and no river/creek/marine animal wild caught by me will ever go into a fish tank of mine. its not fair. at least with the fish we keep they were taken by someone else and were brought into the trade, not me personally taking him out and being responsible for that fish's almost certain death if put in the wrong hands. my cousin has two really nice and big trout stuffed and mounted, i dont know that i could do that unless i caught the big guy and something went wrong and he didnt survive. they can make replicas if you know the length and weight of the fish and thats the route i think i would golook at the size of the fish caught!
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jus85411
- Mbu Puffer
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- My Puffers: none currently :(
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- Location: Philadelphia Area
Re: look at the size of the fish caught!
nah not for me. i enjoy catching everything, as long as its what im targeting while fishing that day. sunnies, bass, trout, carp, catfish, crappy, perch. its all fun. when i go fishing its all about "how heavy is that" and then "how many is that", never "where am i going to keep this one". i want the big fish, a picture and a nice release so that the next person can have a chance at catching that same fish later in life and hopefully release him for the next person. i have no reason to keep fish, except my fish tank and no river/creek/marine animal wild caught by me will ever go into a fish tank of mine. its not fair. at least with the fish we keep they were taken by someone else and were brought into the trade, not me personally taking him out and being responsible for that fish's almost certain death if put in the wrong hands. my cousin has two really nice and big trout stuffed and mounted, i dont know that i could do that unless i caught the big guy and something went wrong and he didnt survive. they can make replicas if you know the length and weight of the fish and thats the route i think i would go
and no river/creek/marine animal wild caught by me will ever go into a fish tank of mine. its not fair. at least with the fish we keep they were taken by someone else and were brought into the trade, not me personally taking him out and being responsible for that fish's almost certain death if put in the wrong hands. my cousin has two really nice and big trout stuffed and mounted, i dont know that i could do that unless i caught the big guy and something went wrong and he didnt survive. they can make replicas if you know the length and weight of the fish and thats the route i think i would go-
soggydrysuit
- Fahaka Puffer
- Posts: 541
- Joined: Sun Jan 13, 2008 7:36 am
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- My Puffers: 2x T.fluviatilis
1x C. irrubesco
2 x T. nigroviridis
1 x T. ocellatus
Current non-puffers:
Enough for people to think I'm a loonie :-) - Location (country): UK
- Location: Durham, UK
Re: look at the size of the fish caught!
That's pretty cool but not my thing. Very nice you like to release for another day...
My father-in law is a bit of a different story. If the sea trout or salmon is large enough, it gets eaten. I hate to say it but I do eat those fish...
As for the tiny native stuff I have - they have been in my garage tanks for a couple of years and are growing slightly better than the animals you find on the beach. How do I know that? I visit that particular beach from time to time and could tell you the rock pool they came from.
Moot point, that one. I have kept, observed and released native marine pipefish before...
I have a sodding great pond but it's full of koi and goldies.
Maybe I could give a tench a good home (Tinca tinca) I like the name...
My father-in law is a bit of a different story. If the sea trout or salmon is large enough, it gets eaten. I hate to say it but I do eat those fish...
As for the tiny native stuff I have - they have been in my garage tanks for a couple of years and are growing slightly better than the animals you find on the beach. How do I know that? I visit that particular beach from time to time and could tell you the rock pool they came from.
Moot point, that one. I have kept, observed and released native marine pipefish before...
I have a sodding great pond but it's full of koi and goldies.
Maybe I could give a tench a good home (Tinca tinca) I like the name...
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soggydrysuit
- Fahaka Puffer
- Posts: 541
- Joined: Sun Jan 13, 2008 7:36 am
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- My Puffers: 2x T.fluviatilis
1x C. irrubesco
2 x T. nigroviridis
1 x T. ocellatus
Current non-puffers:
Enough for people to think I'm a loonie :-) - Location (country): UK
- Location: Durham, UK
Re: look at the size of the fish caught!
Umm, what's a 'Crappy' in your idiom?
Some form of Perciform?
Some form of Perciform?