Well you gotta give him some credit, at least he doesn't fish anymore - lot's of guys with his attitude still fish with both fingers in the air, and their freezers are close to as full as they were 50 years ago still...
I like to refer to people like this as "meateaters" and not "sportsman". The reason being, they really only fish TO get some food, not for the sport of actually fishing. This attitude is what fuels so much poaching as well. I keep fish all the time because I like to eat fish, but I don't need to keep fish to consider my day of fishing successful. I could be wrong, but this shift in attitude is almost needed to be able to abide by the angling laws AND still have a good time. We no longer need to be out killing our own food for survival - that is what a grocery store is for...
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