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Strictly Catch and Realse 114 22.09%
Keep what you Catch 69 13.37%
C&R with the odd shore lunch. 316 61.24%
Dont Care. 17 3.29%
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Old 08-28-2016, 07:53 AM
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Over a $ 1000.00 spent for 2 meals of fish. Cheaper to just go to a very expensive resturant .


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Old 08-28-2016, 07:57 AM
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With the amount I spend on gear and travel for fishing, I could own an expensive restaurant let alone eat at one. I C&R 95% of the time.

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Old 08-28-2016, 08:48 AM
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Catch and Release them, I am still young and my dad doesn't want me to kill them due to religious reasons, but I guess when I get a bit older around 17-18 I would try to catch one and eat it at home, maybe make some fish curry.
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Old 08-28-2016, 10:41 AM
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Catch and Release them, I am still young and my dad doesn't want me to kill them due to religious reasons, but I guess when I get a bit older around 17-18 I would try to catch one and eat it at home, maybe make some fish curry.
Out of curiosity, and because you brought religion into this thread, what religion does not allow you to kill and eat a fish? Fish curry you say?


This thread was dead for more then 5 years, but I see it has been trolled back to life.
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Old 08-28-2016, 12:59 PM
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Always catch&release stream fishing. Always. When I am at the in laws on lesser slave I will sometimes keep the allowed walleye. The vast majority of my fishing is c&r.
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Old 08-28-2016, 09:15 PM
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Out of curiosity, and because you brought religion into this thread, what religion does not allow you to kill and eat a fish? Fish curry you say?


This thread was dead for more then 5 years, but I see it has been trolled back to life.
Wait, 5 years? I am new to this forum, well I am a Sikh I guess, but I don't want bring out religion, I don't know why I brought it, I mean you can eat fish and others meat like I do. Just that we can't harm animals like that, but when I get older and get a hang with fishing I want to cook homemade fish.
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Old 08-28-2016, 11:12 PM
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I would never keep a trophy, just photos and memories.
I want those big ladies to reproduce as much as possible!
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Old 08-28-2016, 11:49 PM
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I catch, release and keep fish to eat. The way I look at it is if I'm going to be eating fish there is no better way to get it than to catch it yourself! Got to love the salt water for filling the coolers and keeping you eating till next summer!



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Old 08-29-2016, 12:01 AM
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I'll bonk a white fish in the winter and a laker annnnd a perch annnnnd a walleye if I have tags. 😜
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Old 08-29-2016, 11:44 AM
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Catch and release only. For one I don't like fish, and two most the streams I fish are designated catch and release only.
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having lake trout for supper tonight, most waters fished are catch and release 99% of fish released.
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Old 08-30-2016, 05:42 PM
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Catch and release only. For one I don't like fish, and two most the streams I fish are designated catch and release only.
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Old 10-08-2016, 09:08 AM
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I love to eat fish so I keep a lot of what I catch, leaving good spawners.
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Old 10-08-2016, 10:10 AM
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Wait, 5 years? I am new to this forum, well I am a Sikh I guess, but I don't want bring out religion, I don't know why I brought it, I mean you can eat fish and others meat like I do. Just that we can't harm animals like that, but when I get older and get a hang with fishing I want to cook homemade fish.
Sat Shri akaal yaar. Machi bohat swatha ah he, hunna? Very respectable to respect that you do what you do. Fish you catch and cook is great, I've had a rainbow trout made into fish pakoras and it was so good. But there is absolutely nothing wrong with C&R (I usually release, only keep fish maybe 2/50 trips per year). Keep doing your own thing
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Old 10-08-2016, 12:14 PM
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I think you are missing my point. As an angler I agree with everything you say but how do you sell the self gratifying torture of fish to a non-angler? We hunt for a lot of personal reasons but the day we stop eating meat is the day hunting disappears. The same can be said of fish. We fish to eat is pretty easy to justify. We fish because it gives us pleasure even those it causes fish stress and mortality is not so easy to justify. Don't get me wrong, I totally appreciate what C&R means but at the end of the day, C&R would not exist if it were not for the guys that love to eat fish. The fish killers are critical to the future of fishing in modern society. They definitely aren't the bad guys.
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Old 10-08-2016, 05:47 PM
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I keep what i catch if legal size It’s my right as a license holder
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Old 10-09-2016, 07:25 AM
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Catch and release 100% in Alberta as there it too much pressure already.

In BC I may eat one or two a year; less than 1%.....MAYBE.
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Old 10-09-2016, 08:30 AM
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100% C&R on streams and will keep a meal worth when i go ice fishing
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Old 03-26-2017, 05:20 PM
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I keep whatever I can cuz in Alberta that ain't much
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Old 03-26-2017, 08:07 PM
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Just a heads up, 6 year old post.

Not that it matters.

Read through the first page before I noticed.
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Old 03-26-2017, 08:16 PM
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I throw back more than I ever keep. Some species I don't retain any some I often retain a few. Being a bachelor I don't need alot for a meal and I much prefer fresh caught over frozen so I tend to keep a smaller fish now and again. Last year I kept 3 small walleye about 1 pound apiece. I only fished twice and the first evening caught 5 and released them all. The next evening I caught three of the size I like best for eating so I kept all three. I don't think I made a noticeable dent in the population!
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Old 03-27-2017, 03:38 PM
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I catch and release, unless the fish is harmed and won't survive a release. For lakes with stocked fish, I keep 1 or 2.
C&R is important, but it's nice to enjoy a tasty trout once in a while.
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Old 03-27-2017, 04:05 PM
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I always practice CPR -Catch, Picture, Release. That is of course if the catch is even worthy of pulling the camera out. Generally speaking I throw em all back as quickly as possible. If I happen to be with a group who really wants to eat some fresh caught fish, I will oblige but only within slot limit size and knowing that there are thousands of fish in that size range in that water body. It is my opinion, and it is only my opinion that the truly great, genetically gifted fish should be left alone as to help populate the lake with other genetically superior fish - as all the big big fish are females and perfect spawners. It always seems like a real shame to me when I see those big hogs being kept. Truth is they don't even taste as good as the smallies. So when I see that, I won't lie, I get a little ****ed off.
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Old 03-28-2017, 06:59 AM
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I always keep my limit , why fish ,if your going to throw them back , l love fish , that's why l go.
Fish kissers spread disease.
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Old 03-28-2017, 08:27 AM
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I always keep my limit , why fish ,if your going to throw them back , l love fish , that's why l go.
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I catch my limit but limit my catch
I don't always bring fish home unles I intend to eat them within the next few days
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I don't think anyone can logically argue that retaining fish from a healthy lake/river where the population is stable (and capable of supporting some retention) is wrong/unethical.

I have no issue keeping/eating fish in these cases, and it's maybe a few trips a year at most.

For most of the waters I fish, and the overwhelming majority of the fish I catch, go right back in the water. Unfortunately, in Alberta, that lines up with the pressure our waters face here. We simply can't keep our limits every time we go out (even if the regulations allow us to do so).
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I don't think anyone can logically argue that retaining fish from a healthy lake/river where the population is stable (and capable of supporting some retention) is wrong/unethical.

I have no issue keeping/eating fish in these cases, and it's maybe a few trips a year at most.

For most of the waters I fish, and the overwhelming majority of the fish I catch, go right back in the water. Unfortunately, in Alberta, that lines up with the pressure our waters face here. We simply can't keep our limits every time we go out (even if the regulations allow us to do so).
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