Author Topic: Oregon places bounty on fish (Read 542 times)

victorcharlie · « **on:** May 10, 2006, 02:48:45 PM »

I wonder how long it takes the animal rights people, specifically PITA to raise cain about this: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060510/ap_on_sc/bounty_fishing

Don Fischer · « **Reply #1 on:** May 11, 2006, 01:52:40 PM »

Yep. Everyone here calls them squawfish. What I understand, some guy's make a lot of money on them. Been doing it for several years now. Peta won't care. We don't shoot them. We hook them then throw them on the bottom of the boat or on the bank and let them kill themselves. Peta understands things like that!

Besides, Peta leaders can afford and like to eat salmon!

victorcharlie · « **Reply #2 on:** May 12, 2006, 01:11:15 AM »

A couple of years ago, maybe a few more, there was a girl dressed in a fish suit standing on the bank of the Tennessee river near downtown Chattanooga protesting the cruelty of fishing. If I remember correctly, she was with PITA.

stimpylu32 · « **Reply #3 on:** May 14, 2006, 06:47:44 AM »

VC

You should have done the proper thing and tossed her butt back in to the water like they do when whales beach themselves . :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D

quickdtoo · « **Reply #4 on:** May 14, 2006, 07:10:45 AM »

Washington has the same program going, has for many years, my fishin partner and I have several hundred dollars in our pockets from this program in just incidental catches when fishing for smallies, it will easily pay for a day's gas when boating...and then some!! Full time participants can earn enough to live on and then some if they are good at it, I know a couple retired fellas that have bought new boats with their "earnings"!! What a life, getting paid to fish!!!

They have tournaments also that provide bigger rewards for the biggest fish, one of ours won us $50. Tagged fish bring even bigger rewards.

Tim

http://www.pikeminnow.org/

http://wdfw.wa.gov/fish/regions/reg5/reg5-5.htm