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brandonf17
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| JOHNNYREB wrote: | It was a dead fish, washed up on the beach, so he cut it up.....who cares!....i might do the same thing if i came across one. Besides i wouldnt be " WANTON" to waste it. so thats legal!  |
If a game warden came across a cooler full of chunks of tarpon, im pretty sure he would care. |
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JOHNNYREB
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| Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2012 2:40 pm Post subject: |
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| brandonf17 wrote: | | JOHNNYREB wrote: | | It was a dead fish, washed up on the beach, so he cut it up.....who cares!....i might do the same thing if i came across one. Besides i wouldnt be " WANTON" to waste it. so thats legal! |
If a game warden came across a cooler full of chunks of tarpon, im pretty sure he would care. |
A game warden.....close to bob haul.......thats laughable! |
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Fishbrains
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You get hungry enough you will eat a washed up tarpon, just sayin.  |
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JOHNNYREB
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| Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2012 3:07 pm Post subject: |
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| Fishbrains wrote: | | You get hungry enough you will eat a washed up tarpon, just sayin. |
LOL....For the record....i would never eat a washed up tarpon..... or a fresh one, but i might kayak it back out and return it to mother ocean! errr.....with hooks in it  |
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SharkBait
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| Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2012 3:22 pm Post subject: |
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female tarpon that large are laying 10,000,000-15,000,000 million eggs a spawning season..
always been one of my favorite fish, have hooked almost a hundred of them(a few true monsters too), i have only landed one small one in Florida..
Gonna get my first Texas tarpon soon..gonna fish pretty heavy gear(big 40pound mono spinners) next time i'm in the yak...
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JOHNNYREB
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[quote="He who shall not be mentioned"]female tarpon that large are laying 10,000,000-15,000,000 million eggs a spawning season..
Ok, gotta ask........what does that halve to do with the price of tea in china! If its already dead!
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Brine
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No point in landing a catch and release fish if the fight is going to kill it in the process.
Hook it -- get a few jumps and thrills -- break it off.
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SharkBait
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and just how are going to break off 100pound braid?
sorry im landing any tarpon i can that i hook
there is absolutely nothing wrong with catching and releasing tarpon, there are allot of fish that are way easier to kill than them..some fish are just so stubborn they would rather die than be caught..my 942# marlin fought till it died(fight time was 5 1/2 hours on 130pound tackle)
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| He who shall not be mentioned wrote: | and just how are going to break off 100pound braid?
sorry im landing any tarpon i can that i hook
there is absolutely nothing wrong with catching and releasing tarpon, there are allot of fish that are way easier to kill than them..some fish are just so stubborn they would rather die than be caught..my 942# marlin fought till it died(fight time was 5 1/2 hours on 130pound tackle) |
(deep sigh)
I can't believe I'm saying this but I tend to agree with He who shall not be mentioned on this one..... You're saying that you WOULDN'T land a tarpon if you had the chance?!?! WOW!!!! I can't see ANY angler getting "a couple of jumps and thrills" out of a fish like that!!! I hate to say it but that's one of the most retarded things I've ever heard!!
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brandonf17
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| JOHNNYREB wrote: | | brandonf17 wrote: | | JOHNNYREB wrote: | | It was a dead fish, washed up on the beach, so he cut it up.....who cares!....i might do the same thing if i came across one. Besides i wouldnt be " WANTON" to waste it. so thats legal! |
If a game warden came across a cooler full of chunks of tarpon, im pretty sure he would care. |
A game warden.....close to bob haul.......thats laughable! |
A phone call of a tarpon being cut up would get a few hauling supple bum over there. For some reason, with tarpon, snook, etc game wardens definatly react more to these rarer gamefish. |
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JOHNNYREB
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| brandonf17 wrote: | | JOHNNYREB wrote: | | brandonf17 wrote: | | JOHNNYREB wrote: | | It was a dead fish, washed up on the beach, so he cut it up.....who cares!....i might do the same thing if i came across one. Besides i wouldnt be " WANTON" to waste it. so thats legal! |
If a game warden came across a cooler full of chunks of tarpon, im pretty sure he would care. |
A game warden.....close to bob haul.......thats laughable! |
A phone call of a tarpon being cut up would get a few hauling supple bum over there. For some reason, with tarpon, snook, etc game wardens definatly react more to these rarer gamefish. |
If i was witness to.....
1. somone keeping under size fish....yes i would call!
2. someone unlawfully keeping over sized fish.....yes i would call!
3.someone cutting up an already dead whatever it is that washed up on the beach......Really!......Um no! |
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brandonf17
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| Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2012 5:27 pm Post subject: |
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| JOHNNYREB wrote: | | brandonf17 wrote: | | JOHNNYREB wrote: | | brandonf17 wrote: | | JOHNNYREB wrote: | | It was a dead fish, washed up on the beach, so he cut it up.....who cares!....i might do the same thing if i came across one. Besides i wouldnt be " WANTON" to waste it. so thats legal! |
If a game warden came across a cooler full of chunks of tarpon, im pretty sure he would care. |
A game warden.....close to bob haul.......thats laughable! |
A phone call of a tarpon being cut up would get a few hauling supple bum over there. For some reason, with tarpon, snook, etc game wardens definatly react more to these rarer gamefish. |
If i was witness to.....
1. somone keeping under size fish....yes i would call!
2. someone unlawfully keeping over sized fish.....yes i would call!
3.someone cutting up an already dead whatever it is that washed up on the beach......Really!......Um no! |
Its not so much the fact that this guy is cutting up an already dead fish.. its the fact that him doing that just shows how ignorant and unlawful he is. You think this same guy would refrain from keeping a 30" untagged red? If he gets away with the tarpon, sure why not. |
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Brine
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| BamaRed54 wrote: | | He who shall not be mentioned wrote: | and just how are going to break off 100pound braid?
sorry im landing any tarpon i can that i hook
there is absolutely nothing wrong with catching and releasing tarpon, there are allot of fish that are way easier to kill than them..some fish are just so stubborn they would rather die than be caught..my 942# marlin fought till it died(fight time was 5 1/2 hours on 130pound tackle) |
(deep sigh)
I can't believe I'm saying this but I tend to agree with He who shall not be mentioned on this one..... You're saying that you WOULDN'T land a tarpon if you had the chance?!?! WOW!!!! I can't see ANY angler getting "a couple of jumps and thrills" out of a fish like that!!! I hate to say it but that's one of the most retarded things I've ever heard!! |
There are many anglers that put their ego and macho in neutral, and do the sporting thing to give a great game fish a chance to live and fight another day.
Lots of tarpon were killed on the Texas mid-coast during the 1920s to 1950s -- and they USED TO call Port Aransas , Tx.-- Tarpon, Texas
Bringing one to gaff and hand -- just to say I did it -- is not a big deal to me, especially if it means a dead Tarpon.
Breaking them off is fairly standard practice in Florida where Hammerhead predation is a big problem on exhausted fish.
Shark bait -- pretty easy to build a weak link into your leader system to facilitate breaking one off -- but it sounds as if you are not interested.
Hey - Your choice.
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SharkBait
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| Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2012 5:55 pm Post subject: |
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again how do you break 100pound braid, or 110pound tooth proof wire?(i have had to break off 65 and 80 pound braid both times i got hurt when it finally gave)
these fish are ripping off 500yards of line in a minute flat..
you ever heard of PTTS?
those guys kill tarpon!
and no im not interested in purposefully breaking off a fish of a lifetime..
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SharkBait
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hate to say it, but those are the kind of comments that make me think people are just jealous when others have great fishing days..
put some baits out and hook your own (it will cost you $6 to get on bob hall and slide line)
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