I have to somewhat disagree with Microbrew. Baitsoakers are part of a mentality of
Put and Take Fishing that is directly responsible for the poor quality of the majority of our
fishing waters. The cost of baitfishing is incredably high in addition. You might say
that bait fishing is KILLING (and eating) the sport.
I started out fishing with bait and cannot argue that it's somewhat easier than other methods
and should have a place in angling(for the kids sake.) However, one must admit that the vast majority of fishermen and women never progress beyond slinging the bait or trollling w/ bait.
And in Canada I see often Fathers teaching flyfishing to their 5-6 year old kids. So lets not use the
kids as an excuse to baitfish.
The inherent EVIL in baitfishing is simply that you can't release any of your catch without poor
odds of survival. Those few of you baitchuckers who brag of releasing much of your catch are
actually extremely hard on the resource because most of your released fish will swim off
and DIE. Those of you I am familiar with usually break the law by releasing more that your legal
limit each day plus keeping a few. (while baitfishing the first 5 fish you catch regardless if released
or kept IS YOUR DAILY LIMIT).

You who eat fish regularly are also responsible for the mentality that pervades the sport that it's
OK to catch and eat,give away,or freezer burn your limit each time out because F&G "will plant more
for us next year".Your put and take lakes never develope more than a few Carryover sized trout you so long for because you take them all home and eat them each year. That means a couple of things. Worst of all is that the fishing is essentially OVER in about 6 weeks as 95% of the fish have been jerked out and eaten.Secondly and also bad is that F&G has to plant the expensive triploid and Jumbo which has been grown to a pound or so to plicate you with a few big fish to catch because you won't let the lake grow them.

It makes me cry to see rich lakes, which could grow trophy trout in abundance with good management and provide sport pretty much throughout the fishing season managed for 6 weeks of put and take mayhem on 8-10" fish year after year. It also saddens me to fish Canada and see that the majority of their lakes are managed with quality in mind and the majority of anglers fish with barbless flies and C&R their catch compared to the Put and Take Attitude and poor quality of sport here.

I know this diatribe will not convince many if any that put and take baitfishing is something they
should evolve away from for the sake of the sport of fishing. That said, I still prefer to point out to the baitfishermen who fish trout, that you ARE a big problem and you should change your way of fishing for the sake of the sport.
If that insults or angers you.....so be it.