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I don't get to fish very often and post even less frequently. However I do read every thread. I try to read every post but I'm sure I miss some. One thing I don't find at BBF is a bunch of idiots trying to rape the resource. We all keep a big one every now and then (for whatever reason) but we are the responsibile ones. We are the ones that love it so much. Like many of you I carry "The Man's" phone number with me and use it when I should. We 'take what we need and leave the rest'. Even when we do our very best, we still have an impact yet we know enough to place our own limits on it.
Be careful out there guys. Take care of the resources and yourselves.

Texas A&M studies on catch-and-release mortality of spotted seatrout.

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Catch and release guidelines

http://research.myfwc.com/features/view ... sp?id=3907" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I remember this monster getting caught in FLA last year.

jsuber wrote:I remember this monster getting caught in FLA last year.

I think that fish was also released , and was caught nowhere near this area

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Bh, I seriously doubt that fish was released. It looks dead as a doornail hanging vertically from the grips, a no-no for fish releasing. I guess that is also a live well/icechest combo open in the boat? Also a bumpy ride back to the dock.

guy says most def. live released....would have been a lot easier to prove the record with even a dead fish. just posting information. Don't shoot the mesenger

No guns out my freind! Just looks like dead slim dripping off'n his tail in that one pic to me....

It really doesn't matter to me at all. But I think if he did release her and she was barely alive she died soon after most likely.

So he could've et the fish