Yeah, well, I still don't like it. Take one more step down that stupid slippery slope you're standing on, and realize that doing all you can to reduce your impact means hanging up your rod.

I'd feel better about a law that prohibits "abusing" a fish to be released and then let the warden decide what's abuse and what isn't. They determine intent when it comes to snagging all the time, they could tell the difference between abusing a fish and not.

Not that I really feel too strongly either way on this one but I had to step in... Anyone see Bob's underwater pic on the river reports page? It's pretty cool. Though an underwater camera box is costly... You could still get a great pic without taking the fish out of the water!

One of the better replies I've seen all week. You get a Scooby Snack, DanS!

I am busting a gut! Too damn funny.

This pic would be what we will be able to do from now on, right?

Did anyone see the pics in the newest STS of the guys C&Ring? I think the fish were in the mid west maybe, but one dude was hangin' her by the jaw! I'm not to militant on htis issue, but I'm suprised the pictures slipped by the Amato's. They were pretty blatant.

I'm not looking forward to seeing more of this on my boat!

Now THAT'S what needs to be outlawed. To hell with the fish.

I've found that fiberglass repair putty works great for fixing cracks on boats!


edit... By the way... it looks like they got your good side... :p

Hope you can take a joke

Think I recognize that person! lol Thats just wrong dude!

I think thats scary!

LOL ~ " it looks like they got your good side... "

No thats my fishin buddy, he can be a real ass sometimes.

P.S.
I know it may be hard to believe, but I do have a couple of friends.

well, as a person who fishes for wild fish, and can and does treat them very kindly, i realease them when im standing in water, up to almost my knees, any lower of water and the fish could get banged up against some rocks if it makes a quick run, i for one am not happy about not being able to bring a fish out of the water for a quick pic, so, as for most of the rules out there, this one needs to be broke too, i am in no way harming this fish any more than some dude tossing flies to catch these same fish and then fighting it till near exhaustion, which is worse? i do put alot of pressure on them to get em in, so as not to stress them to much, i think its time i get a digicam so i can post some new pics

I don't know if this pic would be legal under the new rules. Looks to me like this little nate is mostly out of the water...and what about that abusive looking gear it appears to have been landed with?

Bruce,
I thought i saw you fishing with one of those rods to.

right or wrong.

Bruce,
I thought i saw you fishing with one of those rods to.

right or wrong.

Yup, sure was. Fished in the past three Snoopy Rod Classics. It's a hoot. Gotta watch out for the guys with the tater guns though...

(This entire thread is supposed to have a joking tone...sometimes that's lost in text on a bbs)

Frankly, I can't see what the whining is about on this one.

I've been working under this rule for 10 seasons in AK and it's not the end of the world!

You should never have the fish out of the water for more than a few seconds anyhow (for a picture ... no other reason to come out), so I don't really see how this change how anyone lands a fish.

All it means is instead of the pic at the top of the page, you have a pic like the one of Ryan ... that is legal

I don't know if anyone intended to whine as much as poke fun at a rule some think is a little overboard.

I would say that this thread and the other contained much more whining then fun.

But hey it doesnt matter as long as everyone understands the handling of the above fish would still be perfectly legal after April 1. I win! :p