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Originally Posted by Sundancefisher
I present a fact...simple fact if you think about it. Kind of a what comes first a chicken or the egg.
If simply the harvesting of fish is what is most enjoyable...then just gaining possession of a fish is no different than going to the grocery store.
If the recreational fun of the activity of fishing which you hope leads to a harvest is the fun...then that supercedes the harvesting.
As an individual you have to think about it and what it means to you.
If you go fishing all day and catch lots of fish but don't take anything home...are you heart broken, distraught, upset or mad?
If you go fishing...catch a fish in the first minute and drive all the way back home...are you happy?
I would say 95% of the people enjoy the activity first and foremost and keeping something to eat is just icing on the cake...not the cake itself.
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Think about this , if you fish all day and catch a hundred or more fish then you release them all , you are unknowingly contaminating a hundred fish just by handling them , and it don't matter if you wear gloves , gloves pick up bacteria too, now if you kiss your fish , and say thank you fish , that's even worse, your mouth and breath is not good for them either.
SO , if the limit in that body of water is 5 , then l catch 5 and go home , lve only contaminated 5 fish , and l take them home to eat , so the likely hood of me contaminating the body of water is nil , compared to you handling a hundred or more fish, and putting them back.
C&R , is actually doing more harm to a fishery then keeping because of the multi times thease fish are handled , and some are also caught many times by the same fisherman , not good.
You could almost call it fish Harassment.
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