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This subject started,when my wife said,are you cleaning more fish? Seems like all you do is clean fish? How many gills do you think you cleaned since you been ice fishing? Well I had to think about it. I've been married for 27 years so she's seen me clean plenty.There's a lot things that happen over 50 years,I started ice fishing at 7,but didn't get serious till my about 17 and out of school.Always was a jig man,love Gills but crappie and perch are always welcome.I average over 400 a winter,and do a few ice out trips in very early spring,40 years x 400=16,000 + 40 years of spring ice out,at least 100 more fish x 40 years= 4000,not counting 10 years when I could only fish weekends, with my Grandpap,Uncle or Dad.So guessing 20,000 fish is probably a under guessing,but it's mind boggleling to think about cleaning all those fish.The 1000 post where a lot quicker than the 20,000 panfish.One thing that has made it all possible THE MISTER TWISTER,all those years of hand filleting with my old Rap knives,I don't know how I did it.I hope all you ICE fishermen and gals can have as much fun as I have had,and I hope have many more years of icing the winter time gills.
wow do you throw any fish back seriously!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I know it just sounds like he keeps everything i catch alot per year but i only keep a much smaller number because i don't keep dinky fish that's all. if you eat them keep them i am a big fan of that but i see people that throw nothing back down the hole and i don't get that. thanksRyan