Yeah Wade, great job and keep up the posting and keep releasing what you like. The catch and release mentality is much better than the kill everything I catch attitude. There is a certain egotistical sense about it. This is the type of ego more should have. So what if some amateurs have a higher death rate on their releases. It is a learning process. The more people we have that learn to enjoy fishing, the more there are to learn about conserving the fun for the future and the more people we have that will contribute to preserving our resources. It's also good if people keep and consume a few of their catch so they stay in touch with the survival hunter within them. They learn to respect the reality of where their food comes from -- even that bought from the store or restaurant.
At the MLPA meetings I was able to attend, there seemed to be a sense of, "If only there were more of us". Well, I can't really think of a better way to create more fellow fishermen that respect and are knowledgeable about the resource than posting on a site like this. Especially posts that include some catch and release. If we take the attitude that we need to keep this fishing activity a secret, if we insist on being selfish with all of this, if we insist on being low key in the hope of keeping our numbers down, than we risk not being heard when it counts.
To everybody that posts their adventures, catch and release or catch and eat, I thank you tremendously!
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