W. I found your Texans

[yak'em-n-stack'em]

YOU DO NOT NEED THE FISH TO GET IT MOUNTED

MOST PLACES DONT EVEN DEAL WITH ACTUAL FISH ANYMORE.

take pics of the fish, get the measurements and release

["W"]

Originally Posted by yak'em-n-stack'em

YOU DO NOT NEED THE FISH TO GET IT MOUNTED

MOST PLACES DONT EVEN DEAL WITH ACTUAL FISH ANYMORE.

take pics of the fish, get the measurements and release

you cant "ConPAIR" a skin mount to replica....Skin mount is so much better

[Asterisk-Rich]

Originally Posted by "W"

you cant "ConPAIR" a skin mount to replica....Skin mount is so much better

i heard that the replicas look better over time than skin mounts...any truth to this? is there a shelf life on a skin mount?

[Duck Butter]

Originally Posted by yak'em-n-stack'em

What is to gain by depleting breeding stock to freeze fish that are too big to taste as good as a 15-20 inch fish.

Most of you who are saying you don't care aren't the ones who are targeting trophy trout. You are filling a freezer. That's fine if that's what you want to do.
But what you don't understand is
BIG FISH BREED BIG FISH

Go ahead and kill the big ones and tell me how that affects trophies in the next few years

Every fish caught is breeding stock if you think about it. Every fish of legal size is big enough to breed the next season whether they are 14" or 30" fish. No science says big fish breed other big fish. Big fish are OLD fish, simple as that. IF big fish bred big fish, then with ALL this catch and release crap that has been going on with bass fishing in the last 20 years or so, wouldn't the world record be broken at least once a year. The record was set by an old man in Georgia a LONG time ago, and he ATE IT

[Duck Butter]

Replica mounts for trout look horrible. A blue marlin looks decent, but trout look really fake = because they are.

["W"]

Originally Posted by Duck Butter

Every fish caught is breeding stock if you think about it. Every fish of legal size is big enough to breed the next season whether they are 14" or 30" fish. No science says big fish breed other big fish. Big fish are OLD fish, simple as that. IF big fish bred big fish, then with ALL this catch and release crap that has been going on with bass fishing in the last 20 years or so, wouldn't the world record be broken at least once a year. The record was set by an old man in Georgia a LONG time ago, and he ATE IT

This i agree with you on! Big Trout are not going to bred bigger trout! your 14inch and smaller are the hammers! they produce the most eggs a year!

Not killing Big Trout is more of a respect thing! Kind of like the guys who let the 8point buck walk to get the 12point

I do not like to eat a trout over 4 or 5 lbs....I prefer the 12-16inch ones

I try to tag big trout so i can see what there pattern is when they get caught again! Its cool and fun hobby for me

[SULPHITE]

Anybody else like to tag hogs???

[longcast]

If I could catch them I would. Lol

[Mediumheavyaction6'6]

Originally Posted by SULPHITE

Anybody else like to tag hogs???

oh dear

["W"]

Originally Posted by SULPHITE

Anybody else like to tag hogs???

???????

[Duck Butter]

Originally Posted by "W"

This i agree with you on! Big Trout are not going to bred bigger trout! your 14inch and smaller are the hammers! they produce the most eggs a year!

Not killing Big Trout is more of a respect thing! Kind of like the guys who let the 8point buck walk to get the 12point

I do not like to eat a trout over 4 or 5 lbs....I prefer the 12-16inch ones

I try to tag big trout so i can see what there pattern is when they get caught again! Its cool and fun hobby for me

I wouldn't keep anything over 4 except to get mounted, but have no problem with someone keeping whatever they want. Saw a 6.5 last weekend go home to the fillet knife, didn't bother me one bit. There is no shortage of fish, I also prefer the smaller fish. And from being used to fishing in southeast La am used to the 12" fish

[SULPHITE]

Originally Posted by "W"

???????

She probably pull a little drag but wear out quick...

[Hopedale Hustler]

I don't target Trophy trout...This is not wrong watt they did....yak em if u target trophy trout what is your biggest fish??? How many 20 inch females have all of you caught an kept???? We ain't God I'm not saying I'd keep 100 sow trout but who are any of us fishing cops???? Y'all are being like La sportsman pansys about this...half of you haven't even caught a fish big enough to be a wall hanger and call yourselves trophy trout fisherman.....I just don't see y people gotta hate.....if I was slamming nothing but trout over 20 inches and couldn't pay one smaller to bite I know what I would do....do you all?

[Triton22]

Picture was taken in the late 1990's ... in the area of Turners Bay... Right or Wrong... Why kill all those big fish ? Dont know

This was when US Texans would come over and wade Big Lake and people thought we had lost our minds for getting out of a perfectly good boat !! And now look at what the craze is !! Go figure !!

The guy in the picture is a good fisherman and he is well respected all up and down the Gulf Coast .... I have fished next to him many a day on Sabine !!

As for the Corky, yeah it has been around a lot longer than most know ... I fished one for the first time in 1991 and I will not forget the day !! Back when you had to call and ask Paul what he had in stock and drive up to the "shop" his added on garage !!

Freddy

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[yak'em-n-stack'em]

i dont target trophy trout, i fish red fish on the flats.

my biggest trout is 5 11

i have a freezer with offshore fish, trout and reds in it, i dont over fill my freezer, if i get low on one i go get more.

its not about keeping fish, i love to eat fish, and when i need them i keep them, its about raping a resource for no other reason than because you can

[yak'em-n-stack'em]

and i guarentee these guys throw out frozen fish that get too old just like some people on here do,

why keep them and throw them out if you could just go and catch them another day

[SULPHITE]

Originally Posted by yak'em-n-stack'em

and i guarentee these guys throw out frozen fish that get too old just like some people on here do,

why keep them and throw them out if you could just go and catch them another day

But!! Would you tag a hog is given the opportunity????

[yak'em-n-stack'em]

hog as in pig? like in the woods?

[SULPHITE]

Originally Posted by yak'em-n-stack'em

hog as in pig? like in the woods?

naw bro...kondaka donk...

[yak'em-n-stack'em]

a hog like in the picture a few posts back?

no i reserve those for the men that can handle them lol