Trophy Area Edicate

[wildminnow]

I have heard this debated on many forums, but the bottom line is the conservation laws dictate the appropriate behavior when it comes to keeping fish. If it is within the legal slot to keep don't run someone down about keeping it, or how they land it, or what they do with it it is none of your business.

[John Smoot]

"I have heard this debated on many forums, but the bottom line is the conservation laws dictate the appropriate behavior when it comes to keeping fish. If it is within the legal slot to keep don't run someone down about keeping it, or how they land it, or what they do with it it is none of you business."

Wildminnow,

Gotta disagree with you on 1 point. How they land it and/or if the fish survives or not is indeed an issue for me. The reason is this: Just like the young man I saw kill the 25" bow by beaching it, he kept right on fishing. You know, that is not right, and, I'll bet against the law...at least in the eyes of most game wardens. Yeah, you wanna keep a legal fish...whatever, it's your right. But, it is not your (or anyone's) right to kill a fish, then keep on fishing, and kill another, and another....That's why it does matter how you handle and treat a fish.