Re: {Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Keep Em Wet?

Any statisticians on here?  If you are a numbers fisherman, you can harvest a surprising number of fish and still claim to release close to 100% ;).  

Barring absurd extremes, most people are reasonable and law-abiding, and probably harvest only a very small number of fish.  Most of these people are also able to put their own feelings aside and respect other peoples' decisions, so long as those decisions are legal.  

Sometimes releasing everything is good for the fishery, and sometimes it isn't.  Sometimes law mandates things that make perfect sense, and sometimes it doesn't.  

The folks on the extreme ends, like the guy who takes multiple limits by going home and changing clothing, and people who release everything and know that everyone else better damn-well release and handle fish the same as they do, are on the fringe, thankfully.  

Gene

On Friday, August 12, 2016 at 9:34:08 AM UTC-4, D. Walker wrote:

I am catch, photo and release in fresh water and in salt it depends.

I have no problem if someone harvests a fish LEGALLY.

there are some trout areas where I have seen guys catch their limit, go home and come back and fish more, that bothers me.

On Friday, August 12, 2016 at 8:21:49 AM UTC-4, arthur noglak wrote:

Am also 100 percent catch and release. That being said I have no issue whatsoever with angles keeping their catch as long as they stay within the legal limits. I would however check the states website to see what species are safe to eat from the Potomac. If I remember correctly Striped Bass in the Potomac was put on the do not eat list due to high PCBs.

Art

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> On Aug 12, 2016, at 8:11 AM, Marek Rich <mrich@ScheerPartners.com> wrote:
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> I'm 100% catch and release, but to each his own.
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> On Aug 11, 2016, at 9:42 PM, MattySt <mstein...@gmail.com<mailto:mstein...@gmail.com>> wrote:
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> Just curious on what the consensus on catch and release on the river is like? Obviously, if you catch a legal decently tasty fish like a striper that's one thing; but across the board on all species, do most people release whatever they catch? Or would you say that decision is based on an indicator of current water quality and environmental standards in the River.
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> Thanks!
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> -Matt
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> Healthy Fish = Happy Fishermen
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