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By Mike Radice
Southwestern Staff Writer

August 23, 2010

Too much of a good thing really is not a good thing, especially when it comes to catch and release on a blue ribbon trout river.  Right now on many of Utah’s trout streams, and specifically on its two blue ribbon trophy trout streams, it’s becoming apparent that catch and release conservation minded behavior is slowly changing the brown trout fishery and not for the better.

By Bob Lechel
Southwestern Staff Writer

August 16, 2010

The mental aspect of tournament fishing is often overshadowed by the physical one.  But the choices an angler makes and the time at which they make them are as critical if not more critical than the physical aspects of actually putting the lure in the water and hooking and landing fish.

How long does one stay and fish a particular location?  This is an age old question with no single right answer.  While on the water during a tournament I often hear a song (in my head of course) which was played on just about every rock radio station and MTV (remember when MTV played music videos?) in the 1980’s; the Clash single “Should I Stay or Should I Go”.  They played this song over and over and over again.  It was burned into my psyche.  I don’t necessarily even like the Clash, but their lyrics pop up at each of my tournaments and have some applicability to every tournament fisherman in the country.