How Many is enough?

[Belasko]

Iwantabuggy, you're absolutely right. I am opening a can of worms here. But it's done this way for a couple reasons. One I didn't want to hijack a thread where this debate has come up already. Second I know that d/t the fact that this can be a very hot topic it would best be handled by approaching it in a direct tactful way that spells out the debate and that it is a thread meant for open dialogue on the subject. Hopefully everyone that wishes to can add to the discussion with minimal fear of being bashed for their viewpoint regardless of what it might be. Lastly I felt this needed to be brought up d/t multiple posts over the years where someone has stated they went fishing w a "some friends" and then stated they caught "x" number of fish. They then get questioned, or chastised for keeping too many fish and hurting the fishery, all without finding out pertinent information such as number of people involved and limits for that water.

So, since some people keeping a large number (or potentially keeping a large number) of fish is a problem in other peoples mind, I figure some of those people have a point at which it bothers them. Hence this thread. Personally I have no problem w/ groups of people keeping their legal limit, as long as it's not ridiculous like 2000 people at Ririe keeping a limit of trout and kokes on one Saturday. That would start to make me nervous. However I will watch closely if people appear to be catching more than, or close to, their limits and I'm not noticing anything released.

Keep the debate going guys. I think it's good for all of us to consider these things.
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