Mostly C&R.
Sometimes C&F.
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Lotech Joe
Hi RW,
I keep a fish every now and then and have no problem with folks who fish within the rules.
Charlie
If they are stockers and it’s towards the end of the season (warm water here in AZ kills most trout at the lower elevation levels), I’ll keep what we might eat “fresh”. Otherwise, back to catch another day (I hope).
I have a problem with the Reapers who fill the freezer and then use them fish as cat food, etc. 1 year later But, to each his own in the end 'cause sometimes “one can’t bathe the unwashed”.
Snow on the roof with fire in the hearth
Keep a feed when you want one. seems pretty natural to me. jax
I’m a much better Fly fisher when talking fishing, than when I’m Actually Fly fishing!
I don’t keep fish if they will live when released.
I don’t have problems with folks that kill fish up to the legal limit. In stocked fisheries I think that the limits may be set too high if the fish are depleted after each stocking, as is the case in many of the small streams in my area. Fishing isn’t fun if there aren’t any fish in the water.
Don
Keep whatever you, or someone you know, will eat. Anyone who thinks that they don’t kill fish while flyfishing is in a world detatched from reality.
Dennis
RW, I make that determination before I head to the water. Probably 80% of the time I’m just fishing for relaxation, and it is catch and release. Other times, My wife and I have determined in advance it’s time for a FRESH fish dinner, and I will selectively keep on that trip.
Except for trout here in Texas, where I keep any I catch. I dont fish the Guadalupe for trout, so all I catch are put and die, one way or the other.
Jim
You’re right on about that one JC! Sing it loud brother!! I rarely keep trout only because I don’t care for the taste of fish ( imagine that, a fly fishing guide who doesn’t like the tast of fish ), but if people want to keep a few for the pan, and they’re not just going to throw them in the freezer, or show them off to their friends, more power to them. I’ve seen too many dead fish in C&R rivers where they’ve been mishandled to believe we’re not doing some damage regardless of C&R.
Jude
Small flies work best. Elephants eat peanuts.
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I like fresh trout and cook them in some olive oil and fresh lemon juice. Nice and crispy.
Fatman
I may keep one or two in a season,that few mainly because I am not a big fish eater and I tend to cut my fingers alot with sharp knives. I figure if you want keep enough for a dinner or two that is ok by me.
Jerry
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Keep on occasion
Keep… as long as its within the rules and it will be eaten fresh. But I’ll admit that I prefer the taste of panfish and saltwater species to trout.
“Our real purpose is to fit ourselves to be of maximum service to God and the people about us.”
I’ll keep a couple trout a year for a nice meal, the rest are released.
I kept 2 fish total last season. One thats going on the wall and one that I ate. The eaten trout would have been released but I could not revive it. I have no problems whatsoever with people keeping fish within reason. The majority of fishing people in my area are “meat hunters” and I do have a problem with keeping limit after limit to stock the freezer.
I believe in leaving the outdoors as good or better that I found it… That means under the water too.
i am, primarily, a C&R fisherman. i have no problem with folks keeping fish within reason and legal limits. i will, on occasion, keep a few to supplement my dinner when camping, and i do believe that wild trout should be released unless it is detrimental to the fishery, as is the case with brookies in many areas near me. too many fish, not enough food.
but i am adamantly against stocking a freezer full of trout to feed the cat with when you dont want them anymore.
Keep some, release some. Haven’t ever kept as high as the legal limit except once when the limit was one fish. Panfish is another story. I keep most of those.
Keep, only what you can eat, eat all of what you take.
RW, Catch and release most trout, all black bass, most stripers, catch and fillet most of the rest…and waste nothing.
If I’m fishing in a reservoir I’ll release all the bass I catch. Anything else is fair game if legal. I like to fish and I like to eat fish, but I’m no “meat hog”. Everything in moderation.
Mike B
I catch and relese 99 percent of the trout that I catch. If one is bleeding then I will keep it or if I want a few to eat I will go and catch some small brookies and have a feed once a year or so.
What makes me mad are people that talk about catch and release all the time and how great they are at it and then I see them posting pictures of fish that you know may not live. They are on dry rocks or on the dry grass on a bank while the person gets the camera ready to take the picture. Then they take a picture or two and by the time the fish gets back into the water it may have been on dry land for 2 minutes or better.
Granted some may live but some may die to. Just because someone wanted a picture? Then they release the fish it dies and is wasted. But the person is a hero because they pratice catch and release? It is real easy to have your camera ready while you fish. Keep it on a cord around you neck and in a pocket in your upper vest. Ease the fish into the shallows, lay your rod next to it to show size take out your camera and snap a shot and release the fish. Real easy to do and the fish never leaves the water. Ron
[This message has been edited by RonMT (edited 05 February 2005).]