"Olebiker" wrote in message
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A friend directed me to a local fishing web site. One of the
discussion pages was about freshwater fishing. I was amazed to see
pictures of guys holding up stringers of dead bass like it was still
1954.

I don't think I have killed a bass on purpose in over 20 years and I
don't think I know anyone who still keeps bass. Do any of you folks
eat bass?

Dick Durbin

When I gut hook a fish in a tournament I'll put it on ice instead of in the
livewell. It looses less weight, and the meat stays fresh. It is illegal
to throw away dead game in Arizona if you are the one that killed it. Also,
if I take a kid fishing I will often keep a small bass that they caught for
them to eat if I can't get them onto some big sunfish.

Lots of folks eat bass, they just don't talk about it much because the small
core of C&R extremists will start pelting them with bibles. (Note I said
extremists. Not all C&R anglers are way out there, but enough are.)

Personally I don't care for bass. I happen to like sunfish and bluegill,
and if I can catch them I much rpefer crappie.

Big stringers of dead fish though is a waste. If you want one take one. If
you want to take two. If you want more get a job and go to the grocery
store.


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Bob La Londe
Fishing Arizona & The Colorado River
Fishing Forums & Contests
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