Conservation and giving back.
There is a thread entitled "people fishing your structure" in the Crappie Structure forum that I contributed to recently. The thread refers to structure placed in the water to attract and hold fish. Condo's they call them,Like it's a resort where the fish can vacation. In reality it's a spot that will attract fish, so that one can easily find them. It does provide habitat for the fish and that is a good thing. Whats missing as I read all these posts is any sense of conservation.i love to fish ,I'm probably not a very good fisherman because I seldom come home with more than 10. An old friend,long deceased, was an excellent fisherman and would fish 3 or 4 times per week. He would catch 3 or 4 fish,just enough for a meal for he and his wife,and then call it a night.
I would like for you to read the response I submitted to this thread And the response I got from my son,who lives in a neighboring state.
Response to thread:
Children,
I can't believe what I'm reading here. Years back when I lived in another area,we had a fishing club and every year at the clubs expense,we would acquire thousands of walleye eggs and hatch them,nurture them and when they became fingerling size,release them into lake Erie. Some of those fish were probably caught by Canadian fishermen. Our fish !! Can you imagine that. We went to all that trouble and expense,and someone else caught and ate the fish. We probably should have declared war on Canada,New York and Ohio. Does any of this ring a bell? The water is not yours or mine,neither are the fish,until you catch them. The cover you sank ( often times illegally) ceased to belong to you when you threw it overboard. And as far as guides go ,these people know darn well that you will visit those spots with your own boat. You only hired the guide because it was an unfamiliar area that you wanted to check out. Perhaps he should have brainwashed you or giver you electroshock therapy when you got off his boat,thereby making you forget where you were,then he could keep all the fish to himself.
I know full well that a good many of you will take exception to what I say here today,but take a moment,stand back,look in the mirror,and reflect on how foolish this is.
E mail from my son:
"Before you sent me the crappie link (about the argument on beds and docks) I had been reading it prior to your contributions. In the past I have seen pictures of these homemade beds. These people should realize how lucky they are that not only do they have time to go fishing a lot but to pour this much time into their hobby. A couple of months back I xrayed a guy who fishes lake Jordan. I asked him about Buggs, said he fished it but Jordan was better. He told me he went camping there for 3 days with his wife and son and brought back 900 crappie. When I applied for my boat registration the guy told me about someone he knew who got 400 in one day out of Wylie. He said the guy would not even tell him where it was. I say let them keep arguing because if the wardens can't catch them then maybe the stupid jerks will kill each other. "
The point I'm trying to make here is,I read too much of how we caught 100 today or we got the limit and then when back out and did it again. Seems to me we have an awful lot of very greedy and selfish people here. My posts generally are not greeted with a whole lot of enthusiasm and some are deleted by the censors(I think you call them moderators) but This is what I have observed reading these posts every night and this is something that I felt needed saying.