Definitely catch and release. The two big lake systems above and below Charlotte are so polluted, I don't even like swimming in them, much less eat out of them!
Definitely catch and release. The two big lake systems above and below Charlotte are so polluted, I don't even like swimming in them, much less eat out of them!
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the only really polluted waters here are lake winnipeg and the red deer river and i still catch healthy clean fish every time. but if it was really polluted i might just give up on fishing alltogether
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I live where people from all over the US come to fish for Walleye. It is definately cath and eat. (Maumee River in Ohio)
However, it really depends on the type of fish
Catfish, Perch, Walleye, Bullhead = Eat
White Bass, White Perch, Sheephead = Crap
Trout, Bass, Carp = Depends (On my mood of the day)
In Montana it really depends on the fishery. Many of the rivers here are wild fisheries. That means they are not stocked by fish hatcheries, and so the rule is predomnatly catch and release for Trout. In the lakes, if they are stocked, then its "hook 'em and cook 'em"...again this is for Trout.
Other species are mainly keep and eat.
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I usually fish out of the waterways surrounding the Gulf of mexico. Either way, if it's edible it ends up getting eaten. Although I rarely fish out of the Mississippi river because of the pollution levels, yet at times i do. I've seen 60 lb catfish pop out of those waters.
Normally I go for Garfish or Redfish depending on the area, but I almost never throw anything back. I dont even think there are catch and release streams anywhere around LA state.
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I usually only get to fish a couple of times in the summer. So I keep every salmon I catch. It helps to offset the cost of meat during the winter. I try to freeze about 50 lbs of salmon for the winter.
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I mostly fish for catfish around the house, but I do make a few trips a year for redfish and speckled trout. If I don't eat it, I don't wanna catch it. If it is legal size, I will try to fill my limit. I don't care to eat bass, so I do not fish for them. So for the most part, it's catch and release.......INTO THE GREASE!!!! LOL.
Now who would have thought tha you mostly fish for catfishOriginally Posted by catfish10101
catch and release here because Ohio's waterways are in bad shape, that and I hate fish.
There is no greater solitude than that of the Tracker in the forest, unless perhaps it's that of the wolf in the wilderness.
Catch & release unless caught in three local lakes, then I clean & give away to older folks that can use the food.
Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he's too old
to fight... he'll just kill you.
Catch and eat, either ourselves or give them away.
We catch and eat. I find catch and release disrespectful to the fish; guess the equivalent for humans would be when bears or alligators start catching and handling humans because they find it fine sport and then release them. Don't think anyone would find that fun.
Actions speak louder than words
That's a perspective I hadn't considered, WW. I appreciate the post.
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I don't bother dropping a hook in any water that I think might produce fish that I can't eat. Catch 'em and grill 'em as someone mentioned a couple of posts back.
some fella confronted me the other day and asked "What's your problem?" So I told him, "I don't have a problem I am a problem"
You say patatoe I say potatoe, and I'm on the top of the food chain for a reason, God gave man dominance over the beast of the field, foul of the air, and fish of the water.
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There is no greater solitude than that of the Tracker in the forest, unless perhaps it's that of the wolf in the wilderness.
i think her point was why torture it if one is not inclined eat it. i consider food need and fishing a fair means of aquiring it, and otherwise i'd never stick hook or point in the water.
on the otherhand, if a bear decided to eat my a@# i'd fight back like anybody, but i wouldn't hold a grudge.
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I printed this thread and I'll just show the bear the post and tell him I agree. That should settle the score.
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I was joking, I do very little fishing because I do not like fish, and man is not on the top of the food chain just the top of the list for killing everything in the food chain.
There is no greater solitude than that of the Tracker in the forest, unless perhaps it's that of the wolf in the wilderness.
There are men who spend a weeks wages on a rod, catch a fish, throw it back, then go and spend more on a fish from a shop,
And there are others who make a rod from a sapling, catch a fish and eat.
Which one do you think is the better man?
Pretty much catch and eat for me. I typically don't fish in waters that have warnings about eating anything at all (like lake hartwell). The places I do fish don't have populations which are really going to suffer by me having dinner and I don't have enough time to fish to be in the situation of catching more than I know what to do with. While I've never had a problem with eating fish I always felt a little weird about specifically planning on just catch and release fishing so I rarely do that.
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