BOTTOMFISH

Sharkbyte, Your fishing interest are in light tackle angling, so large pray are not for you. The Florida Key's is great for your persuit. Let us know when you are headed down, be glad to help you in any way.

Hi, I am from florida in the USA. In our experience both need regulation. But if the regulation is not enforced nothing works. Not to say that all commercial fisherman do the wrong thing. But remember they are trying to make a living$$$$$$$$. Their trying to make $$$$$$ today. When rules are put in place many of them will go out of bussiness. Also many of the rec fisherman will have to release fish that look very nice on the table. No pain no gain, every one has to pay. Alliance's are hard to work out, specially when the party's have opposeing side and interest.

Norm B Thank you for being the voice of reason.

quote: Originally posted by Scopex: [/qb] I'm sorry you seem to miss my point. In my eyes the sport is, finding, getting the fish to bite and hooking the fish, the fight, in my eyes, can be way over-rated. Personally, I want to catch fish...not wrestle them around for ages and ages! Then why not just not use hooks? That way the fish dose not get harmed.

Tony are Cuban? If so Glad to see a fellow conrtymen.

I dont get it if you are going to keep the fish to eat it , you cant take a pic? The fish on that pic was eaten, what is wrong wit hvaing a pic?

Stan the weather here is terrible and with the storm headed this way, looks like we cant fish till next week. And I to think the theard it slloowwing down. As for us we back at our forum. If your guys would look in and read with open minds, it might be easyer to understand us. Remember you are going to see alot of pics, we think it make for a better story with pics. http://outdoorsbest.zeroforum.com/zeroforum?id=8

Pike are harty fish strong mouths and strong fish. Fish like the sword have a very soft mouth. If we horse them in we would rip their mouth a part. I understand what you are saying.

Sorry I edited my post before you posted.

Scopex, I understand that you use it in order to release it sooner. You say the lighter line could break and leave the fish to get tangled, maybe so. That is your view. But if the fish breaks your 80# power pro, do you think it is going to have a easyer time with it than the lighter line?

We were just standing up for ours in the begining. I look in every day just because I love to fish and when we cant fish we read and post about it. But I must say I have learned alot about your fishing and its state. I think that the reason some of you get offeneded by the way we do things(fishing no politics) is do to the fact that your fishing grounds are in bad shape. Some of you still dont get it we take pics of the dead fish for trophy sake and then we eat the fish, we dont kill the fish for the pics. This thread has made me appretiate ours. We are so used to things the way they are that we don't realize how good we have it.

Stan, I discussed this with Scopex. And I think what he says is that he uses it for its abration resistence, in order to get the fish out of structure.

The weather was terrible today in South Florida, most of probably had to work on our "Homey Dew List" so when the weather is good we can fish. The reason most of us jumped in is because of the offensive post made by some. Please look in to our forum and fell free to join in. http://outdoorsbest.zeroforum.com/zeroforum?id=8

Can we stop for tea and tiffin first? We stop for coffe and donuts. Thank god this thread has become civil. [ 15. October 2005, 02:11 PM: Message edited by: BOTTOMFISH ]