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Originally Posted by Poppa
Why does fishing = retention? I have always been a firm believer that the fun is in the catching, not the keeping. I love the challenge of trying to a) Find the fish, and b) Get the fish to bite.
If I can let a fish go to get even bigger for someone else to catch, that's the best thing. I do not understand this mentality of needing to keep fish...
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C&R regs can make some lakes produce trophy fish or lots of fish, both of which are really nice to have. Not every lake needs to be a trophy lake though and in fact many if not most of our lakes are not capable of being high quality fisheries even with minimal to no fishing pressure. C&R regs on lakes like this are useless as they will never meet the high standards AEP has set for a fishery to be considered "sustainable" and few people bother to fish these lakes when C&R regs are put in place.