Quote Originally Posted by Boa3 View Post
I'm sure I'll get crucified for this but here we go again. First it was bass. used to keep a few for sandwiches and then the tournaments and money got into it and you were taking your life in your own hands keeping fish to eat. Now it is in the Crappie world. Tournaments and don't keep crappie. It is into Catfishing also. What ever happened to letting biologists run a fishery and those of us who are Prison guards,welders,electricians etc, do our jobs not theirs.
I will get crucified along with you. Tournament fishing has brought a lot of money into the sport, but it has ruined fishing for the everyday run of the mill fisherman. I despise tournament fishing.