Thread: Ethics/legal question for ya....

dont worry im not got done fishing and electic was off at cleaning station so his knife wouldnt work, so just put fish in 5 gallon bucket and said see ya. but back on topic you should at least being wetting a line if nothing else

I have to agree with big c on this. It is legal to have the third limit in the boat but its not ethical. About the poles? I agree with h, but I dont think they care who is fishing them as long as there aren't too many.

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"Legal" is intentionally designed to allow for some "wiggle room" or "gray area". "Ethical" (on the other hand) is either black or white with no "wiggle room" or "gray area". If you saw a ten dollar bill laying on the ground... would you pick it up and put it in your pocket knowing it didn't belong to you??? Well, I'm sure a great majority of people would and I don't think you could fault him for it. Legally, the ten spot doesn't belong to anyone because ownership was lost when the bill was lost. Should you leave it laying there and just walk past it??? I'm sure the great majority would not. Ethically, however, the finder of the ten spot might likely pick up the bill and pay it forward to someone else who needed it worse than he did... rejoicing and giving thanks for the opportunity that he could do so.

My point is: There seems to always be a thin line between law and ethics... but the answer always lies within the heart and soul of the doer when all gray area will be made black or white on a later date. Be careful to choose well my brother.

Originally Posted by Big C

I think if you takes someone extra just so you can catch there limit is ethicly wrong but legally right.Since Big H is a sissy and cancelled on me this saturday i will probably be taking my girls and more than likely i will help them catch their limit.Do I feel wrong about it ,nope.As for the poles I think as long as your not over limit, i doubt they care how many poles use.

And this from the feller that has for the past year consistently lectured me on how, and how many, fish I LEGALLY catch?!!!?

Hey, The law is for adults and protection of the resource say ceasears ruling authority. 3 poles per person on boat and 15 legal fish each. If it was a child that was small let him claim the fish after leaving the lake. If the child is experienced and old enough to understand his responsibility or you think he needs to learn quit at his limit and go home. Sounds like someone here has a guilty conscious or wants to squeel on some of his friends????????
??????????? THE HOOK

ATM my girls are 13 and 16 and can out fish most grown men.I was joking more than anything.Seems your always looking for a fight.And besides i've got a number to hit after that,they all go back in the water.

Originally Posted by ATM

And this from the feller that has for the past year consistently lectured me on how, and how many, fish I LEGALLY catch?!!!?

My son has been able to catch a limit since he was 6 months old;-). Heck without being able to have your kids to catch a limit the B's would starve.

Originally Posted by Big C

ATM my girls are 13 and 16 and can out fish most grown men.I was joking more than anything.Seems your always looking for a fight.And besides i've got a number to hit after that,they all go back in the water.

Think he was just rednecking u a little the way you do him. You are pretty good about it