Comment by cullen veiders on November 19, 2012 at 7:53pm

thanks man

Board Member Comment by Scott Kitchen on November 19, 2012 at 8:50pm

Cullen,

Nice fish!  I did not relize that was you yesterday.  I would not worry at all about what anyone says about the length of your fish.  If you say it was 50" it was 50".  Keep fishing and treating the ladies with respect that is all that matters.

 

Take care.

Comment by cullen veiders on November 19, 2012 at 9:00pm

thank you scott. will you be out again soon?

Board Member Comment by Scott Kitchen on November 19, 2012 at 9:49pm

Cullen,

Tomorrow around 9:00 AM, Wed at 12:30 PM, Thursday at 7:00 AM and Friday at 7:00 AM.  When are you going out next?

Take care.

Comment by cullen veiders on November 19, 2012 at 10:46pm

Idk, maybe tomorrow but I may go play with my gator pike friends.lol!

Comment by Stephen Glassic on November 19, 2012 at 11:51pm

I believe Collin and Dan and commend them both for thinking of the welfare of the fish.

I know that in the heat of the moment, it is tough enough to coordinate everything in the catch and release process including getting a good measurement and photos.  This is especially true because we all feel so strongly about releasing the fish without causing any significant harm to it.  We all learn a little more with each catch and release but there is also the adrenalin factor that always comes into play.  It starts at the time the fish strikes and doesn't subside till well after the fish swims away.

I have not been lucky enough to catch a fish that big but I remember my first experience with a large fish.  It was a few years ago when I went fishing with Josh Ketry.  We were fishing in the upper river and he hooked into a monster on a twisted tube.  I was shaking so bad that I didn't take the care to hold the bag of the net and it got caught on some hardware on the gunnel of the boat and I missed the first opportunity to get the fish netted.  My heart was pounding and I was worried that he would loose it because of my mistake.  Luckily I was able to net it at the next opportunity.

When you are dealing with catching and releasing a large fish, and the only problem that you encountered during the process was that you didn't get a good photo of the measurement, it is a successful event.

For those of you who are in disbelief, I did a little examination of the photo which I believe is good enough to verify that it is 50 inches.  It is obvious that the fish is not laying straight in the board.  So I used the edge of a piece of paper and placed one corner at the tip of the snout and marked it where the tail comes to on the edge of the paper.  Then I lined the corner of the paper to the end of the ruler in the photo (Zero inch).  The mark that I made came to the 50" mark on the ruler.

Comment by Josh Ketry on November 20, 2012 at 12:15am

Hey, maybe we should start killing fish again so we can prove their real lengths?  Because that is what all this rhetoric is going to do- promote fish kills.

If half the people here  fished 1/8 as hard as Cullen we all might get to measure a few good ones of our own.

BTW Stephen, nice CSI work with the paper length.

Board Member Comment by Scott McKee on November 20, 2012 at 12:18am

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Cullen's-Glorious 50", Measurements and Administration Decisions

Comment by Joe Dolan on November 20, 2012 at 7:13am

Congrats on a very nice fish Cullen.  It is awesome to see such great fish that you have been catching...great for you guys and great to see the fisheries looking so healthy!

Keep up the great fishing you and John have been doing all year.

--Joe

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