this is a great discussion we’re all having. good post bass423 i do understand how the rule came to be and its purpose. and we all must admit that tournament fishermen basically require adequate livewells when holding fish to be released. and unfortunately while all the goobers with a stringer will continue to cull regardless of this law are getting away with it, us tournament guys are being put into a mind boggling situation. do i put this one in the live well? will i catch any more today? is there some guy out there culling with no way to call him on his dishonesty? when there is money involved i simply can’t trust everyone i dont know. it is just a bad tournament scenario that will eventually lose surrounding economies tons of money down the road. i know the common response to fishing the federation state tournament on the river this year is that they hate this no cull and that they never want to have a tournament where there is such a rule ever again.

the rule has got to go for tournaments. its just seems like a flexing of the dnr muscle if you ask me.

anyways i’ll be leaving tomorow morning early to come pre fish for the federation state tourny. maybe i’ll see some of you out there. good luck fishing everybody. and thank god for some cool air finally.

hello all this will be my first post ever but the subject demands my active voice. having fished a few tournaments on pokegama, i can’t believe they did that to you. the river is where the big ones are. you devoted all your attention to that water and for good reason. the worst place for tournaments because of the dnr is the river. no cull rules are ridiculous. we all know the arguments. we can’t release them but the fish are released after weighing. a rule like that is designed for one reason and one reason only. to make it unpleasant for tournament fisherman. the one set of people out there fishing that cherish the resource. meanwhile people are raping fish populations who have never heard or catch and release. if the dnr wants to regulate something on the river they should look to banning those 40ft monster boats whose minimum throttle waves could kill someone in an average weekend fishing boat. how many accidents are caused by people on jet skis and drunk ski boat drivers. now here’s a set of people who are messing up life for loons and people trying to have a fun time.

so why why does the dnr target tournament fisherman with neusanse rules that make little sense. for one they do have too much say is what goes on. second is there are just too many angry old ladies who have nothing better to do than sit out on the porch shaking their fists at boats passing by. then all i can figure is they knock down the doors of every law officer and politician.

fishermen need to stand up. were too scattered to have our opinions felt in the towns where we love to fish. something has to be done politically to stop the nonsense. we need to make sure it is known that we love the resource. and that we want to be able to enjoy it without silly rules designed to throw a pebble in our shoes.

so begins my postings. i shall keep those that follow much shorter