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Friday
May212010

Reason #10 to make tarpon a Federal gamefish 

We won't be reading about dudes killing fish so they can get their name on a plaque somewhere in the IGFA hall of fame.

Veteran fly-fisherman Tom Evans of Wilson, Wyo., caught a potential 12-pound tippet world record tarpon of 194.1 pounds on May 10.

Evans carries an official scale on every trip for record pursuits.

LINK (Via:ESPN)

Bonefish & Tarpon Trust believes that making Atlantic tarpon (Megalops atlanticus), the “Silver King”, a Federal gamefish, is necessary to conserve tarpon for the recreational, economic and environmental benefit of present and future generations of Americans.

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Reader Comments (37)

Disrespectful.

Irreverent.

Selfish.

He's not a fly fisherman.

May 21, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterRDF

What a fucking fuckhead!

May 21, 2010 | Unregistered Commenterdiego garcia

Selfish prick! Period. 'Nuff said!

May 21, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterJ.B.

"Evans carries an official scale on every trip for record pursuits."

I guarantee you this guy's dink is about an inch long.

May 21, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterNam

that photo makes me ill, what ever happened to respect the fish? I would be very tempted to knock this guy out if I saw him at the slip weighing that thing.

May 21, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterPatagoniaWPT

Asshole. Thanks for killing something beautiful.

May 21, 2010 | Unregistered Commentercaihlen

Fish before ego's, not ego's before fish....

May 21, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterSpeyDog

he also has a small weiner.

May 21, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterAngryDave

So why don't you tell him about it?

Thomas Evans
PO Box 3042
Jackson, Wyoming 83001-3042

May 21, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterFish Finder

can we setup a douchebag of the month contest? if we do, i'll sponsor the first months prize.

http://skreened.com/growndflore/douche-bag-tee

May 21, 2010 | Unregistered Commentergreenboat

Wow , I thought that was a shot of the 90s, no way I would think someone would do that in todays environment. Not Cool.

May 21, 2010 | Unregistered Commentercraig

Looks like Rush Limbaugh. Acts like Rush Limbaugh. Shake the fat bastard for pills then gaff him in the ass.

May 21, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterSealice

Tubby bastard needs to put some pants on.

Typical self-centered Baby Boomer. Can't wait until they die off.

May 21, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterVaderHater

Have Evans and Cheney speak together at the American Museum of Fly fishing. They would probably pack the place. Quite a duo.

May 21, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterMoffitt

.... what kind of asshole takes pictures of fish let alone kills one to have their picture taken with a dead one. Taking pictures of a fish you've caught is the perfect sign sign of an amateur. Why don't you act like you've been there before and nobodies impressed that you actually caught one.

So I guess that also goes for the slab of the month bullshit too.

What a moron.

Why can't fly fishing just be about fly fishing? Someone needs to inform this guy that record-large fish won't make up for his record-small brain.

May 21, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterJS

Jackson, which pretty much explains the assholery. You know, the kind of asshole who drives a hummer, lives in a 20,000 sq ft house but gets all pissed because someone wants to drill for oil and gas. And he looks like a baby boomer, so that just confirms the greed and self centeredness you'd need to want to kill a fish like that so you can hang it in a garage and take a picture. I'd be cool to see how a big fat pasty legged douche bag like would look hanging where the fish is.

May 21, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterSo I guess he's from

Peanut Dicks, Peanut Brains, Peanut Hearts. The only thing that's not peanut size is their buttholes and F**king egos... I hope the tarpon takes revenge by falling off the wall and knocking both of these shitheads out..

May 21, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterBlake

Maybe the IGFA need to stop recognizing records like these if the fish is not released. IGFA are essentially encouraging certain anglers to kill fish. Shame on IGFA

May 21, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterJP

New organization: IFDA; International F**king Dumbass Association. They'd have offical scales too; this guy might be a record. They should definitely weigh him.

May 21, 2010 | Unregistered Commenteranonymous

What. The. Fuck? I'm lost for words.

May 21, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterAC

Bunch of Dbags. Look at the bottom or the article it says:
Capt. Mike Locklear (www.homosassafishing.com) contributed to this report

I think this speaks for itsself Homo Ass Fishing.

May 21, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterStoltron

the fish weighs almost as much as he does.just pure asshole.

May 21, 2010 | Unregistered Commenterflybug.pa.

Maybe when that fat piece of worthless shit is taking his last gasp of air in this world, he will understand. Oh yeah, fuck "Capt." Al Dopirak too.

May 21, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterReally pissed

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