Marina Del Rey in the tub with Breeze71

[SoCalSteve]

With all due respect: nice catch....poor decision in killing it. I know its your right, but come on...be a bit more selective. Its not like you guys are starving for a meal. If you are really that hungry, next time you catch one that big, Take a pic and release it....then PM me and ill paypal you $20 so you can buy some fish to eat.

Big calicos are a limited resource, no matter how big the ocean they swim in is.

Also, dont act surprised that people are giving you crap over this...you know damn well that killing big calicos is as controversial as killing big LMB.

[Native Gal]

Nice catches guys, way to keep on fishing.

NG

[supasportkid]

Fat Cali! nice catch man

[Oz]

ease up on it, your all entitled to your thoughts but don't taint another anglers success..
Gary

i find it kinda funny u say what i have above in red but yet u go on your 1 page rant and complaints...like u said people are intitled to there own opinions...so get over it.

on another note...what socalsteve said hit it right on the money.....he should have released the bull calico. u dont see alot of them caught anymore...and u wonder y...but like everyone knows its your own choice weather to keep it. he kept it..so owell.

[Oz]

"We need to be very careful with the Calico fishery, please practice catch and release as much as possible. Don't keep a whole 10 fish limit or any fish over 18". By keeping the full limit or larger size fish you are doing yourself and everyone else a great disservice. Since Calico's are very slow to grow they are susceptible to over-fishing. The big fish produce exponentially more eggs than smaller fish and therefore are the most important in producing a larger group of offspring each year. Please be responsible and spread the word about catch and release. If you are serious about catching a big Bass 10 years from now, you've got to be a conservationist. The average size of Bass has declined and will continue to decline if we do not take care of our fishery. I know I would like to catch a few over 10# and I would sacrifice keeping them now to catch more in the future."

hey vic most of us know that but some people dont get it or wont til its to late. they think cuz there are still the smaller grade fish of certain species that everything's fine they think they know everything

[ghetto dad]

wow, way to justify a great catch and no release. how many black sea bass you do you catch a year ??? .... when they got the stats on them it was too late.oh wait uuuuhhhh they would be WRONG cuz it's a migratory fish...lol but the way you make it
sound, the stats don't matter either way... I'm eating every largemouth I catch from now on.
till i see some stats too.


KJ138)

Amen.......

[ghetto dad]

It is more successful to catch and relase a big calico like that than to kill it.....and I guarantee if i would have killed a LMB, you would be ripping me for it GARY......go kill some more huge batrays, for nothing more than to weigh it....just thought id mention that too while i was at it.......

GD

[ghetto dad]

i find it kinda funny u say what i have above in red but yet u go on your 1 page rant and complaints...like u said people are intitled to there own opinions...so get over it.

on another note...what socalsteve said hit it right on the money.....he should have released the bull calico. u dont see alot of them caught anymore...and u wonder y...but like everyone knows its your own choice weather to keep it. he kept it..so owell.

[ghetto dad]

[quote=SoCalSteve;258279]With all due respect: nice catch....poor decision in killing it. I know its your right, but come on...be a bit more selective. Its not like you guys are starving for a meal. If you are really that hungry, next time you catch one that big, Take a pic and release it....then PM me and ill paypal you $20 so you can buy some fish to eat.

Big calicos are a limited resource, no matter how big the ocean they swim in is.

Also, dont act surprised that people are giving you crap over this...you know damn well that killing big calicos is as controversial as killing big LMB.[/quote]

I totally agree with that...thanks Steve.....

GD

[jerryG]

It's a shame, that fish lived a long time just die for this. That fish should have been released. To try understand the situation from a saltwater anglers perspective it's like keeping a 12 lbs largemouth bass posting pictures then explaining about throwing it in the ice chest and how great the fillets tasted for dinner. You would not gain much support from the freshwater bass crowd. The saltwater crowd is no different. If anything calico is more precious because it takes a calico 2 to 3 times longer to grow 7lbs than it would for freshwater bass to grow to 12lbs.

JerryG