So, kind of a fisherman's own thoughts... documented (and put under restrictions). Taking his fly-rod to a P&T lake, the fisherman is thinking: "Today I'm gonna catch Rainbow Trout. The disgusting Crucian Carps still swimming there better stay away. Otherwise they will be food for the gulls."
... but, as you say, with some exceptions. One of them being the Carp (& Tench) fanatic. Seen as crappy (not Crappie) fish by the average man, this guy has dedicated his life to them. His kitchen has turned into a permanent chum laboratories. Aside of his Swing-Tips and Quiver-Tips he has now even got a computerized (radio controlled) strike alarm. ... and if he, after two weeks of studying the water and another two weeks of carefully planned chumming, happens to catch a trout on his bait... he does an instant 360 degree scan before landing it to unhook it. God heavens if one of his friends saw it. It would spread like the wind and he would be the goof of the entire IOCF (International Order Of Carp Fanatics). I bet this guy disagree on Carp being a non-game fish. /Nick Nick, The term 'game' in American hunting and fishing is a descriptive term, thus setting the boundaries for legal terms and description. You've heard of the term 'Big Game Hunting', such as in Africa. The animal itself is the 'game'. Here you can buy a large game hunting license (or Big Game in some states) and a small game hunting license. Each state will define what they consider large game (bear, elk, moose, deer, etc.), small game (rabbit, squirrel, etc.), and non-game species (varmits- racoons, prarie dogs, opossum, nutria, etc.). With fish, there are class distinctions, also. There are non-game fish (carp, catfish, suckers, garfish, bowfin, etc.), usually with no limits, but sometimes they do. There are game fish (trout, bass, pike, paddlefish, etc.), with very particular and concise rules about how and when they can be fished, and the limits. Then there are big game fish, like sailfish, marlin, tuna, wahoo, etc. There is also another catagory called 'panfish', which includes bluegills, crappie, yellow perch, etc., the term being descriptive and the limits usually being liberal. Now 'Game Fishing' can have a completely different connotation (meaning), such as sportfishing for such fish as billfish or bass. The International Game Fish Association (IGFA) keeps records on the largest game fish (and some non-game fish) taken on certain line weightrs and on fly tackle (setting forth many rules for such official recognition). Gamefishing and sportfishing does not automatically mean catch and release fishing, though in most cases that is the norm. I say, Watson. The game is afoot...and afinn. DonO ----- Original Message ----- From: "Niclas Runarsson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2005 6:41 PM Subject: [VFB] Is this only a GAME to you??? Been wondering about something a while now and that thing is 'Game Fishing'. I have still not figured out WHAT it is... /Nick
