WMO 70 lbs min. Good or Bad?

[teddyp]

I guess we'll see how Thursday and Friday play out but what do you think? What’s going to happen if no other whites qualify? What about a pay out if no blues get weighed. I personally think there will be at least 2 more white that qualify but I know there's a couple tournament directors sweating the next two weigh ins.

Do you think they should have left it the way it was?

[BIGJAHOOTIE]

why kill the small ones, congrats on having balls to stop the killing...
people are already weighing in 58 lb marlin, people would kill anything if they could

[Big Red]

I think the min. are good, look at the last few years there were plenty of quialifying fish at these min. With the number of both whites and blues being caught I think they will have a blue and several more whites make the min.

[teddyp]

why kill the small ones, congrats on having balls to stop the killing...
people are already weighing in 58 lb marlin, people would kill anything if they could

If you want to stop the killing make it a release tournament. There are plenty of fish being killed I'm sorry I mean released. Ha!

[saltlife]

Maybe they should make it a catch and release? Idk

[Hatterized]

talked with Jim Mostko (WMO founder) yesterday.....he said will spare many more fish...and peeps wont be weighing any questionable 50 lbs. juveniles...with 70 lbs. mimimun fish will tend to be mature.

[BIGJAHOOTIE]

talked with Jim Mostko (WMO founder) yesterday.....he said will spare many more fish...and peeps wont be weighing any questionable 50 lbs. juveniles...with 70 lbs. mimimun fish will tend to be mature.

not to be mis understood WHAT HE SAID

[SeaMent]

Maybe they should make it a catch and release? Idk

The WMO will never be a release tourny, if they did you would see a tourny with maybe 50 boats and that's a stretch, you take out all the money donators by goin release only. Out of the 237 in the tourny , count the boats that signed up in the release calcutta. There's lies your answer !!

[Hammer Time]

why are boats bringing in whites that are under the minimum length???that bothers me more than not meeting weight.....thousands on boats and gear dont they have a ruler?

[obxfish]

why are boats bringing in whites that are under the minimum length???that bothers me more than not meeting weight.....thousands on boats and gear dont they have a ruler?

I agree. Caught a nice sailfish with my son this year and he asked if we could keep it. Explained that billfish were usually released. Seeing all these undersized whites makes me wish I had rethought my answer to him and brought him in for pictures and the grill.