Quote Originally Posted by chrispbrown27 View Post
Long before the Asian carp invasion we fished below the Rend Lake spillway up in Illinois. Used to absolutely tear up the white bass. The bad thing was the stink. Gar and carp were the main fish you saw on the banks, but there were also white bass, stripers, crappie...just about every species you can think of tossed up on the rocks to rot. Drove me nuts. I have no problem with killing gar and carp, but why toss them on the rocks where they rot and ruin others fishing? Kill them and toss them back in the water so they float on down and a coon will eat them. Another good thing to use them for is fertilizer. Bury them on the edge of your garden or, if you haven't planted yet, till them directly into the garden.
There are bow fishermen that simply want their picture with the great success of a pile of arrowed fish ...

So they stack them on the bank for pictures ... and then walk away ...

Rickie