catch and release or not?

[balapickerel]

catch and release or not? that's all i wanna know

 

[frozenfire]

i release all fish aside from tasty ones that end up in my tummy (crappie and walleye)

 

[balapickerel]

i'd love to try some of these fish for eatin, but i'll have to wait till i find them in a store, i'm too hippie to kill fish :mrgreen:

 

[David Kearney]

I will keep and eat a shore lunch if camping, or when Ice fishing, but I usually throw most back!

 

[rcflores]

I keep some good size fish and my parent and relative eats it

 

[reefrunner]

I release fish about 98% of the time - only keep em' if in need of of fishfry while camping.

 

[disspatcher]

I only keep those which have been harmed and wont recover.Let em swim!

 

[balapickerel]

I only keep those which have been harmed and wont recover.Let em swim!

CHEERS TO THAT!!! :mrgreen:

 

[MCTFisher]

I really only keep fish on longer 1-2 week camping trips. Kept 2 pike and maybe 6 or 7 bass last year. Might keep 2 or 3 bass this year depending on the occasion.

Nothing is wrong with keeping fish, especially if you are letting a badly injured fish swim away.

 

[toronto_angler]

I only keep those which have been harmed and wont recover.Let em swim!

Nothing wrong with keeping some fish to eat. Same as the grocery store except they are fresher and not farm raised which is healthier.

 

[disspatcher]

I only keep those which have been harmed and wont recover.Let em swim!

Nothing wrong with keeping some fish to eat. Same as the grocery store except they are fresher and not farm raised which is healthier.

You are absolutley right! Thats why there is regs...nothing wrong with chowing down once and a while.

I just dont like the taste of fish...lucky for them!

 

[toronto_angler]

I only keep those which have been harmed and wont recover.Let em swim!

Nothing wrong with keeping some fish to eat. Same as the grocery store except they are fresher and not farm raised which is healthier.

You are absolutley right! Thats why there is regs...nothing wrong with chowing down once and a while.

I just dont like the taste of fish...lucky for them!

lol

 

[daspin]

Just started fishing, but so far I release everything and intend to keep doing so. Not only do I not like the taste of fish as well, but I just feel bad about killing anything.. As I said in my other topic, I released the minnows I bought after getting them home, and having my daughter make me feel bad about using them for bait...lol

 

[pogon02]

I have a rule that I only take the smaller fish for the frying pan within the legal size and quantity limits due to the fact that the bigger fish usually don't taste too good as well as they may have a higher concentration of pollutants in their flesh such as heavy metals etc. And the most important fact is that the bigger fish produce more offspring.

 

[balapickerel]

Just started fishing, but so far I release everything and intend to keep doing so. Not only do I not like the taste of fish as well, but I just feel bad about killing anything.. As I said in my other topic, I released the minnows I bought after getting them home, and having my daughter make me feel bad about using them for bait...lol

i'm not sure if it is illegal to release baitfish that aren't caught in the same body of water

 

[daspin]

Just started fishing, but so far I release everything and intend to keep doing so. Not only do I not like the taste of fish as well, but I just feel bad about killing anything.. As I said in my other topic, I released the minnows I bought after getting them home, and having my daughter make me feel bad about using them for bait...lol

i'm not sure if it is illegal to release baitfish that aren't caught in the same body of water

You're kidding right??? I'd guess they were from Scugog anyways, but even if they werent, I can't see it making any difference.. Not to mention I'm sure they didnt last 30 minutes. Released at my dock into the weeds where it's a virtual bass factory... but I really can't see how it would matter anyways..

 

[balapickerel]

well, it could make a huge diference, my grandfather grew up on the moon river, the fishing used to be great, you could catch fish on any lure at anytime, but then sucker got into the river, scince then the fish wouldn't go near a lure, at least not in the way they used to, i'm sure you wouldn't want this to happen to scugog, it would ruin the entire river system

 

[daspin]

yeah, I guess ya just never really know.... I shoulda killed those 6 little bastards... lol

 

[balapickerel]

if you wan't to be able to release your baits, just catch them overnigh with a trap, they're easy to make, but some bass fry will probably get in the trap too, try to let them go

http://www.survivaltopics.com/survival/ ... c-bottles/

just a few things, in these instructions it says to use a certain type of string to tie it, don't bother with that, just use braided fishing line, it's just as strong and it's more camouflage, and if you want to catch minnows, dry dog or cat food works best, for crayfish, oily meats like salamy, and for crayfish make sure that the trap is resting on the bottom of the lake/river

this work AMAZINGLY! you'll never have to buy bait again because it even works in winter

 

[daspin]

great tip Bala!! I'm gonna hav to try that out!