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FRESHWATER ANGLING => Tigers/Yellows => Topic started by: Capt. Hook on July 27, 2010, 08:19:29 AM
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Every year at the Annual Jozini Tiger Fishing competition 100's of Tiger fish are killed in the name of sport.
We want to address a letter to the Sodwana Angling Club who hosts the competition to change the format of the competition to Catch & Release and that the prizes are only given for released fish.
Please put your name down below with your number or PM me if you support this so you name can be included.
Thanks
FA
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Jaen Swart 08_two_775_one_325
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Gareth Roocorft Zero Seven Two 845 Seven 8 Five 3
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Andries H
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I saw a tournament on DSTV the other day where a size chart with colour bands was used to measure fish before the release.
Up in the Caprivi somewhere?
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Here is the letter that was sent with your names attached
Subject: Catch and Release at the Annual Jozini Tiger Fish Bonanza
Dear Sir,
I write this letter with good intentions.
I run a fishing charter/guide business; one of the places that I operate from is Lake Jozini specifically targeting Tiger Fish.
Many anglers are concerned about the slaughter of 100’s of Tiger Fish at the Annual Jozini Tiger Fish Bonanza, and we are concerned about this and so I write this letter on behalf of them and myself.
The purpose of this letter is to start a communication with your club who organises this competition in order to convince you to convert this annual competition to purely Catch & Release, whilst I understand that it is too late to do anything about the 2010 Bonanza, we would like to see these changes happen from the 2011 Bonanza.
Personally I would like to fish this competition, but refuse until it becomes only a Catch & Release competition and there are also several anglers that used to fish this competition who now feel the same.
There are methods that can be used and that have already been used like colour boards measuring the length of fish and so on which have already successfully been used at other Tiger Fish competitions at Lake Jozini recently.
I look forward to your response.
Kind Regards
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(clap) Well done FA!
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:win: idea!
nothing worse than hundreds of fish killed just for a competition...
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FA, just wondering... did anyone from the Jozini Comp ever replied to your letter?
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FA, just wondering... did anyone from the Jozini Comp ever replied to your letter?
No, but I will send it by registered mail and if that does not work I will start working on their sponsors
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Typical... please keep us updated on this... (I know you are very found of this fish so take a look at this thread http://www.ultimateangling.co.za/index.php/topic,1411.0.html (http://www.ultimateangling.co.za/index.php/topic,1411.0.html)).
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Typical... please keep us updated on this... (I know you are very found of this fish so take a look at this thread http://www.ultimateangling.co.za/index.php/topic,1411.0.html (http://www.ultimateangling.co.za/index.php/topic,1411.0.html)).
And after everything is raped bare, they will cry poverty................