Catch and release isn't stupid. It's what a good sportsman does. Selective harvest is what you should be pushing not dogging catch and release

@TheBoundlessNexus

18 күн бұрын

The creator is just another person touching on a hot-topic without the proper education, shame...

@pcheek68

17 күн бұрын

Thank you for commenting. I have edited description

@pcheek68

17 күн бұрын

​@@TheBoundlessNexusthank you for commenting. This is not a Hot Topic for me. I have no idea and don't care what's Trending. My Instagram reels and yt vids go back years of showing data

Here in Kansas we have virtually no bass over 3lb due to over harvesting of public lakes 😢

@pcheek68

17 күн бұрын

My region and location in video I thought were obvious. I have edited the descriptions. Thank you for commenting.

that tiny pond would be empty if everyone kept the fish

@pcheek68

17 күн бұрын

This tiny pond needs to be drained completely and restocked. Thank you for commenting. I have edited the description.

@Devin14747

17 күн бұрын

Then don't fish it for a couple years it's not rockets science idk why c/r wanna screw with the native species just go help remove all the garbage carp if you don't like to eat fish

"Catch and Release is stupid, I'll just ignore the hundreds of millions of dollars in studies and insert my own opinions..." Like yea, lake get stunted sure, but calling catch and release stupid is as ignorant of a take as it gets man...

@pcheek68

17 күн бұрын

Thank you for commenting. I have edited the description. I incorrectly assumed my normal small audience already had seen the hundreds of Instagram reels and yt posts about unmanaged small waters in the South

Small fisheries need to be managed by keeping fish to prevent the stunting of growth.

Yes so the idea is,when there is not enough food the bass will start to starve to dead until there is enough food aswell as room for other fish. Nature will take care of that. Its human intervention that has caused the problem in the first place and its human intervention keeping the problems alive!

@papa_fried_u

18 күн бұрын

ok then u make a difference then instead of commenting on a yt post

@pcheek68

17 күн бұрын

Thank you for commenting. Nature cannot take its course in an unmanaged fish bowl.

@back2nature608

17 күн бұрын

@@pcheek68 Nature is the one and only manager! It has its own agenda and when its not in line with ours we think it needs our help lol.

Poachers are stupid...

@ColtonRobinson-ej4xr

18 күн бұрын

How's he a poacher?! I help manage a 4 acre pond here in texas and everything he said is true.👍 😅 If stock tank bass have a little body and a big head that means that they're over populated. You just have to know when to catch and keep and when to release. I swear bass fishing yuppies have officially turned the sport into a weekend boyscout jamboree 😅

@ryderupshaw2809

18 күн бұрын

@@ColtonRobinson-ej4xr Skinny bodies doesn't automatically correlate to overpopulation. This is one lake out of thousands and it could be to many different problems such as malnutrition that is being caused by INVASIVE species in that lake which could be overpopulating. You can't compare this lake in the video to your PRIVATE pond in Texas because you can easily get rid of the invasive species in that private pond. Also, if the bass in your pond are overpopulating, maybe add in a control species and more primary and secondary energy sources

@ColtonRobinson-ej4xr

18 күн бұрын

@ryderupshaw2809 If the bodies of the fish you're catching have really skinny bodies and really big mouths, then they're in an overpopulated ecosystem. It's just a common fact when it comes to black bass. If you have a healthy population, it never hurts to keep a five fish limit. If anything, it helps.

@pcheek68

17 күн бұрын

Thank you for commenting. I have edited description

You barely could've reeled that one in. It would behoove you to have a garage sale and sell your gear.

You're like me, bucking a trend. I don't wear a bike helmet and have data to prove it's more dangerous. People see you have a helmet on and pass you much closer. Dangerous. You do you Philip! 👍

@pcheek68

17 күн бұрын

You're correct about drivers seeing a helmet or not seeing one. I saw 3 motorcycles in a traffic jam on I-26 yesterday, and the one without helmet is the one I focused on. Timely comment from you. Kinda odd, actually.

You're looking "spawned out" fish, in an overpopulated pond. You may be right, in THIS setting. Catch and release is a public water thing. I'm sure you don't fish there because, "there ain't no fish, in them lakes". 🤦‍♂️😂

@pcheek68

17 күн бұрын

Thank you for commenting. I edited description. I fish every day, all mostly public waters. The spawn here was at least a month ago, maybe two. There really is no such thing as 'spawned out" when you are referring to the Standard Weight Chart. Relative Weight is 365, all regions, all seasons

Why would anyone call another person stupid, who catches and releases, or keeps and eats? Now I know of some ponds and lakes that could use a few taken out, but this take of yours....Wow. Not every pond or lake is so abundant that you should keep every legal fish. States have stocking programs for a reason. There is a state park 2 miles from me that has about 30 ponds and lakes. At least 20 of them have been so overfished, you would be lucky to catch one fishing it all day. I think some have been completely fished out.

@pcheek68

17 күн бұрын

Thank you for commenting. I have edited the description of video.

lack of enough food

@pcheek68

15 күн бұрын

... and in the South, in Small Waters, the lack of food is usually because there are too many 1lb bass.

They really just need to put a strict max size on bass. They're not good over like 2lbs anyways, the bigger ones aren't for eating, but theyre so abundant the small ones eat up forage. Where im at, your daily limit is 1 any size, 4 any size under 16. Which, i actually really like. The 1 over 16 is really only *supposed* to be used to get mounts anyways.

@pcheek68

17 күн бұрын

Thank you for commenting. I have edited the description for clarity.

Howdy, fisheries biologist here. Catch and release is not stupid, this is a very blanketed statement. It really depends, obviously fish have served as a main food source for people for millennia and it is a critical source of protein for many people around the world. Additionally, for bass the western US they are entirely non-native so conserving them really shouldn’t be a priority. BUT, for many fish species the human pressure of harvest is so much greater than it ever has been historically so it’s unrealistic to say “catch and release is a bad mentality” is incredibly incorrect. And as far as the weight thing is concerned, basically all wild animals are opportunistic feeders and their weight will fluctuate VASTLY. A friend of mine published a paper in the journal Nature (author John Armstrong) that found that fish consume most of their annual caloric intake over about 10% of the year. So fish will be skinny sometimes and heavier at others. I’d recommend reading some fisheries literature before making blanketed statements like this 👍🏼

@pcheek68

17 күн бұрын

Consistently under 70% of Standard Weight, with no competing species present, documented, and as stated and shown this is in the South in a man made fish bowl. Yes, the 100% catch and release mentality is wrong. Thank you for your input. My normal small viewership of hoa/ muni bank fishing has seen the years of data I have shown. Of course I am not talking all regions and all water types.

I have to catch and release, because I can't eat fish

@pcheek68

15 күн бұрын

If your fish, weighed and measured, are under 90% of Relative Weight consistently, and you KNOW there are no competing species, then your Competing Species is other 1lbers. The humane thing to do is throw it into the woods, don't release it

Soooo, did you eat him? Or...

@pcheek68

17 күн бұрын

No, I released HER. Not a him. This bass should have been over 4lb, making it probably a female here