Unhooking Pike

In article , Alec Powell
wrote:
On Mon, 15 May 2006, louisxiv, gave forth these words of wisdom:
I really only like to fish for things I want to eat and leaving dead
fish on the bank doesn't sit well with me.
Why didn't you take it home and eat it then? Lots of good recipes for
pike if you google this NG for them,

Out of season so illegal to take - technically he should have put it back
even though it was dead.

In the situation I'd have gone in through the gills, there's at least a
chance it might have lived.

Cheerio,

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