On Feb 27, 8:22 pm, Dave LaCourse wrote:
On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 11:38:09 -0800 (PST), Halfordian Golfer



wrote:
I was just reading about the elevated levels of mercury in the fish
caught in some of the most pristine waters in North America.

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/...tml?source=rss

I was thinking the average Catch and Release fisherman isn't doing
anything to stop this because they simply do not care about eating
fish, though the claims of conservation and love of things wild are
rampant. I anglers were forced to eat the fish they caught there'd be
a lot less apathy, IMO.

Sad thing when you can not eat the fish in the last wilderness in this
country.

Bone

How long have you been supporting this catch and kill logic? I've
known you for 12 years or so and it hasn't changed. If we started to
eat the trout and salmon on my home waters, there would be NO fish
except stocked trout to fish for. Catch and release works, Tim. I've
seen it with my own eyes - a river came back from almost being empty
of brook trout because of meat gatherers, to a place where 5 lb brook
trout are caught every week. If you catch them and eat them, there
will be nothing but stocked trout.

Catch and release does not cause poluted waters - umcaring man does.
The reservoir system for Boston has warnings about not eating a
certain amount of the fish. THAT water is catch and kill, so your
logic has some flaws.

Dave

THAT water is catch and kill, so your logic has some flaws.

You failed to understand my logic. I never blamed pollution on C&R.
What I said was that there will be no pressure from C&R anglers to
correct this (despite their so called conservation POV) as it doesn't
'affect' them. This is too bad because of the potential lobby if
anglers still had fishing to eat fish (as opposed to just counting
score) as part of the angling program.

Prove me wrong Dave. Write a letter to TU saying the reservoir
pollution making it unsafe for pregnant women and children to eat fish
is something they need to focus on. Show me the response that says
they'll get 'right on it'.

Lest you think I'm hyocritical, this is a path I have taken in the
past but, there's no interest from anyone I talked to to do anything
about it. In fact, I got the feeling they flyfishing community (by and
large) was kind of happy with it this way. People aren't eating their
hero shots.

Halfordian Golfer