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From: Willi

Just curious, if you catch an especially big fish for the water you're
fishing do you keep it?

I don't know what others do, but if I want to keep fish to eat, I'll keep a few
pan sized fish, hopefully stockies, and release the large and small ones.


George Adams

"All good fishermen stay young until they die, for fishing is the only dream of
youth that doth not grow stale with age."
---- J.W Muller

George Adams wrote:

From: Willi

Just curious, if you catch an especially big fish for the water you're
fishing do you keep it?

I don't know what others do, but if I want to keep fish to eat, I'll keep a few
pan sized fish, hopefully stockies, and release the large and small ones.

I think trout between 9-14" taste best. The ones I keep are the 9-12
inchers, 'cause bigger than that won't fit easily in my frying pan with
their heads on. Steelhead are another matter......

JR

"Willi" wrote in message
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Particle Salad wrote:
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A C&K "purist" would not necessarily eat every fish he catches (no
matter how disgusting it might be), but he would certainly kill every
fish he catches (no matter how illegal it might be).
Right... which is why I said I'm "pretty close"... because it would be
extremely rare for someone to meet the literal "purist" definition.
Actually, you do bring up a good point though... I think C&K is the
wrong
description, it should be catch and eat. That describes what I do. If
it's
illegal, or too small, I release it. However, if it's large enough,
I'll
eat it... with few exceptions.
Just curious, if you catch an especially big fish for the water you're
fishing do you keep it?

Especially then and please don't give me 'big fish genes'. That's been
dispensed with 30 times. Of any brood of fish the deviation of expected size
from genetics alone is almost nil. The fact that this fish is probably
contributing negatively to the food chain (eating a lot but growing little)
makes him (probably her) time for the Reynolds Wrap.

--
TBone

"Willi" wrote in message
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Just curious, if you catch an especially big fish for the water you're
fishing do you keep it?

Willi


Yea, then I stop fishing for the day if it's big enough for dinner and go on
a hike or something.

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"Willi" wrote in message
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Just curious, if you catch an especially big fish for the water you're
fishing do you keep it?

Willi


Yea, then I stop fishing for the day if it's big enough for dinner and go
on
a hike or something.

And if it's NOT big enough for dinner?

Wolfgang
or if it's early and you feel like fishing for a bit longer and there's a
good chance that you'll get another one big enough for dinner in an hour or
two?

"Wolfgang" wrote in message
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And if it's NOT big enough for dinner?

Wolfgang
or if it's early and you feel like fishing for a bit longer and there's a
good chance that you'll get another one big enough for dinner in an hour
or
two?

If it's not big enough, or I have a group of people I'm with (who aren't
fishing, or who are but aren't catching), I'll keep fishing.

If it's enough, and it's still early and I still feel like fishing, I'll
find something else to do instead.

However, where I fish (high sierras, backpacking whenever possible) it's
extremely rare to catch large trout.. a meal is usually made up of a
couple/few smaller trout.

"Wolfgang" wrote in message
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"Willi" wrote in message
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Just curious, if you catch an especially big fish for the water you're
fishing do you keep it?

Willi


Yea, then I stop fishing for the day if it's big enough for dinner and
go
on
a hike or something.

And if it's NOT big enough for dinner?

In that case I'd just quietly slip a few under the carpet in the backseat of
your SUV while you were napping.

TBone