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o jesus k....now u come off as understanding, dont give that misperception to the public
Wouldn't a slot system like carmi has for walleye allow folks to keep the good eating fish, make sure some breeders stay in the lake, and limit the amount of hogs kept while still letting guys take home that one trophy here and there to mount?
Not that I diasagree with a slot limit on pike. But slot limits for walleye like at Carmi are usually set to allow guys to keep some of the smaller growing males while trying to keep some the larger breeding females over 20" protected. Its not a trophy type regulation. Just a friendly FYI
That's pretty dispickable no doubt but I wouldn't blame it just on bass fishermen. (and I wouldn't call peple who do this fishermen because it gives the rest of us bad names, just as I dont call losers who poach deer or leave trash behind "hunters"). Waste is waste. You seen guys you say are bass fishermen kill pike. I've seen perch and crappie guys on the ice do the same thing to both pike and pickerel. I've seen guys throw ling on teh ice because they look ugly. I've seen guys fishing catfish on southern Champlain catch a bowfin and bash them over the head with a paddle and throw them back, probably because they don't look so purty either.There's bad apples everywhere, and unfortunately the rest of the public sees ALL us "fisherman" as beer-swilling rednecks who love to kill, because of the actions of a few cretons, as you put it.Just because you like to fish for a particular species gives you no right to lay waste to all others that get in your way. It's our job to put a stop to our peers we seeing doing this, because no one else will stop it.