Simms
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DISCLAIMER: This is another rant about meat hunters. Please leave if you are sick of hearing about this, or stay and bathe in the hatred of these swines...
It all started just a few short weeks ago when I was on my way home from school one evening. I decided to stop off and check out one my local haunts to observe the condition of the river. Shocked to see another soul, I pulled in to see a guy sitting in his truck with, of course, a SPINNING ROD, sticking out of the window. I pulled up and asked him if he had been out.
"I have not been out since last spring, but the stocking truck is on its way."
What the ________! "How do you do know of this?"
"Well, this time every year a few of us live close enough tot he hatchery to figure out whats going on."
AKA, these clowns POST the hatchery...
So I sat there, waiting for the stocking truck, free admission, to the soon circus. Sure enough, stocking truck pulled in and 9 cars followed. They launched the fish in the bridge hole and everyone was on them like STINK ON SHIT. Each person, mind you there were 10 of them, had there limit in 32 minutes. Within 40minutes, the first group of people were ALL gone, followed by the stranglers.
WHAT A SHAME! All those beautiful fish are now getting freezer burnt, waiting to be accompanied by next week's stocking.
For the last 4 weeks, I have been regularly fishing, I have encountered only a handful of fly fishermen, NONE OF WHICH had creels on them. We all exchanged our sheer dissapointment with the harvesting practices of these yocals.
Every spin rod guy (im not judging) had a stringer filled, or waiting to be filled, that I came accross...
BEAUTIFUL fish, DEAD.
80% of these animals are people I see EVERY WEEK, filling the stringers. WHAT GIVES!
I was able to sneak out opening day in Jersey, above Shaefers Bridge on the BFB...There were 3 old LOCALS there, with the spin gear of course...I went back to NJ last week and THERE THEY WERE again, now that bait season closed in the FFO stretch, with there FLY RODs and reels filled with mono...I kenw they were the same due to the apparel they worse then and now...The "chitter chatter" of the stringers gave them away too...
But what is it about these guys CONSTANTLY keeping all these fish? EVERY SINGLE DAY if they could, they WOULD! I was asked to hand over some fish I was catching up here in MASS due tot he fact this animal wanted to fill his stringer...I resectfully said, "No, I practice catch and release." FLAMMED, said some colorful expletives at me, and demanded my fish... I realsed my current fish and moved on, not wanting to deal with this bullshit...
These people CAN"T BE STARVING, so they must enjoy just KILLED all these beautiful fish...SHIT, they survived the last 10months without PELLET FED trout, im sure they can survive TROUT SEASON without them...
I am in NO WAY flamming everyone who keeps fish. There are even some of us, EXTRAORIDINARY fly fishermen who keep a few a season to throw on the smoker...Hell, thats awesome... BUT, were not out there, day after day, or stocking week day after stocking week day FILLING the chain of death up...
These are the same CLOWNS who complain come mid june that there are no fish left!!!! Sure, we all find fish all season long, despite the circus that comes to town April 9th -Memorial day, but think about the fishery that we could have if the limit was just decreased a bit or more FFO, NO KILL stretches employed... Easier said than done, but you catch my drift...
I still can't fathom the need to KILL everything you catch, day in and day out...A trout is not that good tasting, jesus christ..I realize we all pay the same license fees and want to get their moneys worth...BUT HOLY HELL! All I need to do is be outside next to a river to get my moneys worth, not even wetting my line...
heres to the clowns getting a clue!!!!:beer1: I gues well be drinking for a long time,,,,
It all started just a few short weeks ago when I was on my way home from school one evening. I decided to stop off and check out one my local haunts to observe the condition of the river. Shocked to see another soul, I pulled in to see a guy sitting in his truck with, of course, a SPINNING ROD, sticking out of the window. I pulled up and asked him if he had been out.
"I have not been out since last spring, but the stocking truck is on its way."
What the ________! "How do you do know of this?"
"Well, this time every year a few of us live close enough tot he hatchery to figure out whats going on."
AKA, these clowns POST the hatchery...
So I sat there, waiting for the stocking truck, free admission, to the soon circus. Sure enough, stocking truck pulled in and 9 cars followed. They launched the fish in the bridge hole and everyone was on them like STINK ON SHIT. Each person, mind you there were 10 of them, had there limit in 32 minutes. Within 40minutes, the first group of people were ALL gone, followed by the stranglers.
WHAT A SHAME! All those beautiful fish are now getting freezer burnt, waiting to be accompanied by next week's stocking.
For the last 4 weeks, I have been regularly fishing, I have encountered only a handful of fly fishermen, NONE OF WHICH had creels on them. We all exchanged our sheer dissapointment with the harvesting practices of these yocals.
Every spin rod guy (im not judging) had a stringer filled, or waiting to be filled, that I came accross...
BEAUTIFUL fish, DEAD.
80% of these animals are people I see EVERY WEEK, filling the stringers. WHAT GIVES!
I was able to sneak out opening day in Jersey, above Shaefers Bridge on the BFB...There were 3 old LOCALS there, with the spin gear of course...I went back to NJ last week and THERE THEY WERE again, now that bait season closed in the FFO stretch, with there FLY RODs and reels filled with mono...I kenw they were the same due to the apparel they worse then and now...The "chitter chatter" of the stringers gave them away too...
But what is it about these guys CONSTANTLY keeping all these fish? EVERY SINGLE DAY if they could, they WOULD! I was asked to hand over some fish I was catching up here in MASS due tot he fact this animal wanted to fill his stringer...I resectfully said, "No, I practice catch and release." FLAMMED, said some colorful expletives at me, and demanded my fish... I realsed my current fish and moved on, not wanting to deal with this bullshit...
These people CAN"T BE STARVING, so they must enjoy just KILLED all these beautiful fish...SHIT, they survived the last 10months without PELLET FED trout, im sure they can survive TROUT SEASON without them...
I am in NO WAY flamming everyone who keeps fish. There are even some of us, EXTRAORIDINARY fly fishermen who keep a few a season to throw on the smoker...Hell, thats awesome... BUT, were not out there, day after day, or stocking week day after stocking week day FILLING the chain of death up...
These are the same CLOWNS who complain come mid june that there are no fish left!!!! Sure, we all find fish all season long, despite the circus that comes to town April 9th -Memorial day, but think about the fishery that we could have if the limit was just decreased a bit or more FFO, NO KILL stretches employed... Easier said than done, but you catch my drift...
I still can't fathom the need to KILL everything you catch, day in and day out...A trout is not that good tasting, jesus christ..I realize we all pay the same license fees and want to get their moneys worth...BUT HOLY HELL! All I need to do is be outside next to a river to get my moneys worth, not even wetting my line...
heres to the clowns getting a clue!!!!:beer1: I gues well be drinking for a long time,,,,
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