Keeping some fish to eat

She, *snip* came right over and said "Dan, you know that phrase should
be changed to injured and released with a big hole in it`s mouth from
the hook." I wanted to laugh out loud at that.....but she is the
daughter of the company owner. I let it go though

Doncha just hate not being able to put an idiot in their place just 'cos
they're the daughter of the boss? LoL

"Mason121" wrote in message
...
Very Cool John! While I practice catch & release, I appreciate those
that
catch and keep the 14" to 18" bass.

I was talking to someone today at work about fishing and stated that I
only
caught and released fish. I failed to remember that there was a co-worker
near
by who is a total vegitarian. She, we know eachother, came right over and
said
"Dan,
you know that phrase should be changed to injured and released with a big
hole
in it`s mouth from the hook." I wanted to laugh out loud at that.....but
she
is the daughter of the company owner. I let it go though. Then wondered
how
do large mouth bass know to jump out of the water and try to throw the
hook.
They all seem to know how to do this.
Dan.


LOL!!! This is coming from the same woman that probably has pierced ears,
and possibly other things as well!

Bass, as well as other fish don't have a brain developed enough to feel
pain, so they really don't "know" to jump and throw the hook. They're
simply reacting to the tethering action of the line.
--
Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers
http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com
G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods
http://www.herefishyfishy.com

"Craig Baugher" wrote in
news:OFbtc.117340$536.22202232@attbi_s03:

Very Cool John! While I practice catch & release, I appreciate those
that catch and keep the 14" to 18" bass. The bass population needs to
be thinned out too. Otherwise the bass in that body of water will
continue to get smaller and smaller as the population grows. So by
taking your legal limit. you are actually helping the small bass to
survive better (because of less competition) and allowing the bigger
bass to get bigger.


I can appreciate anyone that follows whatever the regs are on the body of
water they happen to be fishing. If someone wants to creel a 5-lb bass, so
long as it's legal, fine with me.

As for trout, if you're fishing for small brook trout with treble-hook
spinners, there's a reasonable chance that the outcome will be the same if
you release or eat that fish.

FWIW, I'd rather see a fish eaten than thrown back after showing up dead at
weigh-in. Frankly, a C & R vs C & Eat discussion seems a little hollow
after the thread discussing how many fish are dead by weigh in.




Scott

I haven't kept a fish in over 15 years for no other reason than it's more
trouble storing, transporting, cleaning and cooking than it's worth to me.
Perch, sunfish and walleye are good, I always thought largemouth tasted like
garbage, but maybe it was my lack of culinary skills.

ROEB...rec.outdoors.eating.bass

I've always followed the practice of keeping a few sunfish or perch every now
and then, to control the population a bit. These days I have a simple rule of
thumb: If the fish is hooked in the lip or jaw, it gets released. If its
hooked in the gills and bleeding, it gets kept. (this is mostly for trout, as
they tend to go belly up if hooked in the gils and released.)
As far as eating quality, yellow perch and chain pickerel are tops for me,
with crappie, rock bass, bluegil, pumkinseed sunfish also being good. But I
think the body of water the fish comes out of can greatly affect the table
quality. The best tasteing fish I have ever eaten have come from clean, clear
mountain lakes or streams. Fish from murky, algae-infested, or other wise
discolored waters vary from barely OK to downright aweful.

-Zimmy

My goal is always to bring home fish to eat. Most of my fishing though is
crappie, saugeye, and bluegill. I don't specifically target bass, but I
have kept a few of the legal ones from time to time. I also love Salmon
from my once a year trip to Manistee.

Jeff


"John Kerr" wrote in message
...
My neighbor is retired...totally retired . He is also an avid
fisherman! Yesterday I was working in the back yard and he was on his
patio cooking something....deep frying some fresh fish he brought home!
We talked fishing for a few mnutes, then I went back to working. About
15 minutes later his wife brought me over a plate....deep fried fish,
coleslaw, beans, and hot buttered cornbread, I thought I had died and
gone to heaven ! I usually leave the fish I catch at the lake, but
next time out, I think I will bring a few of the critters home with me
grin!
JK

It is also important on slot limit lakes where DNR is encouraging fish
harvest of the smaller fish. If you won't eat them, find a neighbor,
friend, or someone at the dock. Very hard on some lakes to get anglers
to keep fish....I'm all for catch and release and sometimes, it's catch
and release into the grease.



John Kerr wrote:
My neighbor is retired...totally retired . He is also an avid
fisherman! Yesterday I was working in the back yard and he was on his
patio cooking something....deep frying some fresh fish he brought home!
We talked fishing for a few mnutes, then I went back to working. About
15 minutes later his wife brought me over a plate....deep fried fish,
coleslaw, beans, and hot buttered cornbread, I thought I had died and
gone to heaven ! I usually leave the fish I catch at the lake, but
next time out, I think I will bring a few of the critters home with me
grin!
JK