Red Tide is thick

[driftwood]

Originally Posted by JoeGoFish

I sure hope you were able to get this guy back to the bottom. I watched another angler leave an 80#+ GBSB flapping on the surface for the gulls to peck at. Hopefully you are more enlightened than that moron.

Joe, your story is BS.. nice try dude!

[JoeGoFish]

Originally Posted by driftwood

Joe, your story is BS.. nice try dude!

And I had heard that kayak fishermen were a friendly bunch. Sheesh. For your edification, I was not challenging the integrity of your buddy, I was merely chiming in on a subject that I have a bit of knowledge, and first hand experience with. For your group enlightenment, and BS meter debunking, the link to the GBSB rescue, performed by me, and three of my fishing buddies, is posted here on YouTube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIfKhW2nlo0

You will see and hear that I not only took the time to help the fish, but in the beginning of the video, you can hear me explaining to the guy who caught the fish, what we are about to do. I have two descender rigs in my tackle bag, just for this purpose. I've personally witnessed careless, and wasteful anglers dumping bloated fish overboard, only to be killed by birds, boats, or seals. A simple device, and a little bit of effort can get these fish back into the breeding schools they came from.

You will also see that the video of the floundering fish is virtually identical to the photo in the posting. Call it post traumatic stress disorder, or a knee jerk reaction on my part, but when I see an endangered fish prostrate on the ocean, it gets my dander up.

You guys are real ambassadors of the sport...

[steveooo]

Originally Posted by JoeGoFish

And I had heard that kayak fishermen were a friendly bunch. Sheesh.

Yikes! Sorry the mob jumped on ya a little prematurely Joe. I'd say for the most part everyone on the board here is friendly, except when the fishing is slow. Throw a little red tide into the mix for a couple days after they enjoyed a couple months of phenomenal fishing, and they might be a little grumpy. Welcome

[sandydiego]

Originally Posted by JoeGoFish

And I had heard that kayak fishermen were a friendly bunch. Sheesh. For your edification, I was not challenging the integrity of your buddy, I was merely chiming in on a subject that I have a bit of knowledge, and first hand experience with. For your group enlightenment, and BS meter debunking, the link to the GBSB rescue, performed by me, and three of my fishing buddies, is posted here on YouTube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIfKhW2nlo0

You will see and hear that I not only took the time to help the fish, but in the beginning of the video, you can hear me explaining to the guy who caught the fish, what we are about to do. I have two descender rigs in my tackle bag, just for this purpose. I've personally witnessed careless, and wasteful anglers dumping bloated fish overboard, only to be killed by birds, boats, or seals. A simple device, and a little bit of effort can get these fish back into the breeding schools they came from.

You will also see that the video of the floundering fish is virtually identical to the photo in the posting. Call it post traumatic stress disorder, or a knee jerk reaction on my part, but when I see an endangered fish prostrate on the ocean, it gets my dander up.

You guys are real ambassadors of the sport...

Would you mind posting a couple of shots of your decender rig? Would be nice to know how to make one. Nice video.

Steve

[roadx]

good info on descender rigs, bloated fish


http://www.dfg.ca.gov/marine/pdfs/release.pdf

[driftwood]

Originally Posted by JoeGoFish

I sure hope you were able to get this guy back to the bottom. I watched another angler leave an 80#+ GBSB flapping on the surface for the gulls to peck at. Hopefully you are more enlightened than that moron.

Your First post left me a little confused. your introduction was concern for the BSB.

Your conclusion.... "I watched another angler leave an 80#+ GBSB flapping on the surface for the gulls to peck at. Hopefully you are more enlightened than that moron"

Your post had a very sad ending with a small touch of insults...leaving us to guess that you watched the fish die a very slow death. No kayak fisherman would ever do that! And thats why i called it BS.

Your 2nd post Made your principals ideas emphasized. Thank you for clearing things up. Good job on the release...