If you see this guy on the water

[wiredantz]

Originally Posted by kareem korn

Rule of thumb is 100#+ acceptable to harvest. In the last ten years kayakers have set their moral standard at 50#. Which is a decent fish to catch off a kayak and is a fair amount of meat.
Now it looks like the new group of expert kayakers are lowering their standards to week old pups.
It's a shame.
But fuck it it's legal.

I'm not sitting high on the horse, but after 45 years of fishing the california coast I have common sense to know right from wrong.

Comparing a green bass to a new born t is stupid.
Walk up dvl ramp with a stringer of "legal" lmb. Show them around the parking lot. Post pics.
Tell me you wont get shit for that

I think this conversation is better suited for the people who makes the fishing regulations. History has shown that people have trouble doing what is morally right.* Its like cheating on your wife knowing that she will never find out. What human law is their to say it is illegal to cheat on your wife, yet people still do it. etc.

[kareem korn]

Yeah, it's just a shame to see.
It's even worse when some dont see a problem with it.

[wiredantz]

Originally Posted by kareem korn

Yeah, it's just a shame to see.
It's even worse when some dont see a problem with it.

that is the world we live in.

[William Novotny]

Originally Posted by kareem korn

Yeah, it's just a shame to see.
It's even worse when some dont see a problem with it.

I understand your point and I agree with you to an extent. I would not advertise the keep of a small thresher. I also know what I can afford to keep and what will go to waste if i kill it. The t in the original link is a little smaller then what I would feel comfortable killing. The pup in your second picture would get released for sure, but anything over 50# for me would also go to waste for sure. 2 years ago I targeted thresher for the sport of it and kept 1 70# fish for the bbq. I had to give away allot of meat. Just didn't have room for it. I didn't mean for it to sound likei have no moral obligation outside of my responsibilities to the law. I don't report thresher catches any more because I feel it contributes to their over targeting.

[DanaPT]

Originally Posted by kareem korn

Yeah, it's just a shame to see.
It's even worse when some dont see a problem with it.

I love baby cow!

and have heard that baby seal meat is good eats too!