Do you Catch and Realse or Keep fish

[Dust1n]

Do you C&R, Keep what you catch, A bit of both?

[Dust1n]

Do you C&R, Keep what you catch, A bit of both
Please give me feedback on your thoughts

[Dust1n]

I choose C&R with the odd shore lunch. 95% C&R fisherman.

[ShhImFishing]

i almost always C&R especially if they're a decent size, let them big genes reproduce

Every now and then when i go fishing with my bro, he left town so i hardly see him anymore and hes the one who started me fishing, and we catch one or two thats just over the required length ill keep it for a shore side lunch, mostly for nostalgia, but also for some good eats

[redranger15]

I keep what I catch till I get my limit. Fish for walleye mostly, through back all the jack. If i'm going for monster cats they all go back, or what ever else I catch out of the Red River. Keep the trout till my limit as well, but haven't gone in a long time. Keep the odd perch if we don't have enough pick for shore lunch.

[bloopbloob]

I probably keep only 2 or 3 fish a year, the rest go back. Never keep big ones either (except maybe perch, but can't seem to catch big ones anyways... ). Approx sizes I'll keep for eating: Pike 3-4lbs, Walleye 2.5-4lbs, trout 2-3lbs, perch 1lb or bigger

[Dust1n]

Originally Posted by bloopbloob

I probably keep only 2 or 3 fish a year, the rest go back. Never keep big ones either (except maybe perch, but can't seem to catch big ones anyways... ). Approx sizes I'll keep for eating: Pike 3-4lbs, Walleye 2.5-4lbs, trout 2-3lbs, perch 1lb or bigger

the tiny cutties in the creeks are incredible after a hard day of hiking.

[ShhImFishing]

i dont know why but i never could justify keeping monsters
I remember when my bro took me out when i was still young, maybe 5-6 years old, he "taught me" how to "properly" use a jig, anyway I hooked a nice pike, my bro had to pull it in lol... he wanted to keep it, i told him i wanted to try holding it and i put it back into the water lol he was ****ed....

[JJRND]

During the summer and fall I'll only keep fish caught in mountain lakes and streams. Ice fishing, I'll keep fish from most places. However, I catch and release the monsters. They aren't great for eating, and maybe you'll have (or allow another fellow fisherman) the thrill of catching them again someday.

[lifesaflyin]

Originally Posted by JJRND

During the summer and fall I'll only keep fish caught in mountain lakes and streams. Ice fishing, I'll keep fish from most places. However, I catch and release the monsters. They aren't great for eating, and maybe you'll have (or allow another fellow fisherman) the thrill of catching them again someday.

I am the same. mostly C&R. But I like the occasional fish fry once and a while.

[Sooner]

I prefer to catch and quickly release. My ex bro inlaw keeps every walleye allowed. I didnt tell him to release his fish but he always wanted me to keep one for him. Glad he's not my bro inlaw anymore and no I didnt keep one for him but when I go fishing with my kids, if one wants to keep a fish the rule is they have to eat it with me. We dont keep any fish yet.

[bigcougar]

When ice fishing, I keep most of my fish; they are stocked triploids anyways.
In rivers, the majority of my fish are released with the occasional salmon and trout kept. Sometimes, I may target mountain whitefish in rivers and keep them.

[BBJTKLE&FISHINGADVENTURES]

Out of all the fishing I do in a year which is just a little bit , I keep fish maybe 5 times . I'm not a huge fish fan but love salmon and seafood .

Originally Posted by Jamie

When Salmon fishing at Great Pacific Salmon Lodge, if you didn't practice some catch and release during the Coho season, your day would be done in a hour or 2.

We are leaving that decision up to our guests. Anyone who releases a 50# + Salmon gets a free trip out of it.

It's a very personal thing and one I wouldn't want to force on our guests.

Jamie

Jamie that is a really good incentive for promoting catch and release fishing . I like that .

If it's legal i keep it other wise it goes back.

[Kokanee9]

If I went fishing to eat fish, I could have saved a bunch of money by just going to Safeway instead of putting the money that I have into fishing. Nothing ever stays in the boat.

[thedonald]

I keep some from a few hike in mountain lakes and a few prairie potholes with good water. I find if the lake smells swampy than that flavors the fish especially the big ones. So at Sparrows Egg, caught lots of keepers this year but let them all go. Might sample one at Police out of the cold water but when I fish for food, I like salmon and other ocean fish. Fishing for trout for me is more of an exercise, scenery, search and technique session and a lot of humble pie eating as I watch others do a lot better. So I always pack a snack when I head out.

[honda450]

Mostly fish for cutties on the ES. Catch and Release, fun to catch but don't really like to eat them.

[Jwood 456]

I usually catch and keep my limit of the legal size walleye and will leave the lake alone for a little while. I usually release any pike under 8lbs even though many 4+lbers are legal keeping size and probably would only keep 1 pike over 10lbs. I generally keep one large fish, relase the small ones so they can get big and mainly keep the medium sized ones. I then usually leave the lake or spot alone for a while.

Also, next time I go perch fishing too, I will probably only keep 5 perch instead of 15 perch. I usually release any perch under 8''.

[Don Andersen]

Folks,

I just plain don't get it.

SRD does a poll when thew Quality angling concept was contemplated and 80%+ were in favor.
We has another "Quality Angling Poll" several weeks ago on this forum and 80+% were in favor
And here we go again with another that says 86% are in favor of releasing nearly off of their catch.

Leaving us with about 10% of anglers who have 95% of the lakes in Alberta managed for them.

Why is SRD so outta step with their client base?



Don

[HunterDave]

Originally Posted by Don Andersen

I just plain don't get it.

SRD does a poll when thew Quality angling concept was contemplated and 80%+ were in favor.
We has another "Quality Angling Poll" several weeks ago on this forum and 80+% were in favor
And here we go again with another that says 86% are in favor of releasing nearly off of their catch.

Leaving us with about 10% of anglers who have 95% of the lakes in Alberta managed for them.

Why is SRD so outta step with their client base?

Maybe SRD is not outta step with their client base considering that the 200 or so people that vote on these AO polls represent what........... +/-.001% of all Alberta anglers. The SRD poll that was quietly posted on their site for a month that almost no one knew about, well, I think that we all know who participated in that one.

My catch/keep depends on allot of things including (off hand) how far I drive to catch a fish, the time of year/water quality, regs for the lake and whether or not the fish is likely to die if I release it.

If I drive 3 hours to get to a good trout lake or go for a few days then I am likely going to come home with my limit if I can but if I go to a lake 3 kms away I'll likely only keep what I need for supper that night. Other times I'll just fish for the heck of it, kill time or whatever, and I won't keep anything. If I catch something that is hooked bad then it gets eaten. If I'm fishing a slew in August then I likely won't keep anything. If I'm fishing Lac Ste Anne for walleye then I can't keep any although I'm hoping to get drawn for a couple of tags this year.

My rules are to only keep what you need and leave the rest and keep only the eatin sized ones and let the big and small ones go.

[Easywean]

The poll is a bit deceiving. I'd keep legal fish if I felt they were big enough for a meal, don't usually keep fish that just measure up. My family loves to eat fish so none goes to waste. So I'd say I'm somewhere in between keep all I catch and keep the odd fish.

[cooper]

I dont eat fish unless it comes in abox its how i was brought up .

[rielbowhunter]

I keep most bookies i catch. i all so keep my limit on perch, I love to eat perch. I keep fish for a nice snack when we are at kootneey lake. and keep the odd laker form spray. that being said I have released and consider my self a catch and release fisher man, I feel this way because I have released so many more fish that I could have kept. my dad will always keep his limit. but I fish way to much to do that. Plus I love the look on some peoples faces when you let a big fish go. lol makes me feel good inside. drives my dad nuts. lol.and some guys on the banks of the Bow. I feel if you are going to take the fish home and eat it that day, plus the body of water can handle it, then its fine to keep some.

[Newspeak]

Plus I love the look on some peoples faces when you let a big fish go. lol makes me feel good inside. drives my dad nuts. lol.and some guys on the banks of the Bow.

It drives some people nuts when you don't poach big fish out of the Bow?

[WayneChristie]

yes . except the shore lunch, I hate the taste of shore. people walk on it and birds poop on it!

[bigcougar]

It is quite possible that keeping our catch is more environmentally friendly than buying farmed or wild fish in the grocery store. This is going to be a nice topic for a research project.

[Braun]

Originally Posted by Newspeak

It drives some people nuts when you don't poach big fish out of the Bow?

lol i thought the same thing

[SnidleyWhiplash]

If someone is trying to force a 1/2 meter trout down your throat by the river then you might be pro release. If someone wants to take your catch your catch and release it then you might be pro keep.

If you decide yourself what to do then you are probably right about it; more right than anyone trying to decide for you; more right than anyone telling you what to do about it; more right than anyone telling you that you are wrong in what you do.

[waterninja]

Originally Posted by SnidleyWhiplash

If someone is trying to force a 1/2 meter trout down your throat by the river then you might be pro release. If someone wants to take your catch your catch and release it then you might be pro keep.

If you decide yourself what to do then you are probably right about it; more right than anyone trying to decide for you; more right than anyone telling you what to do about it; more right than anyone telling you that you are wrong in what you do.

I could not have said it better myself whip.
I foresee a very short life span for you here on AO. Party on.

[SNAPFisher]

Originally Posted by waterninja

I could not have said it better myself whip.
I foresee a very short life span for you here on AO. Party on.