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Zed · 12-29-2009, 04:11 PM

^Plus the banning of fish traps (mostly sheephead) and mouse trap fishing.

Just for relativity: Looking back, I am amazed at some of the styles and geographical areas that were fished so extensively [DP had fish traps along the inshore for miles and miles. Sheephead were a very rare catch on H&L. Plus the mousetrap (a bunch of buoys with line and hooks for each one. Like a longline, w/o the connecting long line. Sit out there in your skiff and if a buoy moves, fish on, and chase it down) style was common off DP] Then, it was just fishing and no one was telling them it was all that wrong. So in 30years, what are we going to look back on?

"I can't believe people use to take threshers." ?

Just playin devil's advocate here.

To the OP: Nice fish. If after you have gone thru the hook, fight, land, dispatch, paddle, carry, chill, cut, seal and freeze/give away the shark, you still are game to take another, go for it. You're more fanatic than I. Too big a PITA (no pun) for me to do more than once. More manageable sized finfish for me.

12-29-2009, 04:11 PM	#24
Zed BANNED Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: W of 5 Posts: 1,265	^Plus the banning of fish traps (mostly sheephead) and mouse trap fishing. Just for relativity: Looking back, I am amazed at some of the styles and geographical areas that were fished so extensively [DP had fish traps along the inshore for miles and miles. Sheephead were a very rare catch on H&L. Plus the mousetrap (a bunch of buoys with line and hooks for each one. Like a longline, w/o the connecting long line. Sit out there in your skiff and if a buoy moves, fish on, and chase it down) style was common off DP] Then, it was just fishing and no one was telling them it was all that wrong. So in 30years, what are we going to look back on? "I can't believe people use to take threshers." ? Just playin devil's advocate here. To the OP: Nice fish. If after you have gone thru the hook, fight, land, dispatch, paddle, carry, chill, cut, seal and freeze/give away the shark, you still are game to take another, go for it. You're more fanatic than I. Too big a PITA (no pun) for me to do more than once. More manageable sized finfish for me. __________________ Give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day. Give a fish a man and he'll eat for a week.