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Originally Posted by Travis C.
That's one nice fish for sure. I don't want to across as judging. Heck, if you had ate it that is fine with me as long as it's legal.
I was simply wanting to say you can really get after fish like that if you changed up when/where you fished on Old Hickory. They are in there.
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I'm sorry I never meant to imply anyone was judging, I was simply trying to make a joke about me wanting a picture with this fish like a little kid. In fact, if I was not a member on this forum I would have never put her in the livebwell. But thanks! And... I agree! I think these fish can be targeted and caught, but I simply don't have the patience knowing I can catch LM more easily. Before the 18" rule, I had a spot near Avondale I would stop by in every tournament and it rarely failed to produce a 14-16 inch fish. Dale Hollow and Center Hill are a different story... for me anyways.
Jaycee : (quote)Now you tournament fisherpeople. Tell me the survival rate of the gene pool bass that are kept in the livewells, then weighed, then photographed and held while breaking their lower jaw swinging them around. Then released.
... Are you insinuating the majority of fish caught in tournaments are killed? " while breaking their lower jaw swinging them around. Then released." This sounds like an attack. I have never EVER seen anyone in a tournament break a fish's jaw. The only jaws I have seen broken was by Jimmy Houston who tends to want to hold the fish horizontal by torquing their lower jaw. I believe he is pathetic. However he is a TV fisherman, not a tournament fisherman (anymore anyways). Please don't suggest "tournament fisherpeople" as people who enjoy murdering fish. Thousands of fish are released at Flippers in Gallatin every year, I don't remember seeing thousands of them floating around dead though. If you look at my pictures you will see the fish is supported... even horizontally. Also, please keep in mind how much money big tournaments bring in for the TWRA in out of state licenses. Please don't be confused, you didn't step on my toes or "hurt my feelings"... I just think your comment is absurd. As I was putting my boat on the trailer I was watching a kid cast out.... catch a small blue gill... and run backwards dragging the fish onto the bank, instead of reeling it in. Then, unhooking it with pliers and kicking it back into the water. HOWEVER, you will not find me or anyone else petitioning to have kids stopped from fishing. I know not all kids behave in this manner.