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    trust me on this sir , some of the really great crappie anglers out there do not fish in crappie tournaments .
    this much is factual and the hardcore really good non professional crappie anglers you might cross paths with are often tight lipped .
    lots of them dont talk much from what i have seen ....just saying
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    Well, I have never put a float or balloon on a fish but I have only seen livescope on youtube. Please don't jump down my throat but, what is the difference in looking at a fish on a screen and lowering a jig down to him vs following a float or balloon around trying to keep up with a school of fish?

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    To me it's morals and sportsmanship. Its sort of like would you rather hunt animals by actively hunting and searching for them with binoculars or by wounding one and then following it back to den or wherever to kill the others? I do not know if this is legal in my state, I do not care. This is not how I choose to fish. Part of fishing I enjoy is the hunt for them then catching not shooting fish in a barrel.
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    While I would not fish using a ballon or cork attached to a line since it is illegal here I don't see your comparasion between hunting and fishing. In many areas hunters bait an area with corn or other feed or a salt lick to pull the deer to them. I don't see much difference in this practice than attaching a line to a crappie to find the location of other crappie.

    The animal you hunt has no say in it's death since you shoot it from a distance.

    A fish doesn't get caugth until it opens its mouth and takes the bait.

    Nor do I see much difference in attaching a line to a fish to find their location or using a fish finder to find their location, other than the first method is illegal in the states i have fished.. Both are aftifical means to locate the fish. I have never attached a line to find the location of fish but I have used fish finders from the day I was able to afford to buy one.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jay the baptist View Post
    ....... Please don't jump down my throat but, what is the difference in looking at a fish on a screen and lowering a jig down to him vs following a float or balloon around trying to keep up with a school of fish?
    In my case, it crosses a line that is near impossible to define but morals and sportsmanship is the general idea. We each have drawn a line of what constitutes fair chase of fish and game. Tying a float to a fish crosses my line and I won't do it; I'm actually disgusted by the very thought of it. Using technology to put me in the general area where the fish are doesn't cross my line.
    Yes, I was talking to myself; sometimes even I have to ask for expert advice.
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    The way I see it is the question of Are you fishing to eat or are you fishing for sport? Some folks actually would like to eat a fish once in awhile rather then hunt them and release,,,same with deer hunting,,,,I'm not interested in eating horns,,, just some deer meat,,
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    This thread is so derailed.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SuperDave336 View Post
    To me it's morals and sportsmanship. Its sort of like would you rather hunt animals by actively hunting and searching for them with binoculars or by wounding one and then following it back to den or wherever to kill the others? I do not know if this is legal in my state, I do not care. This is not how I choose to fish. Part of fishing I enjoy is the hunt for them then catching not shooting fish in a barrel.
    Clowns use balloons. Certainly not a Fisherman. Using game fish for bait.... Avoid me on the water
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    It's certainly a slim moral line between scents and lights to attract fish, fish finders, live view radars, fish cams to actually see them under water, and hooking one and following the bobber.

    Is dropping a buoy where I first catch a fish immoral, or can I only use GPS to find that exact location again to be 'moral'?

    One could argue the difference is money...

    The exact line of morality is usually a touch different between each of us....but we all should be obeying the local laws.

    Don't like the law, lobby to get it changed or move somewhere that you agree with is my view.

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