Author Topic: Catch and Keep, or Catch and Release? (Read 19284 times)

salmonrebel · « **on:** Feb 26, 2009, 10:27 AM »

I like to keep most of what I catch, bass and all.

What's your opinion on this?

What do you do?

ship of fools · « **Reply #1 on:** Feb 26, 2009, 10:29 AM »

Quote from: salmonrebel on Feb 26, 2009, 10:27 AM

I like to keep most of what I catch, bass and all.

What's your opinion on this?

Go for it!

Dizzy · « **Reply #2 on:** Feb 26, 2009, 11:15 AM »

Quote from: salmonrebel on Feb 26, 2009, 10:27 AM

I like to keep most of what I catch, bass and all.

What's your opinion on this?

I'll have to take your word for it I guess.

Byron/PA · « **Reply #3 on:** Feb 26, 2009, 11:19 AM »

KILL, KILL, KILL. Thats the moto.................. ..........the more dead fish on the ice, the bigger your bleep must be.

Gambler · « **Reply #4 on:** Feb 26, 2009, 11:39 AM »

To each his own! I have no prob with you keeping your fish.
I usually don't keep any.

caddy084 · « **Reply #5 on:** Feb 26, 2009, 11:48 AM »

Prefer my fish from the seafood shop, never had much of a taste for freshwater species. I do keep some from time to time for a friend though. But by all means "keep your catch". If I did eat what I catch through the ice I would of died of starvation this winter....

Dizzy · « **Reply #6 on:** Feb 26, 2009, 12:10 PM »

Quote from: salmonrebel on Feb 26, 2009, 10:27 AM

I like to keep most of what I catch, bass and all.

What's your opinion on this?

What do you do?

I occasionally keep just enough panfish for a meal THAT NIGHT (or the next... I never freeze them)... all gamefish/roughfish go back down the hole.

After iceout I am 100% C&R.

geothefisher · « **Reply #7 on:** Feb 26, 2009, 12:15 PM »

We usually release them, but do enjoy a nice meal on occasion. Walleyes, perch and crappies are what we like to eat.

Pajns · « **Reply #8 on:** Feb 26, 2009, 12:31 PM »

I keep Crappie and Bluegill if they are decent size. Not the ones you need a pen knife to fillet. I will keep a couple bass in the winter cause I believe they taste better. Every Trout caught gets released. I enjoy eating the panfish and if they do make it to the freezer they are not in there long.

EJF · « **Reply #9 on:** Feb 26, 2009, 12:38 PM »

I keep the perch,gills and crappy also most others go back.

Oldbear · « **Reply #10 on:** Feb 26, 2009, 12:45 PM »

I usually keep what I catch and freeze what I can't eat fresh. Sometime I clean them and give them to older people I know that appreciate them. Don't have any problem with anyone that wants to do it there way except people who don't release and don't clean them for consumption.

Tainterslayer · « **Reply #11 on:** Feb 26, 2009, 12:47 PM »

I release most fish I catch.

TIME2FISH · « **Reply #12 on:** Feb 26, 2009, 01:24 PM »

Catch and release just about all the time. Never kept a bass. About five years ago kept a few perch and crappie. Can’t remember the last time before then.

tuff bass 2 catch · « **Reply #13 on:** Feb 26, 2009, 01:39 PM »

keep'em all,fill the freezer go back tomorrow and fill another

eyecejunky · « **Reply #14 on:** Feb 26, 2009, 04:16 PM »

I am inclined to release viable catches. Sometimes my wife will request that I bring a dinner home. Guess she just wants to see if I am really fishin'. $:-\$

Rebelfisher · « **Reply #15 on:** Feb 26, 2009, 06:32 PM »

DIDNT YOU SEE MY MOTTO?? HOOK 'EM and COOK 'EM!!!

I eat everything except those pasty white stockie filets...the garden gets them!

eyecejunky · « **Reply #16 on:** Feb 26, 2009, 06:48 PM »

I really enjoy fly fishin for trout and smallies...I'll only eat bows or brookies...if the opportunity presents itself, I will keep the stockies, and relocate them to other streams and lakes that will hold them over, or potentially breed wild fish. Trial and error over the past 40 years has been met with some success. There are some streams and lakes in Bedford, Fulton, and Sommerset Counties that are holding the prodgeny of my efforts some 40 years ago.

I only wish I had the same insight about planting scads of black walnut trees on some of the family propertys 40 years ago. But...it is gratifying to fish some of the projects and catch the great-great-great grandchildren of my efforts.

captain54 · « **Reply #17 on:** Feb 26, 2009, 07:00 PM »

I keep quite a few fish,30 plus meals in the freezer,about 12 fish to a bag,keep bulls,slabs and slobs.Mostly all panfish,Gills are our favorite,but crappie are a close second.Will keep a big pike or two,bass and trout we don't eat.I only fish three or four days open water all year so,my supply of fish is ice time.

beeverfishing · « **Reply #18 on:** Feb 26, 2009, 10:31 PM »

Quote from: geothefisher on Feb 26, 2009, 12:15 PM

We usually release them, but do enjoy a nice meal on occasion. Walleyes, perch and crappies are what we like to eat.

yep, me too.. Most go back, But on occasion I'll keep a few for dinner.. Don't like to freeze them..

icehippy · « **Reply #19 on:** Feb 26, 2009, 11:51 PM »

most trout i throw back. get them smoked once and a while. seems to be the best tasting unless i'm doing it wrong. for all the time i put in on bass i keep them. taste good. but the panfish are good too. when i can catch them. had my best day last week. son and i brought home 35 lbs of fish. 2 catty 22 and 24 and 6 bass 19 or over. had about 8 w-perch. can't see topping that. well good luck on the ice. be safe. later

daltonweaver3 · « **Reply #20 on:** Feb 27, 2009, 05:58 AM »

Never keep anything, although I love eating fish. I fish for the enjoyment of it. Plus, the girlfriend will cry if I keep any fish......but she cant stand touching them. I call her a fishhugger.

junebug · « **Reply #21 on:** Feb 27, 2009, 06:00 AM »

Find a new girlfriend.

BIGCREW · « **Reply #22 on:** Feb 27, 2009, 07:53 AM »

sometimes I dont take what I catch and if I do take any there eaten that day or no longer than the next day,dont freeze any anymore,I give fish to elderly people in the neighborhood if they ask for them,I would rather let them go to grow and be caught another day,if I do catch 1 that swallows the hook and will most likely die I try and give it to someone there instead of letting it go to waste.

tuff bass 2 catch · « **Reply #23 on:** Feb 27, 2009, 10:30 AM »

Quote from: daltonweaver3 on Feb 27, 2009, 05:58 AM

Never keep anything, although I love eating fish. I fish for the enjoyment of it. Plus, the girlfriend will cry if I keep any fish......but she cant stand touching them. I call her a fishhugger.

My wife throws a fit if "dont" bring any fish home

Pajns · « **Reply #24 on:** Feb 27, 2009, 10:36 AM »

I can relate to the above post...problem is She has been having alot of fits this ice season.....

Snapper · « **Reply #25 on:** Feb 27, 2009, 10:50 AM »

I ice fish for crappie, gills, and perch I keep fish during ice season only, I only keep quality fish. I fish often year in year out the vast majority of the fish I hook get tossed back.

Snapper

daltonweaver3 · « **Reply #26 on:** Feb 27, 2009, 10:51 AM »

Quote from: junebug on Feb 27, 2009, 06:00 AM

Find a new girlfriend.

At least she always goes fishing with me.....Better than the other extreme of one who won't and complain you're gone all the time.

salmonrebel · « **Reply #27 on:** Feb 27, 2009, 11:01 AM »

Quote from: daltonweaver3 on Feb 27, 2009, 10:51 AM

At least she always goes fishing with me.....Better than the other extreme of one who won't and complain you're gone all the time.

If she really loves you. She'd fillet your fish for you.

A lot of people need to learn, that YOU GOT TO KILL IT!...TO GRILL IT!

salmonrebel · « **Reply #28 on:** Feb 27, 2009, 11:11 AM »

Quote from: daltonweaver3 on Feb 27, 2009, 05:58 AM

Never keep anything, although I love eating fish. I fish for the enjoyment of it. Plus, the girlfriend will cry if I keep any fish......but she cant stand touching them. I call her a fishhugger.

Prepare her a good fish dinner, and she'll be all in for "Catch and Keep".
Hell, she might even want to learn to fillet your catch! 8)

Nuangola Susquehanna · « **Reply #29 on:** Feb 27, 2009, 02:27 PM »

After years of killing almost everything I caught through the ice, I now release all gamefish and only keep the panfish I plan on eating.

I have no beef with fisherman keeping their legal catch of fish, especially if they love to eat them. I do get somewhat upset with poachers who keep fish out of season, under length, or over the possession limit. They seem to ruin the fishing for everyone involved and give fisherman a universal bad name.

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