Here's the deal: if by chance a walleye,smallie,flathead,largemouth or whatever makes it through the gauntlet of life to reach a size considered trophy then along comes said gigger and its all over but the hot oil. That's the point. They will never pass a trophy fish up. Same knuckleheads will shoot a booner day before season. I only gig hog mollies so its hard to mistake them for anything else. If gigging season on the meramec closed I wouldn't shed a tear. I'm telling you from living on the river my whole life that its a overall bad deal for anyone who fishes with a rod and reel