there.It's like putting a live well in a canoe...get real...the stringer is use on a few rare occasion and it is perfectly legal. May not be moral to some of you but that is your problem not mine!
I don't carry a live well in my Craw Dad and I won't....I am in a small
space in there.It's like putting a live well in a canoe...get real...the stringer is use on a few rare occasion and it is perfectly legal. May not be moral to some of you but that is your problem not mine!