04-08-2018, 03:56 PM
[#0000FF]When someone claims to be right...based upon the "facts"...I always have to question the origin of those facts and how many times they have been "adjusted" to show only what the presenter wants presented. Too often the "facts" are tweaked to reflect exactly the point being made by the person divulging them. Heck, I'm married. Been know to "manipulate" a few facts myself. Self preservation.
The emotional side of any argument is often based upon personal experience...tempered with personal interpretation and personal biases. In other words, "empirical" knowledge is still subject to mental modification and may not always be 100% applicable 100% of the time either.
Bottom line is that both sides of this issue are right. Removing a few walleye from Willard at the inlet...by fair means or foul...probably isn't going to make any kind of noticeable change in overall walleye populations. But that doesn't mean that those who love to catch walleye...around the rest of the lake during the rest of the year...can't feel a little bit of pain whenever they see some doofus carrying off a bucket full of walleyes that may or may not have been snagged. To us wallieologists, each of those fish sure would have been more appreciated on the end of our lines than in that guy's bucket. Whimper whimper.
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The emotional side of any argument is often based upon personal experience...tempered with personal interpretation and personal biases. In other words, "empirical" knowledge is still subject to mental modification and may not always be 100% applicable 100% of the time either.
Bottom line is that both sides of this issue are right. Removing a few walleye from Willard at the inlet...by fair means or foul...probably isn't going to make any kind of noticeable change in overall walleye populations. But that doesn't mean that those who love to catch walleye...around the rest of the lake during the rest of the year...can't feel a little bit of pain whenever they see some doofus carrying off a bucket full of walleyes that may or may not have been snagged. To us wallieologists, each of those fish sure would have been more appreciated on the end of our lines than in that guy's bucket. Whimper whimper.
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