well looks like the carp anglers are not the only ones

[MoCarp]

Seems muskies are a common target for Bfers bet you'll see more bannings

[Flysmallie]

So one post out of Virginia makes it common? 

If it's already illegal what does banning do??

I mean it's illegal to keep short smallmouth but people still do, so does that mean we are banning smallmouth fishing too?

You can't ban your way into compliance. It will never happen. 

 

[MoCarp]

  On 8/9/2018 at 4:48 PM, Flysmallie said:

So one post out of Virginia makes it common? 

If it's already illegal what does banning do??

I mean it's illegal to keep short smallmouth but people still do, so does that mean we are banning smallmouth fishing too?

You can't ban your way into compliance. It will never happen. 

 

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easy ban bFing at night on muskie waters...personally I'd like to see C&R on all smallmouth and ban gigging on select Ozark streams as far as on post....(you should know my posts set up planned responses 😉) its like setting up the hitter with fast balls out of the strike zone then tossing a change up

[MoCarp]

perhaps its stabbers and booze?

[MoCarp]

sometimes the offenders get busted, its bad enough some states are having calls by muskie groups to ban Bfing on some muskie waters

[MoCarp]

not just Muskies ether

[MoCarp]

sometimes the shot fish survive..I  keep waiting for the 1st 20# plus brown to show up shot/floating on Taney, watch the outrage then....I get people all the time on here sending me info of fish caught that had been shot or seeing game fish shot while they are fishing...much less the bazillion fish dumped on the side of the road or boat ramps

[snagged in outlet 3]

  On 8/9/2018 at 7:28 PM, MoCarp said:

I  keep waiting for the 1st 20# plus brown to show up shot/floating on Taney, watch the outrage then

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Just got to outlet 2 during the spawn and you can see all the poor fish handling you can stomach.  They don't need to be shot with a bow to go belly up.

[MOPanfisher]

  On 8/9/2018 at 7:01 PM, MoCarp said:

easy ban bFing at night on muskie waters...personally I'd like to see C&R on all smallmouth and ban gigging on select Ozark streams as far as on post....(you should know my posts set up planned responses 😉) its like setting up the hitter with fast balls out of the strike zone then tossing a change up

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Whack a few of them lure stealing water wolves, would save me some money in tackle.  Wonder how many non target fish swallow a hook buried in secret carp bait.

[MoCarp]

  On 8/9/2018 at 8:27 PM, snagged in outlet 3 said:

Just got to outlet 2 during the spawn and you can see all the poor fish handling you can stomach.  They don't need to be shot with a bow to go belly up.

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I give you that , I have see people use the towel thing and wonder how many fish croak, squeeze the poop out of them ETC without being fish handling Nazis we should educate our fellow anglers, from bass to panfish better handling is in order

  On 8/9/2018 at 8:38 PM, MOPanfisher said:

Whack a few of them lure stealing water wolves, would save me some money in tackle.  Wonder how many non target fish swallow a hook buried in secret carp bait.

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the way carp feed and the typical bolt/hair rig you just don't see deeply hooked fish almost always hooked in the bottom lip, as far as Muskies, there was a great spat about them in

MN this year, so many blame them for bad walleye or pan fishing, when the biggest reason is too many anglers taking home too many fish dinners..at one time they blamed walleyes and tiger muskies/pike for declining crappie fishing in stockton...IMHO the fishing was better when we had pike/tiger muskies in stockton...common carp sure ran bigger and we saw less of those 2# gizzard shad

a bit off topic but MN is doing a long term study on sunfish... dropping the bag limits, and a 8" or bigger length limit on some waters... early results are promising (Trophy panfish are a fav of mine)