12-14-2002, 10:39 PM
I love to eat fish, but release most of what I catch. In teaching people to fish, I always teach proper handling of the fish for release by example. The most important ones to release are the large females of any species. These bigger fish replentish the lake and pass on their big fish genes for the future, if they aren't sterilized. These bigger fish are also used to control the health of many waters.
It is a very rewarding feeling to see that old grandad/grandma fish swimming away heathly.
Most of the larger fish have been caught many times before, and wouldn't have been caught again if they weren't released
many times before.
We all have to make a personel choice on what we do with those big fish. Myself, I love those big ones and want them to be caught by someone again, especially me or someone I take out.
Its ok to keep fish, just keep the smaller ones and only keep what you are going to eat fresh. The smaller ones taste alot better. Once they get frozen they are just thrown out around hunting time to make room for other meat. Good Fishing!
It is a very rewarding feeling to see that old grandad/grandma fish swimming away heathly.
Most of the larger fish have been caught many times before, and wouldn't have been caught again if they weren't released
many times before.
We all have to make a personel choice on what we do with those big fish. Myself, I love those big ones and want them to be caught by someone again, especially me or someone I take out.
Its ok to keep fish, just keep the smaller ones and only keep what you are going to eat fresh. The smaller ones taste alot better. Once they get frozen they are just thrown out around hunting time to make room for other meat. Good Fishing!