Why I Don't Keep Flathead Catfish 

Same!

I tell people i know about my spots but only on conservation land on my property its different. On conservation land i dont have the right to keep a fishing hole to myself.

So do I ... Never do I tell anyone of my spots...

I tell everyone that wants to know In the water

I only share spots from the bank since not everyone has a boat but when im in the boat i will never tell you where i fish.

I agree, I get ticked off when I go to the woods or water and find trash, Dove fields are the worst, I pick up bags of trash every time I visit a dove field. I once had a hunting partner, we would go every weekend, He would go his way I would go mine, One day he didnt show up so I decided to hunt his area, I found trash all over from his hunting, I picked it all up and kept it in my hunting vest and a small trash bag, The next week we went out, I got to his truck before him and put all of the trash inside his truck, Yes he was mad, But I told him it was BS we come to a beautiful area and you toss trash on the ground , He got the message

My parents always taught my brother, sister, and I, if you pack it in, you pack it out. It is all a matter of respect.

Preach brother. I've got some nice little ponds about a mile from me. Garbage everywhere. I picked up two full trash bags in a couple hours. Infuriating.

i feel ya, the place i fish is always trashed bc theres a pier near that gets alot of traffic. some days i dont even fish and i dedicate my day to cleaning trash out of the water. sad but yea ppl are shitty. they would rather throw it in the water than wait till they get to a trash can. worse part is theres a trash can on the pier thats empty most the time.

One of the outdoors magazines claims that sportsmen are the first environmentalists. How then, is the generation that grew up with environmental awareness so seemingly unable to interact with the outdoors without leaving a mess?

Jason Buis Hey just started a Fishing Channel and would love any support to reach my goal😁, thanks..

All we can do is try to keep it up by cleaning up after those who don't care. I took it upon myself to install PVC rod holders and so far they're still there. I must admit I was surprised.

@Janga Lang Than you do as well.

Green Hulk -- The problem is, not all on tight budgets are irresponsible, and the solution at "your" park probably makes it impractical for a lot of decent people to go there. IMO, a better response would be to increase FINES and add concealed video surveillance; maybe see if some locals would agree to organize and be "park monitors" in exchange for reduced or free entry -- no "enforcement" authority, but would be identified (boldly marked jackets, t-shirts, caps) and CAN report violators. It should be possible to find an "equilibrium" where fines support the enforcement & monitoring, and little enforcement is needed. Very visible signs announcing the program, AND the steep fines, should be included too. Get local media to report violators caught & fines imposed. Fines not paid get you jail time. Ie., "Hang 'em (violators) out to dry!!!"

@@SpringIsBACK People who do these things have no respect for the environment or what is right and wrong. They selfishly take and destroy simply for the joy of doing evil and getting away with it. Just look at our current president. There's no respect or consideration for others or what is right in our society today and police are too busy covering their own asses to bother with arresting and jailing litterers and people who abuse our natural resources. To implement and enforce fines you would have to have a whole bureaucratic enforcement division and concealed video surveillance is expensive and requires constant monitoring and maintenance. The only solution I can see is for good people to band together and enforce what is right through peer pressure and even violence if necessary. Of course that would mean a group would have to devote themselves to living in these areas 24/7 and our current economic system won't allow decent people to do that. You gotta go to work and make that money to live in our society. Nature be damned, the money is all that matters. Never mind that we lived off the land for hundreds of thousands of years before the industrialization of our society. Fortunately there is a man emerging from the herd who wants to change this. Andrew Yang proposes a universal basic income of a thousand dollars a month for every American citizen over the age of 18. This would enable those who are so inclined to actually live off the land and still afford the amenities our modern society can provide. Yang proposes this be paid for by a tax that the rich cannot evade with their accountants, tax shelters and tax write offs, called a Value Added Tax. This is not an income tax, but a consumption tax levied on things like jets, yachts and corporate purchases. Imagine if the billions of dollars of taxes Donald Drumpf has evaded over the years were put into conservation of our public lands instead of wasted on casinos, jets, yachts and hookers for his own selfish personal pleasure, vanity, and delight in doing wrong and getting away with it? Maybe then we could even afford video surveillance and a concerted conservation effort for and expansion of our public lands. But all the good people have to join together and push our society out of the fear and darkness that is overtaking it and out into the light and progress of the future. I hope you all read this and search for Mr. Yang's videos here on RU-vid and listen to his ideas for our future for yourselves.He has given me some hope I have not had in a long time. Perhaps you will feel the same.

@Janga Lang Well, I can't say anything. Thank you, though. You're the most calm person I've met online in ages.

We'll keep doing our part for sure. God bless brother.

Some people ruin it for everyone!

Rob, sorry to hear your story. Real sportsmen leave the wild in the same or better shape than before they entered.

No good deed goes unpunished unfortunately....

I'm a deer hunter and I pee in the woods rite around my stand and I still see and kill deer

Disrespectful

LouB that's why we need immigration control...atleast charge an entry fee? To compensate for not having to pay taxes the 1st 7 years so that way America's resources wont get depleted in general...not just the fish.

Me and my boys chased a giant carp we named Carpo Marx . Yeah carp , but he was huge . I caught and of course released him ( like all carp )

"Gustoffson you are one sick bastard"

@C Thygeson "looks like ole Chuck's takin the log to the beaver"

Those are the best movies ever!!

@@deanmlshredder hilarious!

You just cannot be sure that other's (Anyone,friends included)will be as responsible & respectful as you are yourself.

@@brandonwachter2264 It's a real shame too, because I'd love to share these places with people that will actually appreciate them. Last time I took a friends word that they wouldn't advertise an incredible location, was the last time. Unfortunately changed the friendship as well since that was a major violation of trust. The place is still there, but it's more like a public park now.

Well one thing for sure is you are the bad friend in your circle. Share the wealth why be selfish?

This is why potato sacks come in handy. Throw one on their head drive around in some circles then take em to the spot. Then on the way out do the same thing. Oh wait wrong profession..

Screw that. I worked hard for my spot. Share it and then blabbermouths want to impress their friends with "their spot" and soon it is ruined. I don't even tell what lake I am fishing. Most times I won't post pics cause some can figure out the lake from the size of the fish I am getting and knowing where I am and where I spend a lot of time fishing. Happened in 2016 and won't happen again.

Good man out in the wilderness awesome bro have a cold one and enjoy fishing amen bro

Everybody has a bad day. Initially I wasn't going to use the net, but as I was reeling in the fish, I decided that it would be safer than liping it for the sake of not losing it during the video. I obviously struggling opening the net, and when I attempted to scop the fish, the weight became entangled I'm the net. And it was all caught on video for the public to critique, comment ,and criticize.

It's also about eating

@@markadams1165 yah no shit Sherlock but yah don't fuckin eat them all duhhh

Lol I was going to comment something else but got distracted at work then forgot and now I don't remember what I was gonna say. But thanks for pointing out my failure ben I'll make sure to communicate in complete sentences from here on cuz I don't want some stranger to randomly insult me out of context. God forbid I upset the all powerful Mr Ben

Hahaha took yah all day huh! It's ok edge master we all gotta eat

Small fish grow to be big fish .. All fish can grow to be big.. If their big already dosent make a diffrence to their off spring.

Didn't know channels can get that big the biggest i caught was around 15 lbs

Shocke89 my brother snagged a flat head below grand river dam in Oklahoma 45 years ago that weigh 104 lbs

@@attitudeadjusted9027 So you're upset for name calling after calling someone a liar even though the proof is in the pudding Are you really that stupid you can't figure out that you been beat

@@attitudeadjusted9027 And remember I'm from Texas did you feel a little bit mbarrassed when you figured out that you weren't talking to a state record holder. Even though you ran your mouth like you knew where I was from.

@@attitudeadjusted9027 Almost every state that has channel catfish in it has a record of 30 plus pounds. They don't exist right!!! I guess is just a bunch of fishermen that lied to the state about what they caught right just because some sarcastic hating loser says that they don't get that big how many times have you been proven wrong. Yet once again you start running your mouth and thinking that I'm the one digging the hole can you please run your mouth once more so I can prove something else that you're saying is wrong.