Was looking at the fish report at
www.jdsbiggame.com and found the following editorial comments.
Wonder if he has ever caught a cow from a sportie. Latest estimates this year puts the long range fleet taking 1,400 Yellowfin Tuna over 200 lbs, yet many of them were taken by that unsportsmanlike ( in my opinion) method of rail fishing- hooking a fish then laying the rod on the boats railing and using it as a lever to help winch the fish up out of the depths- to their discredit they only want you to fish that way, they figure that's the only way to land these fish -- it puts fish counts on their boats score only to encourage more bookings- - it should not be called sportfishing, it's not sport it's simply meat fishing not much different than hand line fishing, - To the credit of some of the other long range boats they do not encourage that method of rail fishing, there still is some challenge and sport with today's 2- Speed reels, super braid lines and composite fiber rods that lets the angler fight the fish using his or her angling skills. I know this discredit of catching these rail caught fish goes in the face of some of the fishing crowd- so be it- but where does it end- is the goal only to just land a fish for the boats ego or is there still some sport left in the game of angling--- JD