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Author:
RachelFromTheBlackLagoon
Date:
Aug 23, 2012
Subject:
For those of you who take fish for the table...
Message:
Mods, if there's a better place for this, please feel free to move it!
I have a question for those of you who take home some of what you catch. The vast majority of the fishing that I do will always be catch and release, but I do plan on eventually taking home the occasional fish for dinner, especially when I start trout fishing. I will do everything in my power to make sure that any animal I take is treated with the utmost respect and dispatched as quickly and humanely as possible. So my question is, other than being of legal size, what are your personal criteria for taking fish?
Author:
PECo
Date:
Aug 23, 2012
Message:
I'd try to take fish from only clean waters. Rivers on the East Coast, including in Connecticut, are problematic. Mercury and PCBs are the most notorious of the common contaminants. I take mostly sea run white perch from Hamburg Cove in the Spring. I'll also take walleye from Batterson Park Pond, even though I'm a little leery of it, because walleye is my favorite fish to eat. Stocked trout are okay, too, but I'm not a huge fan; I probably take four per year, just because I figure I paid for them when I bought my fishing license.
Author:
NWDarkcloud
Date:
Aug 23, 2012
Message:
I cant risk takeing fish to eat because of heavy metals i have built up in my system .So im allways catch and release But if I damage a legal size fish that might not survive ill dress it out and give it to the family down the road from my house they allways enjoy fresh fish for the grill..............
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