> > > Come on Ian, > You expect us to think about this. I thought we were looking for knee jerk > reactions. *G*
It's my curse. I think too much, and never get any darn work done! Time for me to get back to work here! :) > 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. Thanks :) Another great illustration. Ian > 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/ > > >
