as an aquarist do you also fish?

[Burks]

I try to go fishing at least 5-10 times a year. Since moving to Toledo I haven't had a chance to really fish at all (not knowing the area).

I'm all catch and release unless my buddies are with me because I hate fish. They like catfish quite a bit.

[Dr Grant]

I care for all my fish but I love eating fish and seafood. There's nothing like catching a meal. Not having to pay for it and feeling like you've done it yourself. If you ask me there is a certain aesthetic value to it. I do try to kill the fish as humanely as possible (no letting it flop to death on shore).

[joannde]

I fish once or twice a week. Wood_dog expressed exactly what I do and how I feel about it. I generally file down the barbs on my hooks a bit so that they don't go as deep into the fish I catch, and also try extremely hard to set the hook quickly in the lip rather than having the hook embed deeper. When I do land a fish I slowly lower them back into the water hold them to make sure they are able to swim properly before I let them go. Surprisingly I'm the one that does all the cleaning of any fish we keep for dinner (generally only around a dozen or so fish a year). I never keep more than I can eat that night.
I feel there are ways to fish and still do it humanely with full appreciation for them and "mother nature" who has provided them.

[Speakerman]

I catch and eat. Except on the big ones like this 42+ inches. This one is 54" We let them go so they can reporduce over and over.

Sorry about holding him by the gills, you can't really hold a 55 lb fish any other way.

Wood_Dog said what I was going to say but better.

Yes I go fishing, and yes I do keep some fish for the dinner table. Most are catch and release to keep a resource around for generations to come, however fresh fish are one of those great things that should be allowed for all people to enjoy if they want to.

[Todd2]

There's nothing like eating fresh trout cooked over a fire that you caught less than an hour ago. I used to do a lot of catch and release when I was younger but barely any now. However, if I'm asked to go out on a boat or if I want to come along on an outing I'll go.

[fish_4_all]

I fish any and every chance I get. 90% of the fish in the rivers and lakes are put there specifically for recreational and commercial fisheries so I catch and eat everything I keep the same day. Besides, my kids all love fish and like to catch them too.

[hc8719]

when i fished, it was always catch and release, but i never did more fishing than at the family cottages, and catching a 5" blue gill or sunfish lost its interest after so long, now i just unhook or bait my little cousins hooks

and burks, your not going to find any place to fish in toledo, i wouldnt even try the maumee river, so much crap in there. you'll have to go to lake erie, or michigan, they have has so many lakes...

[Ferret_Friend]

I'm not too fond of fish as a food source. When I was younger I fished, but I always hated it when the hook went up through their eyes or something like that. Always made me feel bad.

[moose9]

Originally Posted by AquaJoe

I do not believe in catch and release do to the seriousness of the injury sustained when a fish has been pulled in to shore via the barbed hook lodged in their jaw. Likewise, I think that once a fish has been caught it should put to rest very quickly. None of this allowing the fish to suffocate to death.

Joe

Thats Rediculus, there is no injury to this fish during catch and release if a proper technique is used, it should be put to rest quickly, thats stupidity, why would you kill a fish you caught, theres no reason, you have your facts *** backward on fishing,


i fish, for fun/sport, and if i get a good eating fish i bring it home, if not i catch and release, without hunters/anglers, there would be no conservation of and wildlife, since we put the most money into conservation