Bucktail's Posts

[Gerry Zagorski]

These posts have lit up the Internet. Great for traffic on this site but I'm taking the high road here and taking them down.

Do I agree that the posts he made were over the top and in bad judgement? Yes.

Do I think he should have been called out on it? Yes.

Do I think some humility and more respect for fish is called for? Yes.

People threatening the kid, talking about his family and making all sorts of accusations is just as wrong.

People choosing sides and taking personal shots at one and other... Respected people in our fishing community get dragged through the mud and 2nd guessed?? That's wrong as well.

I choose not to take part in perpetuating this type of behavior.

Locking this post and enough said.

Nothing to see here folks.... Let's move on.

[Gerry Zagorski]

And this I just saw on Facebook

As a 19-year-old who loves to fish (and who has been fishing every chance I can get since I can barely remember), I feel terrible about the backlash over my recent video. Despite what it may look like on the video, I want to be 100% clear in saying not one of the fish we threw back over the side was dead; yes, five fish in the cockpit (one per angler) were going home, but every other fish that came over the rail was unhooked and released – none floated, they all swam away as green as when they first came to the side. I know the video looks bad folks, but it’s not what it seemed – and forgive my excitement, it was a mad dog bite and we were all very excited. I’ve released a lot of big fish over the years and have taken great care in those trophy releases – perhaps I need to be more respectful for the teens and 20’s we’re catching and releasing too, I got the message. So maybe I have more to learn, and I’ve spoken to quite a few knowledgeable captains and anglers in the past few days who have offered a lot of good advice – to those who have reached out personally to offer guidance and friendly recommendations, thank you! To those who have threatened me, my family, my school, and anyone who has ever known me, much less fished with me, I hope you will consider what those actions mean to others. I’m confident that I’ve not done anything wrong legally (and welcome the discussion with enforcement folks monitoring this ongoing madness), but if perhaps if I’ve treated this great fish in a way other than with the great respect it deserves, I’m sorry – and I’ve learned a great deal from this experience.



Enough said, lesson learned..... Lets move on.