Guest Report post Posted May 26, 2005 http://msnbc.msn.com/id/7978360/?GT1=6542 Stupid $#!T$ !!! - typical - can't leave well enough alone! (Don't lecture me about 'rights' ) That fish could have been taped and weighed and let go. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steeldrifter 0 Report post Posted May 26, 2005 A fish that big and old deserves to be set free once your lucky enough to land him, that's all there is to it! He said he felt the weight as he "lifted him out of the live well".... what the hell kind'a boat does he have where that thing would fit in the live well?! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bentflyrod 0 Report post Posted May 26, 2005 What a waste! Just think, he could have put it back and gave someone else a chance to catch it again for a new world record................................or it could be he didn't want someone else catching it!!! BFR Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
appalachian angler (tn.) 0 Report post Posted May 26, 2005 Not all is lost! After They get the mold made, the old boy will have a nice lload of fertilizer for the garden AA Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rougetrout 0 Report post Posted May 26, 2005 I can't imagine what kinds of metals and toxins that fish would put back into your garden if you used it as fertilizer . That fish had was no use to anybody dead but it would be fun just knowing it was out there to catch Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ArkieFlyGuy 0 Report post Posted May 26, 2005 Much the same happened to Rip Collins and the WR Brown Trout... But not in the name of commercialism... Yep, he had the "right" to do that... but doesn't make it "right"..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sjo Crapels 0 Report post Posted May 26, 2005 And once again egotism and stupidity takes its toll........ Over here in Euirope it is no better. Sjo Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Flytyer-1 0 Report post Posted May 27, 2005 In all fairness, the news reports here said that the fish is alive and now in an aquarium in Missouri. I agree this is not the same as releasing it back into the river; but not the same as fertilizer, either...not yet anyway. Best from Nashville- Stack Scoville Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steeldrifter 0 Report post Posted May 27, 2005 Dont know where they got that info from Flytyer-1, but I've read three differnt articles about it today that repoted it died in transite, they probably replaced it at Cabelas with a sturgeon with some fake wiskers hopin' no one would notice .....Look Look at the big catfish! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joe Hard 0 Report post Posted May 27, 2005 To bad so sad. What gets me is how a specialist determined that the fish died because it was to big to be transported, well duh it would take a while to restore that fish after all it went through anyway. I to would like to see that live well. I am sure it would hold alot of beer. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Flytyer-1 0 Report post Posted May 27, 2005 Fertilizer now!! Sadly from Nashville-- Stack Scovillle Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bud Guidry 0 Report post Posted May 27, 2005 they played a short film here on the news and it's wasn't a live bait well in a boat they talked about , it was a live bait tank in a bait shop. small cinder block tank about 4 x 6. maybe four foot high. built up from a slab floor. from what i saw the fish couldn't move around in it but spin itself and they were playing around with it using their hands. moving it around on the surface of the tank to get better film footage i guess. sad to see that fish die. they could have been more careful about holding it for transport. Bud Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted May 27, 2005 It is sad to see something like that happen. A fish with that many miles on it doesn't deserve to be treated like that. The worst part is that the gene pool is diminished by killing that fish. I favor slot limits on fish, the youngest and oldest are spared the skillet in order to maintain the fishery. Studies have demonstrated that fisheries that allow the taking of the largest fish eventually become depleted and the average sizes of the remaining fish decrease. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steeldrifter 0 Report post Posted May 27, 2005 Well said Paul, I agree 100% with everything you just said Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rougetrout 0 Report post Posted May 28, 2005 Indeed Paul it has been shown many times over that slot limits are the best for a majority of fisheries. It would have helped save this big guy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
