Re: look at the size of the fish caught!
Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2010 12:05 pm
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