Come on Ian, You expect us to think about this. I thought we were looking for knee jerk reactions. *G* Seriously, I agree that there is no one answer to the question. In many of the farm ponds that I fish in the owner asks that you do not put bream and crappie back. That certainly is no time for C&R.
Bud ----- Original Message ----- From: Ian Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 14, 2002 10:51 AM Subject: RE: [VFB] Catch and release, littering > > This is an interesting discussion. I can see that there could be a lot of > different opinions, which will be based on our own personal experiences and > circumstances. > > Much of it is all very subjective as well. > > > > > Besides that, after 10 or so fish you are just keeping score. > > Why after 10? Why not choose the number 9, or 11? Is this in a one day > period? Or.. is this 10 per hour? If it's 10 per day, why not 10 every two > days? How about 10 per body of water per day? Have you ever sat in a boat > and caught perch to eat? Sometimes, a lake is so full of perch you would > catch one every ten minutes or less. Or, does it depend on species? I've > noted that sometimes, for whatever reason, anglers seem to hold one species > of fish in higher regard than another. It would be ok to catch and release > 15 chubb.. when what we're really after is speckled trout. We haven't > caught any beautiful specks yet... just those 'nuisance' chubb. No one > would be critical of that angler, unless those 15 chubb weren't chubb, but > were in fact specks. > > Here's my situation. I fish a variety of rivers. One river I love > tremendously. It's a great 'evening' river, where I like to go and wade > after a day of work. It's around the corner from my house. I'll fish it > for maybe 3 or 4 hours. During that time, I might catch 4 smallmouth bass > and 3 brown trout. Or, I might catch and release 7 bass and 3 trout. Or, I > might catch and release 8 brown trout, and 0 bass. It could be any number > or combination. > > Now... there is another river, which is quite a bit further away from my > home. I have to travel a couple of hours to get there. If I am going to > go there, I want to fish the whole day. But.. this river is an awesome > river, full of smallies and carp. > > I start wading this river, and it's possible I could have caught and > released 8 bass in the first hour and a half. Now, I'm downstream of my > car. Are you suggesting that in this circumstance (this river has very > little fishing pressure by the way), that I should consider calling it a day > now? From my perspective, it does seem a little on the strange side that I > would be expected to give up fishing for the whole day on this river. > > Do you see what I mean about being subjective and perhaps our opinions are > based on our own circumstances, but not necessarily on everyone's > circumstances? Maybe I'm wrong... and I'm more than willing to have you > point out where. > > Imagine spending money to go to some fly in lake with awesome fishing. > You've spent 2 Grand, and you've three days of fishing. You get up at 5AM, > go fishing, and by 7 AM you've caught and released 10 fish. (This is a very > realistic scenario at some times of the year). Would you give up fishing > for the rest of the day, and twiddle your thumbs, looking at the clock, > wishing there was some way to make 24 hours pass more quickly? Or.. would > you go back fishing? > > Ian Scott > http://www.about-flyfishing.com/ >
