Check out this pic that was sent to me by a gentleman Jim Banes
I for one have never seen a 6lb spotted bay bass!

http://www.calfishing.com/photos/oceanmisc.html

Where were those toads caught? I think the IGFA record is 6 and change- Nice fish!

Sure hope they tasted good. It's too bad they can't be caught again.

Amish Ed

That's what I was thinkin ;-) Who does this guy think he is, Jamon???
-Brian

whats wrong W/ eating somthin you caught? the fish were plenty big you guys are a bunch of ##### hot shots you guys are the real, what you call "barnies" you elitest hot shot fucks

Thanks for the informative, constructive, inspirational post. It's guys like you that keep this site going. Is this your first post? Welcome to the site! I'm assuming you're the guy that caught the bass... nice fish! Perhaps you aren't aware of the consequences of killing bass of that size. Catch and release is a very large, and widely accepted practice, particularly for bass (just about all of em, sandbass, calico, bay, even largemouth and smallmouth). The reason for this is that many bass species are highly sought after gamefish. Big fish get big because they have certain genes which allow them to evade predators, choose the proper food sources, and be the fittest to survive. Other fish who don't have these genes, simply die before they grow to that size. It is very important to release the larger fish because they can pass on their "genes for survival" to another whole new generation, and that generation will have a better chance of growing to that size someday. So, to say that we are a bunch of hotshots may be true (j/k ;-)) but the reason we catch and release the big bass like that is so that guys like YOU can catch one like that in the future. What would happen if everybody kept all the big fish with the genes to get that big??? There'd be no more big fish!!! Would it make you happier if we killed all the fish with the right genes instead of releasing them so that other people can catch them in the future??? There aren't many things that piss me off, but somebody cussing me out because I practice conservation is where I draw the line.
-Brian

LAST EDITED ON May-26-01 AT 09:16 PM (PST)

Girl-O -War, you're a kook bro, some day you'll figure it out- or maybe not. I guess you'll be the guy plowing through my paddy tomorrow morning with no clue as to why I accidently sent the 6X Salas through your windshield. Beat it!

no i am not the guy who caught the bass just to set the record straight

Wow, the behavior of this man o war character goes way beyond the pale of common decency. While I think it's OK to keep somthing if you do eat it, I sure wouldn't have kept that spotted bay bass. The bays and harbors of Southern California aren't very clean. Judging by the size of that fish, it must have been pretty old. I'll bet there was alot of toxins built up in its tissues. Yuck, not on my plate thank you!

I think I'm gonna cry....sniff....
whaaaaaaaa!!!!