I cannot think of a more fair way than as you stated about the different categories. Rod and reel, jugs, and trot lines. Or one may even consider a noodling category. Well stated. Keep up the good work 👍
Some people hunt with a rifle, some a shotgun, some a bow and arrow. Some people fish with a rod and reel, some a jug, some use limb lines. I think it's all sporting. Some methods are more difficult than others. I think some methods such as what are used by commercial fisherman such as trot lines and hoop nets and drag nets ect... should be considered harvesting rather than sporting.
Only fish caught in public waters should qualify. That way someone's "pet" they've been feeding in their pond everyday for 30 years doesn't make the record. Also harvested fish such as fish caught by super long trot lines, hoop nets, boxes and drag nets or gill nets like commercial fishermen use shouldn't count either in my opinion.
I personally don't mind having categories. But the title "biggest fish in the state" should be just that regardless of how it was caught...then you have all the second place categories behind that.
Having categories is fine but at the end of the day there can only be one "biggest" fish. Some states have records for rod and reels, some for jugs and trotlines, some have lake records, some even have a record for biggest fish caught in a tournament. There's nothing wrong with that. It creates more records and gets more people's names in the record books and may even increase interest and participation. But as a wise man once said, at the end of the day... "There can be only one."
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I cannot think of a more fair way than as you stated about the different categories. Rod and reel, jugs, and trot lines. Or one may even consider a noodling category. Well stated. Keep up the good work 👍
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Some people hunt with a rifle, some a shotgun, some a bow and arrow. Some people fish with a rod and reel, some a jug, some use limb lines. I think it's all sporting. Some methods are more difficult than others.
I think some methods such as what are used by commercial fisherman such as trot lines and hoop nets and drag nets ect... should be considered harvesting rather than sporting.
Only fish caught in public waters should qualify. That way someone's "pet" they've been feeding in their pond everyday for 30 years doesn't make the record.
Also harvested fish such as fish caught by super long trot lines, hoop nets, boxes and drag nets or gill nets like commercial fishermen use shouldn't count either in my opinion.
I personally don't mind having categories. But the title "biggest fish in the state" should be just that regardless of how it was caught...then you have all the second place categories behind that.
Having categories is fine but at the end of the day there can only be one "biggest" fish. Some states have records for rod and reels, some for jugs and trotlines, some have lake records, some even have a record for biggest fish caught in a tournament. There's nothing wrong with that. It creates more records and gets more people's names in the record books and may even increase interest and participation.
But as a wise man once said, at the end of the day... "There can be only one."
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Just catch one bigger than hers and then it's forgotten. Lol
Not talking about that catch specifically, many jug fish catches have been disqualified for years.