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I asked about them. Someone said 7.5" is a good threshold for what you can easily filet. Makes sense to me because I can't feel the bones when I try to filet much smaller and ending up getting bones in them. Between the pics and advice from you and the midwest guys I'll feel more confident the next time I try a bunch. I make a flounder "stuffed" crab that's more of a casserole either in a big dish or in individual gratins. Really its shallots in a roux mixture and then fold in your crabmeat. Drape your filets over the top and then brush with melted butter and sprinkle a little breadcrumb. I am now thinking yellow perch could sub into that quite well. Thanks for the pics.
That plastic wonder if it was stuck in ? If the ones that used if smaller pieces were it would be better easier for fish to pass through .[/quote]Looked to have been there a while....
Put a 100% tax direct to the manufacturers for every one they sell, people will be forced to find something else to outsmart a fish. Found one in a togue (filled the whole belly) that was 26" long. It only weighed like 1.8lbs.
I also found one in a togue. The fish looked so sickly I cut it open to see what was in the bellie. It was disgusting. Then should be illegal.
The folks that would love to see all fishing banned would approve your message. Be careful what you wish for.
The funny and contradictory thing here is we the fishermen only know these plastics exist in a fish when we KILL a fish. None of us have come accross floating fish dead from plastics. Its only an issue when we decide to kill a fish and then bring up our "disgust"....very ironic. Also my comment isnt an over reaction it was a comment on the flip side to continue the conversation...
But, how many of us are wandering around looking for dead fish? And on the rare occasion that one is found, how often is the first response "hey let's grab that dead rotting fish and cut it open!"?
A number of us are on the water frequently enough where if this was truly an issue it would be a well known, documented issue.
I dunno, people rely heavily on plastics these days to catch fish. A lot of people would be out of luck if they banned them. I have caught many fish that were very skinny and when I opened them up they had a soft plastic or the interior leadhead of those plastic swim baits in their stomach. To me it looked like nothing was getting past the obstruction so they start starving to death. I caught a trout last fall that hit the fly about 10 times. More than any fish should. It finally got hooked and when we cut it open it was unable to eat because of the senko in its gut. I dunno the answer to the thing. The fishing industry would crash if they stopped soft plastics
If there are dead fish out there the eagles pick them up. Maybe some of the dead eagles are effected more from plastic then lead sinkers.
Can you post pictures of all those dead eagles?