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So yesterday, I was meeting a friend at Clear Lake Park to help her train for Lacrosse. I got there about half an hour before she did and decided to go to the pier near the bridge to see if anyone was catching anything. Along the way there, I saw some people throwing cast nets in the water and bringing up a lot of shads. I walked past them and continued on towards the pier. After talking to some of the people on the pier, I headed back and along the way, passed the guys throwing the cast nets. At their feet were piles and piles of shad! They weren't releasing the shad back into the water. They were picking out the shrimp and just leaving the shad on the deck. I was a bit upset at this. I feel that if you aren't going to use the shad as bait, then throw it back. It seemed like such a waste. I talked to them about it and I didn't think they understood what I was talking about. Anyhow, I reluctantly left them and practiced with my friend. This morning, I went back to the park and there were thousands upon thousands of shad on the ground. What do y'all think? Do you throw the shad back or leave them on the ground?
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throw them back so the fish in the lake have plenty to gorge on so when I start hitting it in the fall and winter there will be plenty of toads. -
It's actually against the law for them to do that. want on waste
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Yes, I toss them back. It is gross and disrespectful to the resource to leave them out to die, then stink up the place.
They will not all live, even in the water, but at least a crab or hardhead will eat them quick.Comment
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Really? What is the law? That way I can tell them next time.Originally posted by Tiny View PostResident NinjaComment
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is it legal to catch shirmp there with a cast net. no not cool on shad. i would have ask'ed nicely to put shad back in the water...Comment
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I tried! I put a few back and was trying to explain that they should as well. I don't think they understood it though...Originally posted by rowdy216 View PostResident NinjaComment
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Like Tiny said it is called "Wanton Waste of Wildlife Resources"-same as throwing your trout in the trash or leaving your deer to rot. Call the GW. In Louisiana at the Rockefeller State Wildlife Refuge, LDWF GW issue citations for littering and failure to return by-catch immediately to the water-those menhaden stink and create unsanitary conditions-because of the dumping of menhaden, LDWF closed what is known as "Mud Hole" in Cameron parish to the public completely until "further notice".
You ran across some real idiots-maybe they were Obama and Congress?"Hey Hillary, regarding the Benghazi Attack on 9/11-we'll just blame it on that movie, not my total lack of security. By the way, what's so significant about 9/11 anyway-was that a date my buddy Bill Ayers of the Weather Underground blew up a government building?" asked Obama to Hillary. BEAUTIFY AMERICA, RUN OVER A LIBERAL, THEN BACK UP AND SEE IF HE'S DEAD.Comment
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Asians like myself hate to see wonton waste...Comment
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Don't be a Nancy!
If it smells like fish....you know I've been there!Comment
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Yan and Jhua A++++ WONTON waste-me likes!! I prefer Egg Drop soup-hey Obama egg-dropped the ball on his debt crisis. Cool."Hey Hillary, regarding the Benghazi Attack on 9/11-we'll just blame it on that movie, not my total lack of security. By the way, what's so significant about 9/11 anyway-was that a date my buddy Bill Ayers of the Weather Underground blew up a government building?" asked Obama to Hillary. BEAUTIFY AMERICA, RUN OVER A LIBERAL, THEN BACK UP AND SEE IF HE'S DEAD.Comment
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At his baptism, Sam Houston was told his sins were washed away. He reportedly replied, “I pity the fish downstream.” - Nov. 19, 1854 - Independence, Texas
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Don't approach them, just call the GW and report it. You never know who your dealing with in those situations. If someone is knowingly breaking the law they can tend to respond aggressivly to your suggestions & a situation like this can turn bad in an instant (been there!!).
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