Raincatcher
I guess 'm missing the point of...why ????
Really....... Must be pretty fu@^%n hard up.Probably shoot doe's at night with lights as well.Disgusting:grumpy: If you don't have it already,save the OSP tip line number in your phone!
I guess 'm missing the point of...why ????
ODFW biologists believe the theory behind this is that the fish will spawn, return to the ocean and come back with a healed adipose clip to be legally caught by the angler.[/I]
Biologists say this is highly unlikely. It's more likely that infection will set in, and these fish will die.
If you cut the fin and release it and then catch it a while later perhaps the scar is healed enough for it to look like a hatchery fish. I believe that is the motivation.
Well yeah, but how does the logic work ? "I'm gonna illegally cut me the fin offa this here feesh, so's I can legally keep it when I catch it again later..."
If you're willing to do the damned illegal thing in the first place, why not just keep the fish then and be done with it ? Do they think this is some sort of clever fin-laundering scheme ? Break the law in order to get around the law....? <TILT>
Not to mention, the odds of catching a steelhead in the first place are so long, what are the odds of catching the same fish again, over different seasons ?
Not only is it heinous, it is just...below, actually, the level of moron.
No disagreement on the stupidity. However, if a group of anglers who fished the same river a lot all did this then the odds would go up for catching a "keeper". I think the "logic" is a quick slice with a knife and a release is almost impossible to catch/prove. The evidence swims away. However, if you catch the healed fish you are free and clear. The protest aspect is an interesting thought. Maybe the people finning the fish also like to take over wildlife refuges