Well guys, That little post that Dave Jackson put up was word for word the exact same E-mail he sent me. I have this to say....... I have never, ever illegally taken a fish in the name of keeping food on the table for my family. I have however, poached countless deer, elk, Antelope, pheasant, turkey, and various other animals of a more domestic nature in the name of feeding my family. Those days are long gone now, in fact, I gave up hunting a few years ago..... BECAUSE I HATED IT!!!!!! I didn't hunt for pleasure, or for the thrill of the chase or any of that ****.... I did it because we literally had NO FOOD IN THE HOUSE!!!! I was living in Montana at the time, and there was no work to speak of at all. If I didn't poach, we didn't eat! Simple as that! Now, I make good money, I have a good job, and I have plenty to eat, but I would string a gilnet across the river and net an entire run into extinction if it would mean the difference between food and hunger for my babies. Yeah, It's real easy to come down on a guy for being honest, because true honesty rarely, if ever has a defense, nor should it need one. Here's a guy who went out on a limb (much like I did with the fish lining thing) and you guys are ready to tear him apart. I have news for you: Not all of us were raised with the idea in mind that hunting and fishing was sport. We were raised to see fish and wildlife as a food source. We went out hunting, not to comune with nature, but with a spot light and a .22, so that we could kill as many deer in an evening as we could put into the old man's pick up.... Sometimes we'd get lucky and get a bear, then we could sell the gall bladders and paws to the Vietnamese up in Seattle for a pretty penny.... We'd make the rest into sausage and I would have to eat those horrible bear sausage sandwiches for the next six months. Anyway, all of that stuff is about twenty years in the past, and I'm pretty sure that the statute of limitations has run out by now....... Dave, I dont keep snagged fish (Just lined ones), but I admire your honesty and the manliness you have shown by having the balls to stand up and express a little honesty.... I would hope to see a few of the rest of you guys do the same. Give this guy a break.