Catfish Conference
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02/20/19 12:12 PM
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Abu65
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Are any of you all attending the Catfish Conference in Louisville, KY this weekend?
It is what it is.
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Re: Catfish Conference
[Re: Abu65]
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02/20/19 01:06 PM
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Dang it! I thought it was a few weeks away yet!
NTA OSTA
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Re: Catfish Conference
[Re: Abu65]
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02/20/19 06:40 PM
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I'm excited about it. I've had to work on the weekends they've had it on the last 3 years. We are going Friday afternoon and may go back Saturday.
It is what it is.
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Re: Catfish Conference
[Re: Abu65]
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02/21/19 07:09 AM
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danny clifton
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I believe that's the same bunch mixed up with in fisherman magazine that got commercial fishing closed down on the Missouri river putting a lot of people in a real bind. No biology behind it just a bunch of jack wagons jealous over someone else's catch and knowledge. Don't go. I could easy see that crowd whining that they can't call in a bobcat cause trappers are catching them all. Then just like the fact that their "trophy" catfish catching didn't improve on the Missouri river, their cat calling skills won't be any better either. I hope no one goes.
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Re: Catfish Conference
[Re: Abu65]
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02/21/19 09:20 AM
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danny clifton
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So pay to fish people starve their money makers? I bet you want to shut down deer pens too? Are you not an antler hunter? What's wrong with buying your trophy? If more people bought their antlers from deer pens I'd get back a lot of trapping ground. What about the live coyote market? Shut that down?
Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
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Re: Catfish Conference
[Re: Abu65]
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02/21/19 10:49 AM
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danny clifton
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sako22, you sound a lot like the people saying its time to stop the commercial sale of trapped fur. Saying those poor coyotes are left to starve to death in cruel traps when they don't manage to chew their feet off.
Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
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Re: Catfish Conference
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02/21/19 11:03 AM
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M.Magis
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So pay to fish people starve their money makers? I bet you want to shut down deer pens too? Are you not an antler hunter? What's wrong with buying your trophy? If more people bought their antlers from deer pens I'd get back a lot of trapping ground. What about the live coyote market? Shut that down? That's a nice apples to oranges analogy. Deer are born and raised in captivity. They are privately owned livestock. The catfish that are put in pay lakes are netted from public waters and then sold to pay lakes. That in of itself doesn't bother me, but it's very different from a deer farm. The issue for me, is that the commercial fisherman were nearly unlimited in how many large catfish they could remove from public waters. That may have changed by now, I'm not sure. But times have changed in that these days that trophy catfish provide a bigger economic impact recreationally than commercially. The general catfish population and the trophy catfish population are really two different things, but aren't treated as such. There should be a balance that can be found, but as usual you have two sides fighting for the extremes. The anti-commercial guys want it stopped all together, and the pro-commercial guys want no limits.
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Re: Catfish Conference
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02/21/19 11:24 AM
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danny clifton
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Once that fish is caught it becomes private property.
The issue for you subscribers to in fisherman magazine is jealousy. You want to brag and you are worried that a guy with a hoop or trammel net, or a 100 hook trotline, is going to catch a bigger fish than you will on a rod and reel.
Its a fish. There is no danger of the population being harmed by current commercial fishing regulations.
Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
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Re: Catfish Conference
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02/21/19 12:17 PM
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danny clifton
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The issue for me, is that the commercial fisherman were nearly unlimited in how many large catfish they could remove from public waters Its your crap. Unless somehow you typed all that by accident.
Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
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Re: Catfish Conference
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02/21/19 12:50 PM
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You either need to get better at posting full sentences/thoughts and making a little sense, or just stop. I honestly have no idea what you're trying to say. That quote of mine has nothing to do with the childish garbage in your previous post.
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Re: Catfish Conference
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those two aren't even close to being similar. but I guess things are a lot more different in Kansas. I guess people should ride around and shoot trophy bucks with a dart gun and transport them to a big pen so people can get their trophy. take resources from group to satisfy another. sako22, you sound a lot like the people saying its time to stop the commercial sale of trapped fur. Saying those poor coyotes are left to starve to death in cruel traps when they don't manage to chew their feet off.
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Re: Catfish Conference
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02/21/19 01:43 PM
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danny clifton
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You two, just like the boneheads at PETA , are trying to stop a commercial harvest that does ZERO damage to the resource. You are doing it because of your failure to catch "trophy" fish and instead of looking in the mirror to find out who is responsible your blaming people who make a living at it.
Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
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