520lber caught!

[n4lly]

101 said "If that's the reality then why bother?"

 

Dont bother then, stick with your pout and whiting

[n4lly]

And i have seen an 80 lb Tarpon EATEN by a 14'

hammerhead, should i give up Tarpon fishing?

[101_North]

n4lly:

101 said "If that's the reality then why bother?"

 

Dont bother then, stick with your pout and whiting

Whatever mate! It's still the angling equivalent of this:

 

LINK

 

[ 13. October 2005, 12:39 AM: Message edited by: 101_North ]

[n4lly]

Yeah and monkeys keeping 500 lbs of carp in one or even two keep nets. :mad:

[101_North]

n4lly:

Yeah and monkeys keeping 500 lbs of carp in one or even two keep nets. :mad:

Surely the fact that a keep net was used would suggest that (despite overcrowding) the anglers final aim was to release the fish to live again?

[n4lly]

[ 13. October 2005, 01:23 PM: Message edited by: n4lly ]

[101_North]

OK!

 

[n4lly]

 

But then again...

 

 

 

[ 13. October 2005, 12:55 AM: Message edited by: n4lly ]

[Ian Burrett]

n4lly

 

You are fortunate to have some supurb fishing over in the US but can it be right to kill a fish for a photo trophy that is classed as endangered on the 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

 

In the UK we are becoming very protective of the few decent fish we have left

[Vagabond]

n4lly:

Boy! you realy are a buntch of know all know nowts :mad:

 

If that poor fish was hooked by a game fisher person, for say what 4/6 hours.

Released it would sink and be six gill shark

fodder.

Lets get the facts straight - the reported fight length was three hours, not six.

 

Usually the fight from even a big fish is far shorter. I've seen a 900 lb marlin beaten in half an hour - by a 5'3" woman (so much for the macho image).

 

OK so broadbills fight harder than marlin - so a broadbill might be well knackered by the time it reaches boatside. but whatever the length of fight, long before the fish is in danger of dying, it is usually too weak to take line - so you get it to the boatside, tag it, photo it, and swim it alongside the boat till it recovers.

 

Only rarely is the fish in danger of dying and sinking - and then, IMHO it is common sense to harvest it. If that is what happened in this case, then fine - but catch, tag, and release should be the norm.

 

Have you heard of the Billfish Federation? A tag and release outfit that more and more big game anglers are supporting.

Edited December 31, 2005 by Vagabond