Come Parker, climb down off that high horse.

You say you have a gripe with the double standard on this board, and then justify your own double standard by saying you kept a sturgeon.

There is nothing wrong with keeping the sturgeon. It was legal to do, and you picked a "non-breading" fish. I applaude your sense of conservation. If more people thought like that, there would possibly be more opprotunities for everyone to make this choice.

But can you honestly tell me that a world record humpy caught by a 9 year old kid is even in the same ball park as a 30 pound steelhead???

I completely understand and support your thoughts on catch and release. However, this was legal fish, in a fishery that the limit was increased because of a large return. The fish was a male, (C&R supporters have been heard many times saying "if you must take a fish, don't take a female"), and it was caught by a KID.

If a kid can't catch and keep a world record fish, then what are we saving the resource for??

By the way, you posted on 8/19 that you "limited out with our 8 fish by 10:00". This was in a thread about humpy hollow and since you could only keep 2 silvers at that time, you must have kept at least 2 pinks. By taking 2-4 fish out of the system, you probably did more harm than this kid taking 1 big fish.

Give the kid a break. It is great to hear of a youngster getting this kind of start in fishing. Who knows, maybe he will grow up to be a great conservationist and help build runs for his kids and my grand kids.


Hooknose