12-15-2002, 08:12 AM
well heres my two cents,
for catch and release is all i practice. not for purist reasons not for talking about later. simply because i dont like to eat fish really. if i was starving well then i have a skill that will help feed me. otherwise i let things go. i enjoy it because, i would like to think, that fish will live and grow larger. that is debatable but at least im doing my best to support that. as for people keeping fish that is normal and expected. i dont agree with larger fish being kept to show other people. to eat maybe but not usually a good meal which has been mentioned also.
i think the biggest factor in this topic is knowing your waters and specieis your fishing. if you have never been well learn about it before you go. im sure no one gos to a water very often without figuring out a few things about it first. if your fishing a water that is lets say a rainbow trout fishery and you happen to catch like a 3lbs cutt. it really doenst make sense to keep it. its rare and a major breeder, obviously, because not many are around. if people would practice what predator mentioned earlier. which is knowing before you go what you going to do. i think that would eliminate alot of the reckless keeping habits. i have been so steaming mad at fisherman for keeping certain things in certain scenarios. to a point of fist fights almost. but all we can do is educate obviously. and hopefully it pushes someone in a helpful direction.
dont keep what you wont eat. please dont take a big fish home just to show john next door. and if the water is in trouble try not to keep your limit everyday. common sense practice. a controversial topic is the provo river. i say keep all the fish around 15 in or so within your limit. that river is in trouble because of over population. the green is the same scenario. lees ferry the same. some waters need help some dont and need to be left alone or helped by not keeping alot or none at all. common sense, and education will create a better experience for everyone.
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for catch and release is all i practice. not for purist reasons not for talking about later. simply because i dont like to eat fish really. if i was starving well then i have a skill that will help feed me. otherwise i let things go. i enjoy it because, i would like to think, that fish will live and grow larger. that is debatable but at least im doing my best to support that. as for people keeping fish that is normal and expected. i dont agree with larger fish being kept to show other people. to eat maybe but not usually a good meal which has been mentioned also.
i think the biggest factor in this topic is knowing your waters and specieis your fishing. if you have never been well learn about it before you go. im sure no one gos to a water very often without figuring out a few things about it first. if your fishing a water that is lets say a rainbow trout fishery and you happen to catch like a 3lbs cutt. it really doenst make sense to keep it. its rare and a major breeder, obviously, because not many are around. if people would practice what predator mentioned earlier. which is knowing before you go what you going to do. i think that would eliminate alot of the reckless keeping habits. i have been so steaming mad at fisherman for keeping certain things in certain scenarios. to a point of fist fights almost. but all we can do is educate obviously. and hopefully it pushes someone in a helpful direction.
dont keep what you wont eat. please dont take a big fish home just to show john next door. and if the water is in trouble try not to keep your limit everyday. common sense practice. a controversial topic is the provo river. i say keep all the fish around 15 in or so within your limit. that river is in trouble because of over population. the green is the same scenario. lees ferry the same. some waters need help some dont and need to be left alone or helped by not keeping alot or none at all. common sense, and education will create a better experience for everyone.
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