Another Record Fish Shot

[MOPanfisher]

1 hour ago, Johnsfolly said:

Do you eat green sunfish? I have never tried them myself. Always thought that they had a bit of a smell to them. Love catching them except when I an trying for rock bass or small mouth.

I have eaten a bunch of them in my life.  They are quite tasty.  They have been the basis for many a gravel bar fish fry on float trips.

[MoCarp]

1 hour ago, tjm said:

Gigging sun fish is not poaching. Read the regs.

 

Nope it’s the smallmouths that end up with them, it used to be legal to shock up fish and use tnt to get fish, it’s about fair chase,,, if you got a turkey tag filled by shooting off the roost, but stayed in the limit it should be ok? Deer tag filled via spotlight is that ok? Harvest is harvest right? iMHO bfing  at night with a light isn’t sporting for the same reason, I think many a whoops under the influence has killed many a bass, muskie and walleye...

[laker67]

1 hour ago, tjm said:

Then  every  fish I ever caught with plugs was foul hooked? I used to know a cantankerous old fly rod man that insisted that it only counted if the the fly was in the upper lip- anything else was foul. 

That would be common with multiple hooks. I once fished a trout tournament that allowed a fair catch to be any hook up from the gill plate forward. I protested their definition of a fair catch but lost that argument. 

[oneshot]

Lots of good eating on that Buffalo but I'll bet he didn't eat it.

oneshot