Reply by: ObsessedFisherman      Posted: 7/27/2012 3:54:17 PM     Points: 2881    

can't fix stupidity

 Reply by: djdkmode      Posted: 7/27/2012 4:41:32 PM     Points: 241    

Don't need to own a stringer if you catch and release.

 Reply by: Snagaddict      Posted: 7/27/2012 4:48:39 PM     Points: 236    

Don't have to catch and release if you have a stringer.

 Reply by: JKaboom      Posted: 7/27/2012 4:56:15 PM     Points: 922    

I would like to think the best that 3 peoplr were fishing from shore and their stringer swam off but who knows.

It is unfortunate to see the resource wasted but nature will gain some benefit.

 Reply by: jman      Posted: 7/27/2012 5:26:35 PM     Points: 1259    

That sux

 Reply by: Cobbhead      Posted: 7/27/2012 6:04:05 PM     Points: 27    

I'm not positive, but believe a law was broken even if you give the yahoo credit for three people fishing. I think each person needs to have his fish on a seperate stringer.

 Reply by: aaron3607      Posted: 7/27/2012 6:30:29 PM     Points: 179    

cobbhead, dont overthink it...there are families out there just trying to fish and a father with two kids shouldnt have to bring three stringers

 Reply by: badcoyotee      Posted: 7/27/2012 7:30:50 PM     Points: 6    

Right on aaron. Fins up man

 Reply by: FreshWater      Posted: 7/27/2012 7:53:32 PM     Points: 23    

I wonder why people said no hogs and low trout population...... well there you go....

 Reply by: hogbanger      Posted: 7/27/2012 8:26:50 PM     Points: 84    

maybe those fish are getting ready for the olympics

 Reply by: basshog      Posted: 7/27/2012 8:54:32 PM     Points: 343    

hogbanger they do look synchronized. with that many fish and not knowing the rules i can see why they were dumb enough to loose the stringer in the first place......


You should have looked for a hand or a body also. Maybe the entire package fell in including the carrier.

 Reply by: rockyjammer      Posted: 7/29/2012 10:34:06 AM     Points: 72    

Really???

 Reply by: JKaboom      Posted: 7/29/2012 10:48:34 AM     Points: 922    

I am not aware of a reg about seperate stringers. I always use a basket and we use it as a community basket. Its great because the fish are more lively and (esp at 11mile) keeps the crawdads from tearing them up.

 Reply by: bluecollarguy      Posted: 7/29/2012 11:13:20 AM     Points: 43    

A reg on separate stringers required? Too funny, time to look for a boat with 3 livewells to stay legal eh!

Shame about wasting fish though, but accidents happen...

 Reply by: aarhal      Posted: 7/31/2012 4:36:55 PM     Points: 43    

I'd be willing to bet this was a small boat that forgot to take the stringer out of the water when they headed for shore. The stringer was pulled off of the boat and lost probably without the boater knowing. It's too bad, but not worth organizing an lynch mob...

 Reply by: Ajax5240      Posted: 7/31/2012 6:53:49 PM     Points: 300    

It wouldn't be a lynch mob... It would be a stringer mob...

 Reply by: B.L.      Posted: 8/1/2012 3:04:31 AM     Points: 46    

A bunch of possibilities exist for this.

Not all boats have live wells, stringer came untied on boat or shore or kid was playing with the cord and it lost grip on it.

Big waves in a boat and trying to get to shore didnt notice it came loose.

As the last poster said accidents happen.

 Reply by: skiman      Posted: 8/1/2012 5:51:07 AM     Points: 512    

Hogbanger...
Looks like they're practicing for the synchronized swim team...(said with tongue in cheek)! Good Fishing!
Ski

 Reply by: BigFishSmallPond      Posted: 8/6/2012 12:48:12 AM     Points: 0    

Vaguely reminds me of the very old days at yellowstone when trash cans would continually be full of trout - trout that were wasted when people who had most likely never fished before were confronted with the reality of cleaning/gutting fish, and possibly consuming them? Obviously this sad discovery was some sort of accident (since the stringer was attached), however there are a number of folks out there who don't know what on earth to do with fish once caught, whether to keep or release - etc. The reality is that fish, when properly managed, are a renewable resource and should be harvested within reason - a point many seem to miss these days.

 Reply by: Black Hills Bob      Posted: 8/13/2012 10:48:18 AM     Points: 10    

It is a shame to see waste like that. But I admit I have lost a stringer off of my boat before. Also I caught over 100 Fish last year and kept two to eat. I like catching them more than eating them. Let them go if your not going to eat them. More fun for everyone that way.

 Reply by: team FMFO      Posted: 8/13/2012 11:31:17 AM     Points: 1400    

@ Black Hills Bob -
Well said. I caught 217 fish in 2011 and a lot of differant species and kept
Maybe 10 nice Trout to eat !
Fins up.

 Reply by: JimmyMac      Posted: 8/16/2012 3:12:31 PM     Points: 0    

Love fishin? Kiss and release man, Kiss and release. Cell phones all have cameras nowadays . Picture is worth alot of respect . JMO

jim

 Reply by: TJack      Posted: 8/16/2012 3:42:10 PM     Points: 273    

@jim
Selective harvest is key to ecosystems. If everyone simply released every fish they caught there wouldn't be a big enough food base to keep all those fish healthy. Don't get me wrong I don't keep everything I catch, in fact I rarely keep fish because it's not my favorite thing to eat, however I do periodically have the appetite and will keep a couple. I get the whole "I'm a better sportsman because I release everything I catch" mentality, but if everyone did that it would do more harm than good. Again selective harvest is key and that's the reason they have limits on size and numbers both on the statewide level and also on specific bodies of water.Just my $0.02

 Reply by: copighntr13      Posted: 8/20/2012 4:18:47 PM     Points: 292    

Close it down, drain it, dredge it, fix the dam dam, clean it up, start all over and charge an entry fee. Get Antero back to a trophy fishery! Because right now it sucks in so many ways! Regardless of how this stringer incident happened or what excuses people want to come up with, the picture of the six fish is a perfect poster boy of what this lake has become.... A high altitude prospect lake!

 Reply by: jasonsgpaw      Posted: 8/28/2012 2:29:55 PM     Points: 2    

I was an 8yr old story teller n dad said i should go to the streem and clean the fish. A otter thing swam up and stoll em with the string just slicker than snot.

 Reply by: rebelsportsmanl      Posted: 8/28/2012 2:39:50 PM     Points: 510    

copighntr, the stringer picture was not meant to help you shut down the fishing. over the summer a friend and i caught many over 20'' trout out of antero. the fishing is good. the picture was to try and help people remember to be more careful with stringers over the side of the boat. lakes are for fishing and fun, not for a few to have trophy rules on a public lake. you can always go buy some land and build your own lake and have any rules you want.

 Reply by: CROWN      Posted: 8/29/2012 3:44:27 AM     Points: 98    

I think the limit is TWO at this lake just putting that out there, thats why there are not as many big fish its a shame