lol. A shot of black velvet first and you'll hardly feel it.
Seminar for Catch and release techniques of halibut
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lol. A shot of black velvet first and you'll hardly feel it.
kronic_fisherguy
Active Member
Must of hit a nerve here comes damage control.Better just cut this one off before someone decides it is to big to be sporting.
Derby
Crew Member
Better idea get a sense of humor..
if you cannot take a shot of black velet its a good start..... 
SerengetiGuide
Well-Known Member
This thread shouldn't even have to exist. But we were sold out. As for c and r, pinch barb on circle hook but then you'll lose a lot more fish...keep tac down though *eyeroll*
Derby
Crew Member
This thread shouldn't even have to exist. But we were sold out. As for c and r, pinch barb on circle hook but then you'll lose a lot more fish...keep tac down though *eyeroll*[/QU
This thread has nothing to do with your beef... the other threads are for you..
Seriously this thread is starting to go off course. Regardless of the current or upcoming regualtions people should know how to properly deal with large halibut. There are safe and not so safe ways to deal with 100# of fish sitting beside the boat. There are ways you can rig your gear so you can have control over the fish at the side of the boat no matter what you want to do with it. Anywho my offer is still there for anyone who wants to learn a little bit about how to control big game. So Lets please try to keep this thread on track and post up some constructive items. We all know the current proposed regs suck the the TAC allocation sucks.
Derby
Crew Member
you know whats going "off course" mike, is that the guys on this forum continue to give DFO ideas about how to manage our halibut....the idea of annual limits and size restrictions came from SFBC....a few years ago someone brought up the slot size for salmon, and guess what......slot size......and then someone thought it was a good idea for a halibut slot size, another idea that came to pass! Where did this 16/60 idea come from? It came from here! So if u want to get "back on track"....tell guys on this forum to keep their bright ideas to themselves! Dont take it personal im not pickin on u, but can u imagine some new guy that catches a big prick, and then brings it aboard to measure it cause hes not quite sure if its legal? Dont go to war with me, but the history here proves, ask......and we shall receive!
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Derby
Crew Member
Someone else who doesn't really get it... do you even go to meeting? or are you another key board hero from the forum??? have to ask because I sure see a bunch of people who shat **** out there but have or never to go meeting to put there 2 bits in..... just my to bits ..please don't take it personal i'm not picking on you......
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derby i get it...Im not a hero(that i know of), but i have fished for many years, and tell it the way is has been written! Go check out the old posts for yourself!
U tell me then, where did this annual limit of 6 come from.? lodges and guides r pushing this up north, but never have i seen anywhere that it was DFO's idea...It doesnt benifit guys that are not guides, we dont take the majority of our TAC...Guides and lodges do, and the % is very lob-sided...Dont get me wrong we need guides and lodges for jobs and economy, but cant understand how a few guys up north can influence the fishing here in victoria, and why guys in victoria accept and support these ideas.
U tell me then, where did this annual limit of 6 come from.? lodges and guides r pushing this up north, but never have i seen anywhere that it was DFO's idea...It doesnt benifit guys that are not guides, we dont take the majority of our TAC...Guides and lodges do, and the % is very lob-sided...Dont get me wrong we need guides and lodges for jobs and economy, but cant understand how a few guys up north can influence the fishing here in victoria, and why guys in victoria accept and support these ideas.
I think we should go back to 2/3 and close it down when our limit has been reached. The idea of going all the way out to the banks hooking one fish and it has to be under 60 or you have to cut the line is akin to closing down the fishery for sports anyways. In a world of diminishing oil it is just not realistic to impose such a restrictive and environmentally unfriendly process to catch a fish. I can just imagine the uproar that would result if the tuna fleet was given a 2/3 quota. I guess if we can expense the average joe off the resource then the rich and famous and their guides can have it their way. Why do we have car pool lanes to reduce the amount of fuel burnt into the air but impose this 1/1 >60 rule on a sporty? Think about it.
The idea of an annual of halibut is sound and I have and will continue to support it. Just for the record I'm also in favour of DFO beginning a process of accessing the impact on guides and lodges in some terminal areas. (salmon) A process to determine at what number these areas should be considered maxed out and a cap put in place to prevent over fishing and a degradation of the fishing experience of all. Lets face it these areas attract us like flies and at some point there will be more boats than returning fish. Better to have a plan in place before a problem than to wait for the problem and struggle to fix it.
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Well said profisher. I just can't deal with ohhh poor me its costs so much to go fishing. Whats with you guys there is soon much more to being on the water than how many pounds of fish u can bring home. That will be super cool if no one will want to go out for 1 under 60, lots more room for me.....
Well it shouldn't be ust about whats good for me. How about whats right for the tax paying sportfisherman as a group. But then again like you say if you can get rid of us you have it all to yourself.
steel_dreamin
Member
Two things I find peculiar;
- All the guys whining about how it costs money to be a sport fisherman. If you can't afford it then don't do it. The govt is in favour of salmon farms an exploiting our resource via commercial mechanisms so I'm certain you can find seafood via alternative avenues.
- the people that say "go to a meeting", why? So I can say the same thing you are and not be heard... I think we should all acknowledge that the framework we are currently working within is flawed and requires an overhaul. Strategic lobbying as opposed to "meeting" is more valuable at this stage in the game.
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- All the guys whining about how it costs money to be a sport fisherman. If you can't afford it then don't do it. The govt is in favour of salmon farms an exploiting our resource via commercial mechanisms so I'm certain you can find seafood via alternative avenues.
- the people that say "go to a meeting", why? So I can say the same thing you are and not be heard... I think we should all acknowledge that the framework we are currently working within is flawed and requires an overhaul. Strategic lobbying as opposed to "meeting" is more valuable at this stage in the game.
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Derby
Crew Member
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