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Mads Soendergaard:
Hi Andrew

Thats another way to look at it.

I know that there are alot of places around the world, were the grouper spices have been targeted commercial, and were they are now consitered as threatened species. BUT the amount of fish beeing caught from recreational fishermen can in no way be compared to commercial fishing. I dont know the area around 3 kings, but as long as the groupers are not beeing directly targeted, then I assume that the population must be healty.

Anyways, YES if I could get a 40kg on popper, even on jig, I would like to give it a try, no doubt about that.  ;D ::)

/Mads

Brandon Khoo:
I hope I misunderstand what you have written because if your argument for catching these is to cull the species to protect another, I think you're sadly mistaken that this will ultimately be to the benefit of the species you're trying to protect in the first place.

In any event, talk of culling has no place on this forum which promotes C&R.

I would also point out that large to very large groupers and cods are a regular by-catch for topwater anglers in tropical waters. Most of these swim away unlike those that are jigged from the depths.



--- Quote from: Andrew Cox on May 09, 2011, 10:15:32 PM ---Not to many people try to release grouper, bass, hapuka and the likes as the success rate is very low, if we didn't jig a few of these species up every year you have no idea the amount of damage they do, try sending a 15kg kingie down as a live bait and see how long it last, I sure no I would rather thin the grouper, bass and hapuka out so we can jig kings for years to come rather than the other way around.
What surprises me is that on most trips only 10-15 of these species are caught to take home, the rest of the time we target kings, but if you look at the size of the fish we are coming up with I am glad we are thinning them out, how many fish would a 40 + kg bass that regularly gets caught eat in a week, also these fishers like the Three Kings are not fished all year like some spots but only three months of the year.
I am sure if top water fisherman had the chance to catch these fish on poppers they would jump at the chance.

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