Tue Jan 09, 2007 8:13 pm
Tue Jan 09, 2007 8:26 pm
Gillaroo wrote: Maybe a separate forum thread should now be opened for those inclined to exclusively catch and release, whom are offended by photos of legitimately dispatched and taken fish - or is this suggestion as ridiculous as the implied criticism and assumptions some have made.
Tue Jan 09, 2007 8:31 pm
Gillaroo wrote:For an angler who puts in so many dedicated hours, who is now giving freely his advice and the wisdom of his experience, what incentive does he now have to post reports in future? Maybe a separate forum thread should now be opened for those inclined to exclusively catch and release, whom are offended by photos of legitimately dispatched and taken fish - or is this suggestion as ridiculous as the implied criticism and assumptions some have made.
JimH wrote:If an angler catches a fish kills it and takes a foto and posts it to an open forum and others like this, then i think he has to expect some response - positive and otherwise. There is a degree of responsibility here in relation to perception especially in todays difficult angling arena..
Tue Jan 09, 2007 9:06 pm
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Wed Jan 10, 2007 12:28 am
W F Sweeney wrote:The inconsistency is apalling - a previous posting on this form showing 6 dead sea trout on a tackle box was passed with indifference yet the sight of a fish in a kitchen (no laws broken remember) brings righteous indignation. People who rush to such facile conclusions as have been vented here do not have the judgement to be capable of doing anything in the service of angling.
Wed Jan 10, 2007 12:39 am
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Wed Jan 10, 2007 1:15 am
Sandman wrote:Could I respectfully suggest in all seriousness that if you must, after considering the above, post pics of obviously dead fish, at least indicate if it was deep-hooked etc and had to be kept, or that this was one of the few that was for the pot, to be given the full garlic, ginger & spring onion honours and toasted on it's way to fish heaven with a decent chardonnay rather than just being pictured dead in a garden/living room/whatever?
Wed Jan 10, 2007 1:35 am
jd wrote:Sandman wrote:Could I respectfully suggest in all seriousness that if you must, after considering the above, post pics of obviously dead fish, at least indicate if it was deep-hooked etc and had to be kept, or that this was one of the few that was for the pot, to be given the full garlic, ginger & spring onion honours and toasted on it's way to fish heaven with a decent chardonnay rather than just being pictured dead in a garden/living room/whatever?
Pat, are you suggesting this for any fish, or just bass?
jd
Wed Jan 10, 2007 1:37 am
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Stan wrote:I believe that an angler killing the odd bass has very little effect on the local bass population. I am bass fishing for over 40 years. In the 60's and 70's we killed every bass....not knowing that there was a finite population. There were large shoals and it was possible to catch fish almost daily. Problems only arose when the local small boatmen started netting them. Box after box was landed.
I still kill about 3-4 bass per season. One net on a local beach will take hundreds of fish in one go. This is the problem.
Nobody should be criticized for killing a fish now and then....certainly not be anglers.