I've been finding myself ticked off lately about a lot of the shenanigans that seem to go on just about every time a big fish gets caught up here in Nor-Cal. I've decided that rather than be mad about it, I'm going to dedicate an entire section of my calfishing.com site to catch and release and proper fish handling in the hopes that people who read it make the "right" call when they are lucky enough to tangle with a double digit. I feel like if we want the world record to be broken any time in the forseeable future, we as anglers need to take make better decisions when we are lucky enough to catch some of the really big fish that are swimming out there. I look at fish like that 18-11 from San Pablo last year and that 19+ from Lake Success a few years ago and I think, "these are some of the best chances for a world record we are ever going to see" and yet those fish wound up dead and hanging on a guy's wall. It will be a little while, but soon I will let you guys know when this new part of the site is complete. Let's set an example as tubers and kickboaters when we catch these trophy fish and let's treat them right, get some pics and an accurate weight and let's release them to be caught again. I think that the stealth aspect of tubing and kickboating could result in a true giant being caught by a tuber or kickboater very soon! Look at how many guys in the club have fish over 10lbs. Ther's a lot of bass boat clubs that probably don't have as many fish over 10 as we as a club do. It's no coincedence!!!

Let's get 'em in 2002, I for one am pumped!

-Rob