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dave c

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Sturgeon Handling
« on: June 22, 2019, 08:40:42 AM »
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dave c

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Re: Sturgeon Handling
« Reply #1 on: June 22, 2019, 08:50:21 AM »
Might be a good idea to remove from webpage.
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Wiseguy

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Re: Sturgeon Handling
« Reply #2 on: June 22, 2019, 10:01:59 AM »
Old pic is my guess before the new rules were put in place.
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dave c

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Re: Sturgeon Handling
« Reply #3 on: June 22, 2019, 02:16:17 PM »
Quote from: Wiseguy on June 22, 2019, 10:01:59 AM
Old pic is my guess before the new rules were put in place.
I would like to think so. Nonetheless i think it would be prudent to remove from webpage. Dont want the uneducated to think this is acceptable.  As well as similar photos on his Facebook 6
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DanL

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Re: Sturgeon Handling
« Reply #4 on: June 23, 2019, 12:49:03 PM »
I have no idea who this is or what webpage you are referring to. I gather from your comment that this is someone of influence in the fishing community?
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Re: Sturgeon Handling
« Reply #5 on: June 23, 2019, 03:32:15 PM »
Quote from: DanL on June 23, 2019, 12:49:03 PM
I have no idea who this is or what webpage you are referring to. I gather from your comment that this is someone of influence in the fishing community?

Pretty sure that's Fred Helmer from Fred's tackle on the right.
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dave c

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Re: Sturgeon Handling
« Reply #6 on: June 23, 2019, 07:50:27 PM »
Quote from: FishOn36 on June 23, 2019, 03:32:15 PM
Pretty sure that's Fred Helmer from Fred's tackle on the right.
Yup
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Re: Sturgeon Handling
« Reply #7 on: June 23, 2019, 10:44:29 PM »
Ah ok, now I understand the context and the point you are trying to make.
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Re: Sturgeon Handling
« Reply #8 on: June 24, 2019, 07:16:33 AM »
Quote from: dave c on June 23, 2019, 07:50:27 PM
Yup
What was his reply when you contacted him about it?
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Re: Sturgeon Handling
« Reply #9 on: June 24, 2019, 08:58:57 AM »
Looks like two guys very happy that they caught a nice fish.
Fish handling is spot on with the weight of the fish being supported.
Probably supported by a cradle and then lifted for a quick pic.
Yes thats Fred Jr. and assume a happy client.
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Re: Sturgeon Handling
« Reply #10 on: June 24, 2019, 02:30:49 PM »
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Re: Sturgeon Handling
« Reply #11 on: June 24, 2019, 02:43:45 PM »
Quote from: Easywater on June 24, 2019, 02:30:49 PM
No rules were broken: http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/fw/docs/ws_guidelines.pdf

"Keep your fingers away from the gills and out of the gill plates"
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Re: Sturgeon Handling
« Reply #12 on: June 24, 2019, 03:15:48 PM »
If there is a problem, bring it to the owner of the content. What's the point of publicizing it here? Shaming? Hoping others would do the leg work for you to deliver the message to Fred? I don't even know the origin of that URL, where that photo is hosted, Facebook, website? Both Fred and Wayne spend more personal time than 99% of the anglers on Fraser River sturgeon conservation, so get in touch with them and I'm sure they'd be interested to hear your thoughts.
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Re: Sturgeon Handling
« Reply #13 on: June 25, 2019, 07:44:57 AM »
Well that shut up the shamers, well put Rod.
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dave c

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Re: Sturgeon Handling
« Reply #14 on: June 25, 2019, 11:57:29 AM »
Quote from: Rodney on June 24, 2019, 03:15:48 PM
If there is a problem, bring it to the owner of the content. What's the point of publicizing it here? Shaming? Hoping others would do the leg work for you to deliver the message to Fred? I don't even know the origin of that URL, where that photo is hosted, Facebook, website? Both Fred and Wayne spend more personal time than 99% of the anglers on Fraser River sturgeon conservation, so get in touch with them and I'm sure they'd be interested to hear your thoughts.
Because Fred and Wayne spend 99% more time on conservation than the average angler does this make them beyond reproach? On the contrary!  If anything they should be held to a higher standard.  Seeing this photo on Freds website shocked the hell out of me especially seeing a bloody glove in the gill plate.
Shaming? You're  damn right! They should be ashamed!
I expected Rodney to chime in as Fred is a major contributor to this site, and yes Rodney i am using your forum to do my leg work for me as you put it.   Such is the nature of social media from which you are making a comfortable living.  Kudos to you Rod for not removing post.
I have seen multiple times in this forum people being shamed for poor etiquette or fish handling.  Yet a photo surfaces where a pillar of the angling community appears to be contradicting the practices he is advocating and people get their panties in a knot.  Sounds like a double standard to me!
And BTW you will never shut me up if i have something to say.
I am chastisded for calling a spade a spade? Shaming on this forum? Heaven forbid.
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