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Originally Posted by thedarkarcher
i understand what you are saying....you are talking about the impact shooting a muskie in the spillway has on muskie populations and opportunities right? lets take legality out of the picture since it relates to this instance only and a young kid. first of all if someone is on an actual lake in nebraska trying to shoot a muskie....then they probably know what they are doing and can judge the length of a legal fish basking in the shallows. does anyone actually do this? probably not. second, if fish are not catch and release only you should have the right to harvest them with a bow....regardless of species. everyone has a fish they respect and admire and wish was only c&r, me included, but that does not make that fish better than others. third, these fish were shot in a spillway, they will either die or end up in salt creek...how many muskie anglers frequent salt creek? personally i don't think this spillway incident should be a good reason to change any laws...although shooting illegally sized fish is wrong and careless.
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Thanks for understanding my point, couldnt of said it better
