Joe_Schmeaux wrote on Jun 30^th, 2010 at 1:20am:

But I am surprised to see the regs on these boards so unhappy about rules that make catching fish harder. From what I've read on QJ, you guys never have trouble catching lots of fish, and lots of big ones. Shouldn't it be the ones with minimal fishing skills (like me) griping about barbless hooks and worms and similar?

And then there are those of us who don't have any problem with it.  After all, it is call FISHING not CATCHING.  I've always prefered to "do battle" with the fish where the fish as a good chance of gaining an upper hand.  I suppose that is why I don't get any real pleasure in fishing in southern waters for largemouth bass where you select a line weight to insure you can muscle the fish out of his lair.  The only chance he's got is to quickly wrap you up on some submerged structure.  

BTW:  I only took in live bait once before it was banned, even then it was barely used.  Then, as now, I'm still looking for that favorite artificial lure that will kick it with the local fish population.

dd