DEDICATED 2 CONSERV' OR KILLING BIZ?

[WAHOONBOX]

I KNOW MY OPENING POST MAY SOUND OUT IN LEFT FIELD,....AND AHI......I AM NOT REFERRING TO ANY PARTICULAR STORY OF IGFA HALL OF FAMER MR CAMPBELL......I DO THINK IT IS FAIR TO SAY HE DOES TARGET RECORD FISH THOUGH....WHICH IS OKAY

SOON....SOON AFTER MORE INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING COMES TO TABLE....WE WILL ALL SEE CLEARLY

A RECENT MAGAZINE ARTICLE JUST RUFFLED MY FEATHERS .......WHICH IS WHAT HAS FIRED MY SALVO OFF

[trollman]

Sounds like we are confusing "conservation" with "preservation". My idea of conservation is using ethical tactics while observing properly managed bag limits. That is different than preservation, which is no killing.

You can certainly kill and conserve, not sure if you can kill and preserve. Either way, sounds like there is more to this than just proper use of a word.....

cld not have said it better.

marty, does IGFA use their big name and platform to promote conservation?

when i was in law enforcement we used to commit crimes to catch bad guys.

[Riptide Charters]

The long and short of it is we all assume the risk of killing an animal anytime we put that animal in a position to fight for its life for our enjoyment or tablefare. The IGFA keeps records of those significant catches. So do you by the trophies that adorn every wall in your house. Believe it or not I think you are both on the same side.

I love ya Box, but I think they do more good than harm down there at the IGFA. I know they pissed on your boots in that article but overall I'm a supporter.




August 12, 2006
Capt. Terry Nugent
Guides Melissa Ciolek
to the IGFA
Jr. Female
World Record
Blue Shark 364#

[Andaman Andy]

I have made it clear time and againg that I am not against the killing of any fish, whether it be for a world record, tournament prize, trophy, or table fair. Killing one every so often is not a bad thing. Killing everyone you catch for the sake of killing is not to be tolerated.

I have released 30 plus pound dolphin in MX and VEN because we had all we wanted. I have purposely stopped putting hooked baits in the water while chunking tunas because we had all we wanted. To me that is being responsible.

If I ever am fortunate enough to have a world record class fish caught by the rules on the end of the line and have a chance to kill it, and make myself famous I think I would.

In a tourney where it could make me hundreds of thousands I know I would.

I have fished with members of the IGFA board during the masters in MX, and I can tell you that they are conservation minded fellows, even though they are a member of a group that does, in some regard, support the killing of big fish.

I do not know in what respect, but I am sure that the IGFA does charitable works, and gives back to the fishing community. It is also one of the few "historical" record keeping clubs the sportfishing community has. Some other Fishing clubs have nostalgia on display, but I don't think any have near what the IGFA has in its museum.

Tough call BOX, but the IGFA ain't all bad, just as TBF ain't all good.

Amen to that Frank, my thoughts exactly.

[DH 111]

I HAVE A QUESTION AND NO ONE JUMP ON MY CASE.
BUT ISNT BRINGING IN A WORLD RECORD FISH VALUABLE FOR DATA TO SCIENTISTS. AS IN DETERMINING AGE, GROWTH RATE, LOCATION.THERE HAS TO BE SOME TYPE OF BENEFIT TO CATCHING A RECORD FISH, NO? I HAVE NEVER CAUGHT A WORLD RECORD ANYTHING (EXCEPT HANGOVER) BUT DO YOU CALL IGFA WHEN YOU HAVE A POTENTIAL RECORD? DO THEY SEND A MARINE BIOLOGIST OR JUST SOMEONE TO CERTIFY THE WEIGHT? I WOULD SEE IT AS VALUE. OR MAYBE I AM SEEING IT DIFFERENTLY. I WOULD LIKE SOME FEED BACK. THANKS.