I would say yes, that is what I do. If a fish doesn't look like it would make it then I'd keep it, if it's legal. I don't need to go out day after day catching whatever the law says I'm allowed. You need to have some common sense as the people that make the rules don't seem to have any.quote:Originally posted by h-core
Keep what comes up first. Those of you that think releasing small bottomfish in hopes of getting a big one is better for the stocks must not realize that they don't all make it back to the bottom. There is hooking mortality ect...If a guy wants to blow his limit on a 5 lb'er, good for him. The guy that catches and releases 10 ping pong paddles to find a good one is likely doing more harm. How many of you whiners only take a few of everything for the year? Do you stop your selves after you've caught a couple days limit and stop killing for the year? Do you still come out and just catch & release? Do you think that you are not killing at least a few to hook mortality? Or do you put the boat away after you've caught an exceptable amount of fish?
quote:Originally posted by MRWood
I would say yes, that is what I do. If a fish doesn't look like it would make it then I'd keep it, if it's legal. I don't need to go out day after day catching whatever the law says I'm allowed. You need to have some common sense as the people that make the rules don't seem to have any.quote:Originally posted by h-core
Keep what comes up first. Those of you that think releasing small bottomfish in hopes of getting a big one is better for the stocks must not realize that they don't all make it back to the bottom. There is hooking mortality ect...If a guy wants to blow his limit on a 5 lb'er, good for him. The guy that catches and releases 10 ping pong paddles to find a good one is likely doing more harm. How many of you whiners only take a few of everything for the year? Do you stop your selves after you've caught a couple days limit and stop killing for the year? Do you still come out and just catch & release? Do you think that you are not killing at least a few to hook mortality? Or do you put the boat away after you've caught an exceptable amount of fish?
Maybe you can stop whining for awhile and let us know what you do. Do you keep on going out after you've caught all the fish you need and then start filling all your friends and relatives freezer.
Being concerned about fish stocks is not whining. You might call it a voice of reason rather than the voice of greed.
Your attitude sounds like mine and I agree with what you are saying. I just don't like to see the big number catches shown off as I think it sends the wrong message. Let's see the big lunkers. Here's one for the post. I'm a magician at making the fish look big.quote:Originally posted by h-core
quote:Originally posted by MRWood
I would say yes, that is what I do. If a fish doesn't look like it would make it then I'd keep it, if it's legal. I don't need to go out day after day catching whatever the law says I'm allowed. You need to have some common sense as the people that make the rules don't seem to have any.quote:Originally posted by h-core
Keep what comes up first. Those of you that think releasing small bottomfish in hopes of getting a big one is better for the stocks must not realize that they don't all make it back to the bottom. There is hooking mortality ect...If a guy wants to blow his limit on a 5 lb'er, good for him. The guy that catches and releases 10 ping pong paddles to find a good one is likely doing more harm. How many of you whiners only take a few of everything for the year? Do you stop your selves after you've caught a couple days limit and stop killing for the year? Do you still come out and just catch & release? Do you think that you are not killing at least a few to hook mortality? Or do you put the boat away after you've caught an exceptable amount of fish?
Maybe you can stop whining for awhile and let us know what you do. Do you keep on going out after you've caught all the fish you need and then start filling all your friends and relatives freezer.
Being concerned about fish stocks is not whining. You might call it a voice of reason rather than the voice of greed.
Filling my friends & familly's freezers? LOL...not likely, maybe if they made my boat payments for me. I kill less in a year than I can eat. If I had more time, I'd kill what I could eat and then stop. The only catch and release I do in the chuck is a little bit of light tackle coho from time to time-small single barbless hooks. Or if a small chinook(legal feeder in the summer) comes to the boat and is not badly hooked-only if fishing is good though, otherwise I bonk it and move on. If it's badly hooked, it gets bonked. Usually I kill what's legal and then go do something else. If I'm fishing Nootka and my boat tubb's out on Chinook, I generally move on and leave the remaining biters for someone else. If I'm bottom fishing, the first legal ones to come up die. Doesn't matter if it's a ping pong paddle or a ling that's 1/2 a cm over. BUT, if others want to catch and release all day, have at it! Just don't think your all high and mighty and don't have some impact. We all have impact. If you want to leave fish in the water, good on you! But if someone only fishes once or twice a year and chooses to limit out, that's their choice. DFO is to blame for the state of our fisheries. The sad part it, they set the TAC and what we leave behind often get mopped up by commi's anyways. SAD, SICK but true. Many people do kill in excess, that's why I don't have a problem with yearly limits an species such as halibut & lingcod. If the halibut limit was 10 per year, I doubt anybody would suffer too much. I also doubt that many people can eat 30 chinook per year. Some can & do, but most who tag out are likely giving some away. However, if we we're further restricted, it would be important to know that what we leave in the water for conservation doesn't just equal an increase in the commercial TAC.
So what's your game?
Oh yeah? So those charter guides out of Oak Bay 30 years ago had even the slightest consideration for sustainability you find? When they allowed each of their guests to take home 20-30 rock fish and lings? And that throughout most of the summer days? Hmmm You better take off your rose-coloured glasses and see what the reality is.quote:To say that any guide doesn't think about sustainability is silly.
Hi Merrit Boy,quote:Originally posted by Merrittboy
Come on guys, the purpose for me starting this thread was for people to get a chance to show off a bit. Start a ethics thread if you want to discuss some of this stuff! Those who posted on topic, some excellent fish! I need to figure out how to post a pic then you will see a monster! lol.Is there a help that I have not seen for this?