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talk to us about uh this latest craze uh
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or Trend or what it is that you're
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messaging that's a little bit different
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than your previous whatever number of
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years you've been involved many years of
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catch release then all of a sudden
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change yeah absolutely uh you know it's
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taken decades to come to this
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perspective nice and what the shift is
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is getting people to consider
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the effect that 100% Catcher And elase
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mentality may have on your Fisheries
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issues are complex but there are
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common um common attributes of what has
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led to the demise of our trophy
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Largemouth fishing opportunities on our
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public lakes and one of them is under
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Harvest and as a culture and I don't
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care where you you live if you have
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Largemouth and Smallmouth bath around
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you there is a culture of passionate
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Anglers that love these fish just like I
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still do and have since I started uh
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with every fiber in my being and we have
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been pull by our heartstrings and in our
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emotions and fed potentially some false
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narratives uh in the hopes that it's
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going to continue to perpetuate fishing
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opportunities uh and it's it's really
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resulting in a slew of stunted bass
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populations throughout the country and
