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<blockquote data-quote="Allen" data-source="post: 322657" data-attributes="member: 389"><p>Why would you think the average angler is out catching 4-6 lb fish on average, much less a trophy 28+ inch walleye over a given weekend? </p><p></p><p>I am pretty sure the tourney anglers don't catch, keep, and eat the majority of their fish. Since that is true, they kill far more fish than the weekend angler who catches 5-8 fish and only keeps their 5 before heading back to the dock.</p><p></p><p>Tagging studies don't lie. Fish once caught and released are far more likely to not be caught again then they are to again see a tape measure. Hence, the natural assumption is that those fish are far more likely to die than simply being smartened up to where they don't bite on a hook again.</p><p></p><p></p><p>There's no way you could convince me the average weekend angler impacts the walleye population more than the same area would have if there's a tourney in the near future. The numbers are just what they are...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Allen, post: 322657, member: 389"] Why would you think the average angler is out catching 4-6 lb fish on average, much less a trophy 28+ inch walleye over a given weekend? I am pretty sure the tourney anglers don't catch, keep, and eat the majority of their fish. Since that is true, they kill far more fish than the weekend angler who catches 5-8 fish and only keeps their 5 before heading back to the dock. Tagging studies don't lie. Fish once caught and released are far more likely to not be caught again then they are to again see a tape measure. Hence, the natural assumption is that those fish are far more likely to die than simply being smartened up to where they don't bite on a hook again. There's no way you could convince me the average weekend angler impacts the walleye population more than the same area would have if there's a tourney in the near future. The numbers are just what they are... [/QUOTE]
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