"Cornmuse" wrote:

"Joe McIntosh" wrote in message
...
Just finished reading John McPhee's The Founding Fish and plan to
catch
the first shad going up the local Black River this April.

Joe

I read that book as well just a couple weeks ago. What did you think
of it.
I was truly surprised at the part the humble American Shad played in
our
history. My eyes were really opened by McPhee's writings on catch and
release vs. catch and eat. It was a point of view I hadn't given much
though to

Joe C.

I read that one too. I think it's chock full of good stuff, but I'm
not fond of his C&R philosophy. I think C&R is like putting out a bird
feeder. If you want a good look at them, you have to trick them. I'm
sure the positives outweigh the negatives. I'm just as sure that
McPhee chose to include the data that met with his opinion and ignored
some other stuff.

Chas
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