Opie wrote:
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Meals for 48 people instead of 0 as well as freeing up the stream to be
wild.

Your pal,

TBone

So you don't *really* care about the mortality rate or conservation, you
just care about them as a food source?

Op

Not at all. It's just that the ethical sportsman and the law agree that
wasting game meat is a criminal offense. If we fish for and kill an
animal we have an obligation to use the meat. This is the first thing a
hunter or fisherman learns but they, apparently, don't even teach this
anymore. Using animals for food is another story and one that has
biblical ramifications. A much, much more difficult discussion will
ensue when we go there, but it's readily apparent that pure catch and
release fishing is hardly defensible as much as people 'rationalize'
it.

TBone