Quote Originally Posted by crappiemax View Post
Throw them back.....and let them grow up��
All joking aside, some fishermen do...this photo was sent to me from a third party, and I cropped it...I worked with one of the guys and he was always complaining that CJ didn't have any big Walleye anymore...he always said "fishermen should put the Big fish back to grow"...guess he didn't take his own advice!lol

I like Gators from 16 to 22 inches to eat...and I put Big Fish Back after a few pics.
I'm kinda weird about it, but I figure that if they survive that long, I'm not gonna be the one that kills them...IMHO, if I was starving then I could see a reason for killing them....but I'm not!
I caught a 31 incher in the creek and let him go, same with the 29 inchers from the lake that I've caught...just let two 15's go this week, because I didn't need them.
Lake management starts with the fishermen, but no matter what, some just don't care...just because it is legal, doesn't mean you have to harvest all the big fish if you catch them...people don't realize that it takes a long time to grow fish that size...then with everyone removing big fish, they complain because they don't understand why there are so few of them! KINDA FUNNY, HUH!