As sad and disturbing as that is, its not just a southern thing. More people than you would think up north give musky the boat oar treatment to the head, or rip out thier gills and toss em back, and salmon, and lake trout. Making claims they damage the smallies, or walleyes, or perch or whatever.
Stupidity is all around us. And yes, i use stupidity and not ignorance.
I bet those guys would want to fight if they caught you bashing a big smallie on the head and kicking it over board.
In the water, yes, the muskie is the apex predator in southern waters, but they arent eating machines. Yeah they will chomp a bass or anything else, but i would believe humans consume or accidentally kill more game fish than a small population of muskies could ever touch.
Just sad.
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