08-30-2013, 03:15 PM
[#0000FF]I keep and eat quite a few fish...but mostly the ones without chemical problems or small enough that they neither have enough to be worried about and that are not really potential trophies.
I do not advocate the wholesale slaughter of carp, except in Utah Lake. Most other places I catch carp I also release them. In some lakes they contribute more to the food chain (babies) than they detract from the ecology. As long as there is an observed natural balance there is no need to remove them.
I can understand why you let that beauty go. She got such a purty pucker. Woulda been a better picture if you planted a smooch on her lovely lips before the release. Heck...Jimmy Houston does it.
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I do not advocate the wholesale slaughter of carp, except in Utah Lake. Most other places I catch carp I also release them. In some lakes they contribute more to the food chain (babies) than they detract from the ecology. As long as there is an observed natural balance there is no need to remove them.
I can understand why you let that beauty go. She got such a purty pucker. Woulda been a better picture if you planted a smooch on her lovely lips before the release. Heck...Jimmy Houston does it.
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